The origins of aggression sex differences: Evolved dispositions versus social roles
Alice H. Eagly a1andWendy Wood a2 a1 Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
eagly@nwu.edu a2 Department of Psychology, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843
wlw@psyc.tamu.edu
Abstract
The ultimate causes of sex differences in human aggressive
behavior can lie mainly in evolved, inherited mechanisms that differ
by sex or mainly in the differing placement of women and men in the
social structure. The present commentary contrasts Campbell's
evolutionary interpretation of aggression sex differences with a
social structural interpretation that encompasses a wider range of
phenomena.
