Why are you feeling jealousy?
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In related to my other thread
Sexual Jealousy (A Survey)
From the Sociobiological Perspective
Taking from my text-book,
‘From a functional perspective, the greatest cost to a male would be loss of paternity. Suppose a female is fertilized by a male other than the partner and the partner then invests time and energy in supporting the female during pregnancy and afterwards. Of course, the male is unaware that these are genes other than his own that he is helping to propagate. This would represent a serious cost in terms of his reproductive sucess.
For the female, the situation is different. If a male fertilizes another female, in itself this need have little cost to the first female partner. However, what could have prove costly to the female partner is the maleÂ’s emotional attachment to another female, which could deny her support in bringing up children. Therefore, psychologists adopting an evolutionary perspective suggest that, on a causal level analysis, the trigger stimuli of jealousy for males will be related to sexual behaviour as such, whereas for females the trigger stimuli will tend to be biased towards cues predictive loss of commitment and investment in the bond.Â’ (Stevens, p68.)
References
Stevens, R. (1996), ‘Understanding The Self’, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
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What do you think?
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The behavioural perspective is often a bit too simplistic IMHO - it often assumes a linear cause-and-effect relationship.
In this case, I don't think the theory adequately addresses the issue of jealousy for women. Going by the sociobiological perspective, tending to the children would exclusively be the woman's role, and the male's commitment in the bond is therefore irrelevant.
Certainly the territorial instinct plays a part in jealousy, but it's more complex than that. -
why so chim..love then love lor, no love then no love lor
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I really wish all relationships are that simple.Originally posted by sgboy2004:why so chim..love then love lor, no love then no love lor
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Just be honest with each other lor.
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just a thot....
does one have to be jealous to prove that he/she is serious abt the r/s?
what if one is not jealous, does tis implies a problem in the r/s?? -
I don't think so. Why get jealous if nothing's wrong?
Just to use an analogy, if you have a cold, you get a running nose and have a fever, which shows that your immune system is working as it should. On the other hand, if you have these symptoms when nothing's wrong with you, then something's wrong with you, right? -
hahaaha.... good analogy... so i'm normal!!!!! thot why other gals get jealous i dun....Originally posted by Gedanken:I don't think so. Why get jealous if nothing's wrong?
Just to use an analogy, if you have a cold, you get a running nose and have a fever, which shows that your immune system is working as it should. On the other hand, if you have these symptoms when nothing's wrong with you, then something's wrong with you, right?
then again, if i have tis inborn ability to cause ppl to turn green, issit normal??!!
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You are normal tare, so can you please stop hanging yourself on the washing line?Originally posted by tare:hahaaha.... good analogy... so i'm normal!!!!! thot why other gals get jealous i dun....
then again, if i have tis inborn ability to cause ppl to turn green, issit normal??!! 
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Look what you've done! I am turning green now.Originally posted by tare:hahaaha.... good analogy... so i'm normal!!!!! thot why other gals get jealous i dun....
then again, if i have tis inborn ability to cause ppl to turn green, issit normal??!! 
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hahaha... let me noe when u turn purpleOriginally posted by DeadPoet:Look what you've done! I am turning green now.