FREE ESSAY ON THE INFLUENCE OF JEALOUSY IN GENDER

THE INFLUENCE OF JEALOUSY IN GENDER

The Influence of Jealousy in Men and Women in response to Infidelity
Jealousy can be defined as ' a fear and rage reaction fitted to protect, maintain, and
prolong the intimate association of love' (Davis 1948, cited in Buunk et al 1996) Sexual
jealousy has frequently been observed as a powerfully strong emotion, however, research
on this topic has been limited as most emotion researchers consider jealousy as a
combination of the more basic, central primary emotions. Evolutionary psychology is seen
to be a popular perspective from which to understand jealousy. to This perspective
postulates that the origins of jealousy are ascribed to the evolutionary history of
humans (Buss 1991, 1995).