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The evolution of puritanical morality has not always served to strengthen cooperation, but to reinforce male dominance and exclude women

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 October 2023

Konrad Szocik Open the ORCID record for Konrad Szocik [Opens in a new window]
Konrad Szocik*
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Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA konrad.szocik@yale.edu Department of Social Sciences, University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland
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Abstract

Puritanical morality regulates a range of seemingly insignificant behaviors, including those involving human sexuality. A sizable portion of the latter particularly burdens women, who are held responsible for the moral conduct of men. In my paper, I show that these norms have not necessarily served to evolve cooperation, but to subjugate and eliminate women from public life.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e316
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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