#650 Melanie MacEacheron: The Evolution of Motherhood, Marital Surname Change, and Feminism
RECORDED ON APRIL 27th 2022.
Dr. Melanie MacEacheron is a Lecturer in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Arizona State University. Her current research focus is women’s psychology as potential or actual mothers or allomothers, and sex differences in mateships and romantic relationships. Of particular interest to her, is our ability to creatively label or act on evolved desires in order to serve our evolutionary interests, even or especially where these are not consciously known to us, and to influence others.
In this episode, we focus mostly on motherhood and marital surname changes. We start with the questions that the evolutionary psychology of motherhood focusses on, and also discuss allomothering. We talk about sex differences in mateships and romantic relationships. We discuss marital surname changes and several factors and predictors associated with them, like earning capacity and economic inequality. We also discuss outcomes like marital duration, and number of children. Finally, we ask if feminism and evolutionary psychology really need to be in conflict with one another.
Time Links:
Intro
The evolutionary psychology of motherhood
Allomothering
Sex differences in mateships and romantic relationships
Factors associated with marital surname changes – earning capacity and economic inequality
Costly signaling
More predictors of marital surname change
Hypergamous mating strategies
Surname change and marital duration
Do men change their surnames?
Surname change and number of children
Future mating prospects after divorce
Do feminism and evolutionary psychology need to be in conflict?
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