The cross-cultural correlates and evolution of male androphilia

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dc.contributor.authorGómez Jiménez, Francisco R.
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorVasey, Paul L.
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-09T18:27:22Z
dc.date.available2022-08-09T18:27:22Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.degree.levelPh.Den_US
dc.description.abstractThe present thesis attempts to address two outstanding questions regarding male androphilia (i.e., sexual attraction to adult males): 1) Do transgender and cisgender androphilic males share similar sex-atypical behavioral and psychological traits across cultures? and 2) How do genes associated with male androphilia persist throughout evolutionary time despite this trait reducing reproduction? I addressed these questions with research among the Istmo Zapotec of southern Mexico. Cognitive abilities were also examined in Samoa. Results demonstrated that both cisgender and transgender androphilic males among the Istmo Zapotec exhibit elevated sex-atypical behavior and psychology in childhood and adulthood. Sex-atypical cognitive abilities were also observed among transgender androphilic males in Samoa, but not among the Istmo Zapotec. Finally, Istmo Zapotec androphilic males were found to have elevated kin-directed altruism and female kin with elevated reproduction. These findings can help explain how genes associated with male androphilia can persist throughout evolutionary time.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipFrancisco R. Gómez Jiménez was supported by a National Geographic Society Early Career Grant (grant number HJ-017ER-17) and a Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research (grant number G2017031591840826).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/6310
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0384en_US
dc.proquest.subject0349en_US
dc.proquest.subject0326en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectMale androphiliaen_US
dc.subjectTransgenderen_US
dc.subjectEvolutionen_US
dc.subjectCross-cultural universalsen_US
dc.subjectMuxesen_US
dc.subjectGender expressionen_US
dc.subjectIstmo Zapotec
dc.subject.lcshZapotec Indians--Mexico
dc.subject.lcshSex customs--Mexico
dc.subject.lcshSex customs--Samoa
dc.subject.lcshMen--Sexual behavior--Cross-cultural studies
dc.subject.lcshSex customs--Cross-cultural studies
dc.subject.lcshDissertations, Academic
dc.titleThe cross-cultural correlates and evolution of male androphiliaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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