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).