Hierarchy disruption: Women and men.
The application of evolutionary perspectives to analyzing sex differences in aggressive behavior and dominance hierarchies has been found useful in multiple areas. We draw attention to the parallel of gender differences in the worsening health status of restructuring societies. Drastic socio-economic changes are interpreted as examples of hierarchy disruption, having differential psychological and behavioral impact on women and men, and leading to different changes in health status.
Réthelyi
János M
JM
Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, 1089, Hungary retjan@net.sote.hu kopmar@net.sote.hu www.behsci.sote.hu.
Kopp
Mária S
MS