Post Date December, 02 2023
When it comes to "jealousy", perhaps like me, Medea in the tragedy of Euripides appears in your mind right away. This woman who hates because of love changes her lover's heart because of grief and indignation, and finally kills all the children born to her. The evaluation of this tragic goddess by passersby A, B, C, and D is also mixed, with some believing that she dares to love and hate, while others believe that she has lost herself due to love. How would a rational person like Donahue approach this issue?
In fact, I am more concerned about why she wants to kill a pair of children.
Don't mock me for my pain. According to evolutionary psychology, this is the real starting point for the discussion. Men and women in the world, regardless of whether you were born noble like a royal family or poor like a beggar, jealousy is definitely a subtle and massive monster among the various emotions you encounter in your life. Most of the time, it cannot be said, even if it is undamaged and traceless, it still has the effect of ten thousand ants devouring the heart, and it is about to crush a statue from the bottom. But back to the basics, such a powerful and invincible monster, in its human significance, still serves as a bond and reconciliation between the sexes, and is related to the upbringing and protection of future generations.
The traditional academic view holds that men are afraid of infidelity in women's bodies, as it can prevent them from effectively spreading genes and reproducing offspring; And women are afraid of men's mental infidelity, because if resources are shared by mistresses or mistresses, their children will suffer.
So let's understand Medea's behavior as: Anyway, you don't have to raise these two children anymore, why should I still raise them?
But in reality, jealousy is actually keeping up with the times, and more psychologists have discovered some very interesting changes, or variables that already exist, but are not so well-known. In 2009, Kenneth from the University of Pennsylvania? Kenneth Levy and Kristen? Kristen Kelly's study examined the impact of attachment level on jealousy. Their article published in Psychological Science suggests that in relationships with high attachment levels, women also have a high level of concern for physical infidelity, and in these types of relationships, men cannot tolerate mental infidelity.
The saying that love cannot hold a grain of sand is true for true love.
Donna Wei is also quite concerned about how long the monster of jealousy will continue to torment us humans. Medea's actions, however, are caused by some youthful and energetic inner difficulties. After all, no matter what kind of entanglement, it's always better to get rid of it. Todd from Atlantic University in Florida? ToddK. Shackelford and Martin from the University of Vienna? A study published by Martin Voracek et al. in Human Nature in 2010 examined the difference between jealousy in youth and jealousy in old age. Researchers propose a hypothesis: Perhaps older women will no longer be overly concerned about men's mental infidelity, because at that time, children should have grown up, and it doesn't matter if you don't raise them; And men no longer care too much about women's physical infidelity, because children can no longer be born, and wearing a green hat is not enough to raise a son for others.
Everything seems so logical and in line with our understandable understanding. But it wasn't until she saw the conclusion section of this study that Donnell realized she was completely shocked, and she was very confident that you would also be shocked like me. It's like this, scientists happily tell us - statistical data shows that assuming the first half is true, women do find some balance between body and mind in the center of jealousy; However, the second half of the hypothesis does not hold true. Men, even if they have grown old, still cannot tolerate infidelity with women's bodies.
Why is this? So far, science cannot provide a complete explanation. Perhaps there are already differences in the jealousy mechanisms in the bodies of both sexes. Obviously, this is a topic worth investing a lot of money in, so scientists are very happy.
