It's dangerous to claim evolution is the cause of domestic violence.It creates a way for abusers to justify their abuse, for victims to justify being abused and for people to discredit evolutionary pov of behavior. Domestic abuse is created when a person has no other outlet to display his power and dominance and violence and takes it out on his or her partner
Our ancestors fought with large animals for dominance and other tribes for territories, not their partners because she or he did not have dinner ready in time.
Although staying true to your animalistic roots is good for us, displaying them in a harmful way is not. In fact,domestic abuse would be harmful to reproductive success because a woman would not want to reproduce any longer, and would show other woman you are weak fighting a person close to you, where is there no danger or risk rather than taking that risk and using it to protect your terrirory.
A woman is not going to want to mate with someone who will harm her, therefore she will go mate with someone who is powerful, and aggression but uses that aggression to fight other tribes and kill prey, not her.
Some people use aggressive behavior in animals as a way to describe domestic abuse whether it be emotional, or physical. However, in the animal kingdom and using evolution, abuse would be maladaptive because it would be a large risk of losing your partner. and appearing weak to others. A truly dominant person would use aggressive behavior such as displaying their best traits (talking about science or the arts to display how smart you are, improving your style-whichever style you prefer, showing what they bring to the table) not bringing their partner down by bullying or hitting them. Aggressive behavior is not always fighting another guy because he looked at your girlfriend. It's holding her or him closer when another person walks by, or working extra hours to finally pay off the $50 charge on the electric bill, or staying late at work so you can buy him that Star Wars light saber for Christmas. By providing and loving your partner you are marking your territory, you are aggressively fighting for what is "yours." Animals do the same by using scent and displaying their best traits. They only fight when they need to and we can equate that to defending your home from an intruder, not hitting your partner because they disobey you. By providing and showing others what you bring to the relationship through emotional support you are displaying threats of being more intelligent and compassionate which in turn shows being dominant over another person who isn't as compassionate and supportive.
Although staying true to your animalistic roots is good for us, displaying them in a harmful way is not. In fact,domestic abuse would be harmful to reproductive success because a woman would not want to reproduce any longer, and would show other woman you are weak fighting a person close to you, where is there no danger or risk rather than taking that risk and using it to protect your terrirory.
A woman is not going to want to mate with someone who will harm her, therefore she will go mate with someone who is powerful, and aggression but uses that aggression to fight other tribes and kill prey, not her.
Some people use aggressive behavior in animals as a way to describe domestic abuse whether it be emotional, or physical. However, in the animal kingdom and using evolution, abuse would be maladaptive because it would be a large risk of losing your partner. and appearing weak to others. A truly dominant person would use aggressive behavior such as displaying their best traits (talking about science or the arts to display how smart you are, improving your style-whichever style you prefer, showing what they bring to the table) not bringing their partner down by bullying or hitting them. Aggressive behavior is not always fighting another guy because he looked at your girlfriend. It's holding her or him closer when another person walks by, or working extra hours to finally pay off the $50 charge on the electric bill, or staying late at work so you can buy him that Star Wars light saber for Christmas. By providing and loving your partner you are marking your territory, you are aggressively fighting for what is "yours." Animals do the same by using scent and displaying their best traits. They only fight when they need to and we can equate that to defending your home from an intruder, not hitting your partner because they disobey you. By providing and showing others what you bring to the relationship through emotional support you are displaying threats of being more intelligent and compassionate which in turn shows being dominant over another person who isn't as compassionate and supportive.