Motivation

 The number of times Buss used domestic violence as a manifestation of sexual jealousy in males is troubling. He does this to explain how abusive behavior has evolved but in the end seems to provide an excuse; that the abusive behavior is somehow beyond the batterers control particularly when he is placed in certain environments. I am aware that my discomfort may just be knee-jerk political correctness of the kind that suppresses scientific discovery etc. etc. But by including snippets of a man who confesses to killing his wife after she taunts him (p. 306) aren’t you trying to make us sympathize with him, the murderer? After all, you haven’t provided any other context that would suggest anything but that his ancestors made him do it. Evolutionary psychology may indeed provide great insight into how we behave, but I think that it shouldn’t rise to the level of being a motivating force.