Evolutionary roots of Stockholm Syndrome Stockholm Syndrome is an evolved response that promotes survival in a potentially life-threatening situation. We see a form of Stockholm Syndrome in chimpanzees whereabuse victimsact submissive to appease their abusers.2 Studies show that women are more prone to...
It’s not just physiological, and it’s certainly not allStockholm Syndrome. As a sex therapist, I hear many more fantasies of spankingsubmissionthan dominance, from both men and women. That’s partly because private therapy isexpensive, and the men and women who can afford it tend to be ...
It’s not just physiological, and it’s certainly not allStockholm Syndrome. As a sex therapist, I hear many more fantasies of spankingsubmissionthan dominance, from both men and women. That’s partly because private therapy isexpensive, and the men and women who can afford it tend to be ...
and three don’t necessarily make a pattern. But if I’m right that these are representative examples, then they seem to share a pattern. I’m not sure they all technically qualify as “social priming” (though they might, and that field has already been pointed out as ...