Daly and Wilson suggest that family violence and abuse against children in modern America is often due to

A) evolutionary pressures driving individuals to protect themselves against all others (self-preservation instinct).
B) evolutionary pressures driving individuals to protect the human race from attack.
C) psychological conflicts in the abuser's unconscious.
D) reinforced behavioral patterns that include violent actions.
E) evolutionary pressures driving individuals to care more for their own offspring than for others.


E

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