Conclusion
Daly and Wilson, whose findings have been corroborated by a number of independent studies, have contributed to an ever-growing body of work related to the Cinderella effect. Of the researchers in disagreement with Daly and Wilson, some have a well-known skepticism of the field of evolutionary psychology, such as David Buller, while others have put forth studies that suffer from analytical error, such as Hans Temrin. While there are other hypotheses that attempt to debunk the Cinderella effect, or explain it in non-evolutionary terms, they remain largely untested and are unlikely to be able to fully account for the striking variation between genetic and stepparental instances of child maltreatment.
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