Sexual selection, the division of labor, and the evolution of sex differences

Geary, David C.

doi:10.1017/s0140525x98221248

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“…Accordingly, men are forced to strive for mating opportunities through competitive behavior and courtship displays in both mating contexts (Buss, 2007;Geary, 2006;Kenrick, Sadalla, Groth, & Melanie, 1990). This is especially the case for young men, experiencing the highest level of competition and the greatest variation in reproductive success (Daly & Wilson, 2001;Ellis et al, 2012;Wilson & Daly, 1985).…”

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The Young Male Cigarette and Alcohol Syndrome

Vincke

2016

Evol Psychol

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Despite the many health risks of tobacco and alcohol use, high levels of smoking and drinking are being persisted. Moreover, young men engage more in these behaviors as compared to women. As male physical risk-taking behavior gains attractiveness in short-term mating contexts and given that smoking and drinking have considerable physical costs, this study explores the possibility that tobacco and alcohol use is part of a male short-term mating strategy. By means of a between-subjects experiment (N ¼ 239), women's perceptions of young male smoking and drinking were investigated. The experiment showed that women perceive men who smoke and drink as being more short-term oriented in their sexuality than nonusers. Moreover, both tobacco and (especially) alcohol use brought some attractiveness benefits in short-term mating contexts. A follow-up study (N ¼ 171) confirmed that men's behavior corresponds with women's perceptions. Overall, these findings show that cigarette and alcohol use can operate as a short-term mating strategy.

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Section: Male Risk Taking As a Sexual Strategymentioning

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The Young Male Cigarette and Alcohol Syndrome

Vincke

2016

Evol Psychol

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“…A man's minimum investment in producing the same child can theoretically take only one coital act (BJORKLUND and SHACKELFORD 1999;BUSS 2003BUSS , 2007. These sex differences in levels of minimum investment required when adopting a short-term mating strategy (such as a one off sexual encounter) suggests females should be the higher discriminating or choosier sex when selecting a mate, whereas men should be less choosy and be more vigorous with regards to intrasexual competition (competing against other males) for multiple females (BJORKLUND and SHACKELFORD 1999;BUSS and SCHMITT 1993;GEARY 1998). These sex differences in short-term mating strategies are supported by findings that men show more positive attitudes to low investment sex than women do (FISHER et al 1988;OLIVER and HYDE 1993;TOWNSEND 1995;WILSON 1987), report higher levels of sexual fantasies involving multiple partners than women (ELLIS and SYMONS 1990;MALAMUTH 1996) and desire a greater number of sexual partners (SCHMITT 2003).…”

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Manipulated luxury-apartment ownership enhances opposite-sex attraction in females but not males

Dünn¹,

Hill²

2014

Journal of Evolutionary Psychology

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Abstract. Manipulated prestige car ownership has been shown previously to enhance male attractiveness. In the current study the illusion of status-linked property ownership was achieved by presenting a target male and female (matched for attractiveness) adopting a casual posture standing in either a 'high status' (luxury apartment) or a 'neutral status' (standard apartment) context. A between-subjects design was used with the photographic stimuli presented amongst other masking stimuli and rated for attractiveness by opposite-sex university undergraduate participants (N = 102) on a scale of 1-10. The male model was rated significantly more attractive when presented to females in the high status compared to the neutral status context and was also adjudged to be significantly more attractive than the female target superimposed on an identical background. There was no significant difference in the female target models attractiveness ratings given by males across the two contexts. These results were obtained despite no sex-differences being found when separate participants were asked to rate the plausibility of each target model owning or renting the luxury property they were depicted in. These findings add to a growing body of work high-lighting the importance of contextual, evolutionarily relevant status cues in male attractiveness judgements.

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“…Propõe-se esta hipótese, com base em que a diferença nos níveis hormonais de uma etapa para outra iria induzir mudanças faciais que seriam percebidas como mais atraentes. (Feinberg et al, 2008;Thornhill & Gangestad, 1999 (Geary, 2006).…”

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“…Devido a isso, a seleção favoreceu a tendência básica da mulher para discriminar na hora de escolher o possível parceiro sexual e avaliar quem vai lhe oferecer, além de bons genes, um bom cuidado parental para o seu filho (Symons, 1986;Townsend, Kline & Wasserman, 1995). A escolha de parceiro que a mulher faz pode estar influenciada pelos atributos físicos (indicadores de saúde física e genética) que elas encontram atraentes (Geary, 2006). As mulheres são sensíveis e respondem -sem estar cientes -aos feromônios que sinalizam a qualidade genética do sistema imune (Gangestad & Thornhill, 1998;Thornhill & Gangestad, 1999).…”

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Perilla-Rodriguez¹

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Sexual selection, the division of labor, and the evolution of sex differences

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The Young Male Cigarette and Alcohol Syndrome

The Young Male Cigarette and Alcohol Syndrome

Manipulated luxury-apartment ownership enhances opposite-sex attraction in females but not males

A atratividade facial feminina em função da etapa do ciclo menstrual

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