• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Moderators of sex differences in sexual selection theory
  • Beteiligte: Pellegrini, Anthony D.
  • Erschienen: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2009
  • Erschienen in: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x09990379
  • ISSN: 0140-525X; 1469-1825
  • Schlagwörter: Behavioral Neuroscience ; Physiology ; Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Archer recognizes that sexual selection theory is sensitive to the effects of ecologies on sex differences, yet he does not explain the impact of such variation. For example, to what degree are there sex differences in aggression in polygynous and monogamous societies? I demonstrate how differences in mating perceptions affect the traditional dichotomy that males compete for and females choose mates.</jats:p>