Journal article
There's no contest: Human sex differences are sexually selected
Abstract
Abstract
An evolutionary psychological perspective drawing on sexual selection theory can better explain sex differences in aggression and violence than can social constructionist theories. Moreover, there is accumulating evidence that, in accordance with predictions derived from sexual selection theory, men modulate their willingness to engage in risky and violent confrontations in response to cues to fitness variance and …
Authors
Pound N; Daly M; Wilson M
Journal
Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol. 32, No. 3-4, pp. 286–287
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
August 2009
DOI
10.1017/s0140525x0999032x
ISSN
0140-525X