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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 future prospects.

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 21, 2009

DOI

10.1017/s0140525x0999032x

ISSN

0140-525X

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