ANT211H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Inclusive Fitness, Operational Sex Ratio, Nail Polish
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Women usually compete for mates by advertising qualities valued by men andby using indirect means of denigrating rivals. Where well- resourced men are in short supply, women must find alternativesources of support or escalate their com petition for male partners to physicallevels. "many women compete overthings they think men value, such as looking sexy the most dangerous outc omeof this is self hatred; girls and women disparage themselves and dissociate fromother females. " The present article sees competition as an inherent part of ourbiological status and women"s lesser willingne ss to escalate competition todirect aggression as arising out of their particular biology rather than fromc onformity to cultural expectations of femininity. Research certainly suggests that the current fashion for slimness is not imposedon women by men beca use men prefer plumper figures than do women. In common with other polygynous primates, men compared to women havebroader canines and are he avier.
