Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences / Volume 32 / Issue 3-4 / August 2009, pp 285-286
- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X09990379 (About DOI), Published online: 20 August 2009
Open Peer Commentary
Moderators of sex differences in sexual selection theory
Anthony D. Pellegrinia1
a1 Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, Minneapolis, MN 55405. pelle013@umn.edu
Abstract
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.
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