Relationships [U10X]

Question 1

Clark & Hatfield on reproductive strategy

Answer 1

• Approached students on university campus
• Asked “Will you go to bed with me tonight?”
• 75% of men agreed, 0% of women agreed
• Women are choosier and there is a distinction in mating strategies between the two sexes.

Question 2

Oversimplification of Sexual Selection

Answer 2

• Claims strategies are universal
• Some men demonstrate long-term mating and investment
• Some women engage in short-term mating for genes and resources
• Human behaviour is too flexible and complex to restrict each sex to a single mating strategy

Question 3

Sexual Selection and Homosexuality

Answer 3

• Sexual selection is based on genetic fitness, which homosexual partners don’t seek
• Identified that personal ads between heterosexual men/women and homosexual men/women demonstrated the same gender differences (Lawson)
• Regardless of orientation, all people use similar strategies and assess genetically-related traits
• Important in raising offspring