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Idealized human mating strategies versus social complexity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

Timothy Perper  and
Martha Cornog
Timothy Perper
Affiliation:
Independent Scholars, 717 Pemberton Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147 perpcorn@dca.net
Martha Cornog
Affiliation:
Independent Scholars, 717 Pemberton Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147 perpcorn@dca.net
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Abstract

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Gangestad & Simpson present an idealized model of human mate strategies based on rational economics and genetics that elides most social constraints on human sexuality. They do not deal with observable complexities of courtship nor with ambiguities in short- and long-term mating. The model successfully explicates a narrow set of premises, but cannot yet explain complex sexual behavior.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , August 2000 , pp. 619 - 620
Copyright
2000 Cambridge University Press