Sex on the Brain
An NPR discussion with Deborah Blum on how commercial advertising exploits adaptations associated with mate finding.
http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/970811.totn.02.ram
The Sexual Competition Hypothesis for Eating Disorders
A hypothesis that suggests eating disorders stem from intense female intra-sexual competition for mates.
http://cogprints.soton.ac.uk/documents/disk0/00/00/08/00/index.html
Sexual Selection and the Mind
Geoffrey Miller provides an overview of the subject matter and genetics may provide important insight into mate finding behavior.
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/miller/miller_p2.html
Evolutionary Psychology
NPR radio discussion on the assumption that women have evolved physically and psychologically to be weaker, less assertive, and monogamous, while men are naturally stronger, aggressive, and promiscuous.
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An Evolutionary Hypothesis For Eating Disorders
Riadh T. Abed argues that the roots of some eating disorders may be sexual competition. Published in the British Journal of Medical Psychology 71(4):525-547.
http://cogprints.soton.ac.uk/documents/disk0/00/00/08/00/cog00000800-00/eatdis~1.htm
Short Men are More Likely to Stay Childless
News article by Steve Connor describes research indicating a link between stature and reproductive fitness in males.
http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=14652
Sex: What Men and Women Want, Naturally
Scientists have solved the age-old mystery of why the human male is monogamous.
http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=69435
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