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Sexual strategies : how females choose their mates / Mary Batten.

Title
Sexual strategies : how females choose their mates / Mary Batten.
Author
Batten, Mary
Publication
Bloomington, IN : iUniverse, Inc., c2008.

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Description
xxvii, 248 p.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Women > Psychology
  • Mate selection
  • Courtship in animals
Note
  • Originally published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1992.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-239) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The universal mating game -- What females want. Choosing for resources. Choice by selection of superior genes. Exercising choice by rejection. Choosing mates for their beauty -- Female choice among humans -- Sex differences in psychology -- Subverting female choice -- Monogamy, pair-bonding, and female choice -- Love : the romance of reproduction -- Female-headed families by choice and by default -- Beyond the reproductive imperative : the next step in human evolution.
ISBN
  • 9780595510399 (pbk.)
  • 0595510396 (pbk.)
OCLC
240349100
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library