PSYCH 3AC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Female Promiscuity, Ovulation, Nucleus Accumbens
18 Mar 2017
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Men"s long term mate preferences: men are choosy when selecting a ltm, they are opportunistic originally, however if they are going to make the decision to settle down, then they will get choosy. These goddesses were prayed to for children, a history long obsession to get pregnant(low. Swelling of sex organs in baboons- easy to know when to inseminate her and guard her when she has children: most non-human primates are not sexually receptive unless they are ovulating. These primates have to find a female that is receptive, he has sex with her and then guards her till she is done ovulating. Gambian men have gathered enough resources to mate the women around their age are past the optimal fertility peak and so they must look for women that are much younger. In no country do men want their mates to be older. So, they try to pick youngest but most sensitive age for a woman.
