PSYC 3420 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Psychopathy, Extraversion And Introversion, Dark Triad

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Potential costs of short-term mating for men: short-term sexual strategies carry potential costs for men. Adaptive problems men must solve when pursuing short-term mating: ancestral men who pursued a short-term sexual strategy confronted a number of specific adaptive problems-partner number or variety, sexual accessibility, identifying which women were fertile, and avoiding commitment. Advantages of short term mating: desire for sexual access to a large number of women, a relaxation of standards that men might impose for an acceptable short-term partner. Impose minimum time constraints-to let little time elapse before seeking sexual intercourse. In contrast, men seeking long-term mates might be predicted to prefer younger women of higher reproductive value, because they will be more likely to reproduce in the future. Evidence for an evolved short-term mating psychology: casual sex typically requires the consent of both sexes, at least some ancestral women must have practiced the behaviour some of the time.

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