ANT211H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Red Queen Hypothesis, Film4, Sexual Selection
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Females mate with all the males to discourage infanticide. The males with the longer tails and more eye patterns got to mate with the most females - size matters. Film five: the language of sexes: the female neck, long and slim, giraffe-necked women. Hope to achieve the maximum number of 32. Is a very heavy burden on them: smaller feet than men, ancient chinese shoes. Used for erotic foreplay: women have larger lips than men, they are bigger and redder, one tribe accentuates the women"s lips. A slit in made in the lip and a plate is inserted. Bride price is fixed depending on the lip size: cameroon, women add padding to their skirts to make their pelvises look bigger. Here, women are expected to have at least six kids, so to attract a man, they make their hips look bigger: hair differences, men typically have cropped hair, women typically have long hair.
