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Strategic pluralism: Men and women start from a different point

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

John Archer
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE, United Kingdom{j.archer; m.mehdikhani}@uclan.ac.ukwww.uclan.ac.uk/facs/science/psychol/ja.htm
Mani Mehdikhani
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE, United Kingdom{j.archer; m.mehdikhani}@uclan.ac.ukwww.uclan.ac.uk/facs/science/psychol/ja.htm

Abstract

Gangestad & Simpson's (G&S's) analysis of strategic pluralism is welcomed as a balance to the current emphasis on between-sex variation. It could have been clarified by acknowledging the extent to which males and females represent fundamentally different mating strategies, since this affects how we view within-sex strategic variation. The distinction between conditional and alternative strategies could also have been highlighted.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
2000 Cambridge University Press

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