Student Surveys Contradict Claims of Evolved Sex Differences
Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 14:50
in Psychology & Sociology
For more than three decades evolutionary psychologists have advanced a simple theory of human sexuality: because men invest less reproductive effort in sperm than women do in eggs, men's and women's brains have been shaped differently by evolution. As a result, men are eager for sex whereas women are relatively choosy. But a steady stream of recent evidence suggests this paradigm could be in need of a makeover. [More]