Why Female Promiscuity Makes Sense – And Yeah Even Swans And Penguins Do It
Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 06:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Contrary to what many of us would predict most female animals are not monogamous. Not even swans or penguins, those (supposedly) hallmarks of monogamy. Also surprising is the evidence that in most cases the female deliberately looks for the multiple sexual partners since female multiple mating (known as polyandry) is costly, risky and seems to bring no benefits to the females involved. read more