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17 Jun 2014, 9:33 am
The_Face_of_Boo
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18 Jun 2014, 1:39 am
What you are describing is called "Coypcat mating" and there had been studies about it on females of various species, and on female humans too.
Now tarantella will pop up and tells me I am justifying sexism based on a false evolutionary theory 
, except this is not a false evolutionary theory nor I am justifying sexism. I don't invent anything from my head.
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There is substantial evidence that in human mate choice, females directly select males based on male display of both physical and behavioral traits. In non-humans, there is additionally a growing literature on indirect mate choice, such as choice through observing and subsequently copying the mating preferences of conspecifics (mate choice copying). Given that humans are a social species with a high degree of sharing information, long-term pair bonds, and high parental care, it is likely that human females could avoid substantial costs associated with directly searching for information about potential males by mate choice copying. The present study was a test of whether women perceived men to be more attractive when men were presented with a female date or consort than when they were presented alone, and whether the physical attractiveness of the female consort affected women?s copying decisions. The results suggested that women?s mate choice decision rule is to copy only if a man?s female consort is physically attractive. Further analyses implied that copying may be a conditional female mating tactic aimed at solving the problem of informational constraints on assessing male suitability for long-term sexual relationships, and that lack of mate choice experience, measured as reported lifetime number of sex partners, is also an important determinant of copying.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.100 ... 007-9004-2
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1 ... iends.html
There is substantial evidence that in human mate choice, females directly select males based on male display of both physical and behavioral traits. In non-humans, there is additionally a growing literature on indirect mate choice, such as choice through observing and subsequently copying the mating preferences of conspecifics (mate choice copying). Given that humans are a social species with a high degree of sharing information, long-term pair bonds, and high parental care, it is likely that human females could avoid substantial costs associated with directly searching for information about potential males by mate choice copying. The present study was a test of whether women perceived men to be more attractive when men were presented with a female date or consort than when they were presented alone, and whether the physical attractiveness of the female consort affected women?s copying decisions. The results suggested that women?s mate choice decision rule is to copy only if a man?s female consort is physically attractive. Further analyses implied that copying may be a conditional female mating tactic aimed at solving the problem of informational constraints on assessing male suitability for long-term sexual relationships, and that lack of mate choice experience, measured as reported lifetime number of sex partners, is also an important determinant of copying.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.100 ... 007-9004-2
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1 ... iends.html
18 Jun 2014, 2:06 am
The_Face_of_Boo
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18 Jun 2014, 2:25 am
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