Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
9-2000
Abstract
Comments on the article by A. H. Eagly and W. Wood which examined the origins of sex differences in human behavior. Eagly and Wood argued that social structural theory can explain the origin of psychological sex differences. The present authors suggest that evolutionary models of sex differences are based on a much broader foundation that Eagly and Wood imply. They note that Eagly and Wood misconstrued previous age preference findings as supporting the "common knowledge" that men prefer younger women. Eagly and Wood also showed that as societies approach gender equality in resource access, some sex differences in mate preferences decrease; however, as the current authors note, evolved mechanisms are not environmentally insensitive.
Keywords
human mate selection, sex role attitudes, Social Structure; Sociocultural Factors, Theory of Evolution, Cross Cultural Differences, Human Sex Differences
Discipline
Gender and Sexuality | Social Psychology
Research Areas
Psychology
Publication
American Psychologist
Volume
55
Issue
9
First Page
1060
Last Page
1061
ISSN
0003-066X
Identifier
10.1037/0003-066X.55.9.1060
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Citation
KENRICK, Douglas T., & LI, Norman P..(2000). The Darwin Is in the Details. American Psychologist, 55(9), 1060-1061.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/717
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Authors
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.55.9.1060