tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459188616438330122.post4300040621818876320..comments2023-11-02T08:44:47.481-04:00Comments on Alcohol Free: Sex and Evolutionary PsychologyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459188616438330122.post-58325028129718332882010-12-19T19:24:59.229-05:002010-12-19T19:24:59.229-05:00Yeah, that's a great point. I'll have to ...Yeah, that's a great point. I'll have to think about it more and post again on this topic soon.hmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273970169565217269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459188616438330122.post-33810401939282665412010-12-18T19:23:41.504-05:002010-12-18T19:23:41.504-05:00The story is a bit more complicated than this. It&...The story is a bit more complicated than this. It's true that, like you say, women have an incentive to pick wisely, and that they want men who can provide for their offspring. But another (and sometimes conflicting) preference is towards the quality of her offspring's genome. If a woman is coupled with a loyal, providing male, her fitness can still benefit from seeking new partners with (expected) genome quality higher than that of her partner, regardless of whether those new partners are loyal and dedicated or not.<br /><br />In other words, evolution equips men with an incentive to cheat, and women with an incentive to cuckold.<br /><br />Think about it. Because female reproductive capacities are the limiting factor, women choose their sexual partners, whereas men compete to be chosen. Therefore, if women did not have an incentive to cuckold their partners, male promiscuity would convey such a strong evolutionary disadvantage that it would be a much less common behavior than it actually is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com