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When women win

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1999

Laura Betzig
Laura Betzig
Affiliation:
The Adaptationist Program, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 lbetzig@aol.com
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Abstract

In Homo sapiens and other species, promiscuity, risk-taking, and aggression are less matters of sex (having XX vs. XY) than gender (giving PI vs. resources and/or genes). Classic role reversals include: sea-horses, polyandrous birds, and a few heiresses in England and Rome. Unlike other females, but like many males, they are assertive, they take chances, and they are not chaste.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , April 1999 , pp. 217
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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