Males and females typically have differing levels of parental investment, leading to different reproductive strategies being most effective. If the problem persists, please try again in a little while. The following is the typical stance taken by researchers: ... studying the mating psychology of homosexual persons has the potential to distinguish between several broad developmental and etiological hypotheses regarding the mating psychology of heterosexual persons. This has led to a multitude of studies into whether men and women demonstrate different mate selection behaviour. AND, OR, NOT, “ ”, ( ), We use cookies to deliver a better user experience and to show you ads based on your interests.

Lippa (2007) clearly demonstrates one of the drawbacks of the "comparing homosexual people with heterosexual people" approach, in that the only way he can attempt to understand his results is by saying that gay men are feminized and lesbian women are masculinized in some respects, but they are sex-congruent in others.

Such studies focus on sexual orientation--the sex of the partner a person prefers--rather than sexual identity, which is a much more personal and social definition of oneself. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License. 5 (2011), Evolutionary Theory of Mate Selection and Partners of Trans People: A Qualitative Study Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Amanda Forde, University of GlasgowFollow. Authors. TQR Coverage of the origins of sexual selection theory, including early debate between Darwin and Wallace about whether females have aesthetic preferences for certain male types, and the growth of interest in mate choice in the 20th century.

(Bailey, Gaulin, Agyei, & Gladue, 1994, p. 1084).

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16, No. Natural Selection. Evolutionary Theory of Mate Selection and Partners of Trans People: A Qualitative Study Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. It proposes that humans have evolved a list of different mating strategies, both short-term and long-term, that vary depending on culture, social context, parental influence, and personal mate value (desirability in the “mating market”).In its initial formulation, sexual strategies theory focused on the differences between men and women in mating preferences and strategies (Buss & Schmitt, 1993).

In the theory of sexual selection, adaptive characteristics are thought to include the ability to choose a mate capable of effective reproduction, thus ensuring the survival of offspring long enough for them to also reproduce and so pass on the genotype (Buss & Barnes, 1986).

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This background has led some researchers to be biased in their treatment of non-heterosexuals in research on mate selection, as deviation from heterosexual behaviour is not easily explained by sexual selection. NOTE: The latest versions of Adobe Reader do not support viewing PDF files within Firefox on Mac OS and if you are using a modern (Intel) Mac, there is no official plugin for viewing PDF files within the browser window. >

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FAQ | It is important however, to understand what the theory of mate selection is, how it has been studied and what the flaws are in the extant literature.


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These results challenge the traditional conclusions of mate selection studies, emphasising the need for more qualitative research.

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Sexual strategies theory is based on sexual selection theory.