caa a22 4500 46905137X CHVBK 20180323132831.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02692250 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02692250 Small Meredith Department of Anthropology, Cornell University, 14853, Ithaca, NY aut The evolution of female sexuality and mate selection in humans [Elektronische Daten] [Meredith Small] Understanding female sexuality and mate choice is central to evolutionary scenarios of human social systems. Studies of female sexuality conducted by sex researchers in the United States since 1938 indicate that human females in general are concerned with their sexual well-being and are capable of sexual response parallel to that of males. Across cultures in general and in western societies in particular, females engage in extramarital affairs regularly, regardless of punishment by males or social disapproval. Families are usually concerned with marriage arrangements only insofar as those arrangements are economically or politically advantageous, but females most often have a voice in arranged marriages. Extended families also concentrate on a couple's future reproduction rather than on sexual exclusivity. Although marriage for females is often compromised by male or family reproductive interests (which may not in fact differ from female interests), females appear to exercise their sexuality with more freedom than has previously been suggested. Notions of human females as pawns in the male reproductive game, or as traders of sex for male services, should be dispelled. Walter de Gruyter, Inc, 1992 Female sexuality nationallicence Female choice nationallicence Human evolution nationallicence Mating strategies nationallicence Human Nature Springer-Verlag 3/2(1992-06-01), 133-156 1045-6767 3:2<133 1992 3 12110 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02692250 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02692250 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Small Meredith Department of Anthropology, Cornell University, 14853, Ithaca, NY aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Human Nature Springer-Verlag 3/2(1992-06-01), 133-156 1045-6767 3:2<133 1992 3 12110 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer