The reason female birds of paradise are in demand is that eggs are a more scarce resource than sperms. The Selfish Gene In the beginning there was simplicity. Males are bright and ostentatious because females are in demand and can afford to be choosy. The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins Science Ashto 4/10 Jonesy 8/10 The Selfish Gene Summary We are survival machines robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. In the case of birds of paradise, we decided that females are drab because they do not need to compete for males. When a man is described, the adjectives used are much more likely to have nothing to do with sex.įaced with these facts, a biologist would be forced to suspect that he was looking at a society in which females compete for males, rather than vice versa. This is true, whether the speaker is a man or a woman. When a woman is described in conversation, it is quite likely that her sexual attractiveness, or lack of it, will be prominently mentioned. Men's magazines are less preoccupied with male sexual attractiveness, and a man who is unusually interested in his own dress and appearance is apt to arouse suspicion, both among men and among women.
Women seem to be interested in their own personal appearance and are encouraged in this by their magazines and journals. Apart from special cases, like actors, men do not. Women paint their faces and glue on false eyelashes. It is of course true that some men dress flamboyantly and some women dress drably but, on average, there can be no doubt that in our society the equivalent of the peacock's tail is exhibited by the female, not by the male. Modern western man is undoubtedly exceptional in this respect. Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.“One feature of our own society that seems decidedly anomalous is the matter of sexual advertisement, As we have seen, it is strongly to be expected on evolutionary grounds that, where the sexes differ, it should be the males that advertise and the females that are drab.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.
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