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11Females undergo selection tooBehavioral and Brain Sciences 45. 2022.Extending Campbell's (1999) staying alive theory (SAT) beyond aggression, we reviewed evidence that females are more self-protective than males. Many commentators provided additional supporting data. Sex differences in life-history adaptations, in the optimal relation between survival and reproduction, and in the mechanisms underlying trade-offs involved with self-protection remain important topics with numerous opportunities for improved understanding.
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26Self-protection as an adaptive female strategyBehavioral and Brain Sciences 45. 2022.Many male traits are well explained by sexual selection theory as adaptations to mating competition and mate choice, whereas no unifying theory explains traits expressed more in females. Anne Campbell's “staying alive” theory proposed that human females produce stronger self-protective reactions than males to aggressive threats because self-protection tends to have higher fitness value for females than males. We examined whether Campbell's theory has more general applicability by considering whe…Read more
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Flinders UniversityUndergraduate
Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Mind |
Philosophy of Social Science |