Human male mating strategies: II. Moral codes of "quality" and "quantity" strategists

Ethology and Sociobiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-86

  Paul, Luci ^a   Hirsch, Linda R ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coercive sexual behavior; Dating behavior; Deception; Honest advertisement; Morality; Reproductive strategies; Self deception

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010024010     PISSN: 01623095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0162-3095(96)00129-X     Document Type: Article

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