Can mate choice strategies explain sex differences?

Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-25

  Stieger, Stefan ^a   Eichinger, Y Tina ^a   Honeder, Britta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age deception; Appearance deception; Evolutionary theory; Gender switching; Mate choice strategies; Online deception; Sex differences; Sexual selection theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449313601     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335.40.1.16     Document Type: Article

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