Trade-offs in a dangerous world: Women's fear of crime predicts preferences for aggressive and formidable mates

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-137

  Snyder, Jeffrey K ^a   Fessler, Daniel M T ^a   Tiokhin, Leonid ^a   Frederick, David A ^a   Lee, Sok Woo ^b   Navarrete, Carlos David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance; Fear of crime; Formidability; Women's mate preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551684144     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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