An evolutionary explanation for the female leadership paradox

JE Smith, CR von Rueden, M van Vugt… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Social influence is distributed unequally between males and females in many mammalian
societies. In human societies, gender inequality is particularly evident in access to …

Sex differences in moral judgements across 67 countries

M Atari, MHC Lai, M Dehghani - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Most of the empirical research on sex differences and cultural variations in morality has
relied on within-culture analyses or small-scale cross-cultural data. To further broaden the …

Gender disparities in material and educational resources differ by kinship system

SM Mattison, PM Mattison… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Contemporary inequality exists at an unprecedented scale. Social scientists have
emphasized the role played by material wealth in driving its escalation. Evolutionary …

Men, women and STEM: Why the differences and what should be done?

S Stewart-Williams, LG Halsey - European Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
It is a well-known and widely lamented fact that men outnumber women in a number of fields
in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths). The most commonly discussed …

Variability in energy expenditure is much greater in males than females

LG Halsey, V Careau, H Pontzer, PN Ainslie… - Journal of Human …, 2022 - Elsevier
In mammals, trait variation is often reported to be greater among males than females.
However, to date, mainly only morphological traits have been studied. Energy expenditure …

Foundations of erobotics

S Dubé, D Anctil - International Journal of Social Robotics, 2021 - Springer
Technology is giving rise to artificial erotic agents, which we call erobots (erôs+ bot).
Erobots, such as virtual or augmented partners, erotic chatbots, and sex robots, increasingly …

An updated theoretical framework for human sexual selection: from ecology, genetics, and life history to extended phenotypes

S Luoto - Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 2019 - Springer
Objectives Sexual selection typically centers on bodily and psychological traits. Non-bodily
traits ranging from housing and vehicles through art to social media can, however, influence …

Efficacy in deceptive vocal exaggeration of human body size

K Pisanski, D Reby - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
How can deceptive communication signals exist in an evolutionarily stable signalling
system? To resolve this age-old honest signalling paradox, researchers must first establish …

Testosterone‐dependent facial and body traits predict men's sociosexual attitudes and behaviors

P Polo, JA Muñoz‐Reyes, M Pita… - American Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objectives Strategic Pluralism Theory contends that human mating strategies are
calibrated toward short‐term (ST) or long‐term (LT) mating according to the expression of …

Gendered products act as the extended phenotype of human sexual dimorphism: They increase physical attractiveness and desirability

S Borau, JF Bonnefon - Journal of Business Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Gendered marketing is a pervasive trend, despite the public controversies it generates. Most
of research so far has focused on the socialization-based perspectives of gendered …