There's no contest: Human sex differences are sexually selected

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 32 (3-4):286-287 (2009)
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Abstract

An evolutionary psychological perspective drawing on sexual selection theory can better explain sex differences in aggression and violence than can social constructionist theories. Moreover, there is accumulating evidence that, in accordance with predictions derived from sexual selection theory, men modulate their willingness to engage in risky and violent confrontations in response to cues to fitness variance and future prospects

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