Provide criticisms of the evolutionary perspective on gender differences in choosing mates.
What will be an ideal response?
- Critics claim that the evolutionary explanation for gender differences in choosing mates is untestable.
- Similarities across cultures relating to gender preferences in seeking a mate may be due more to gender stereotyping than evolution.
- There are inconsistencies across cultures with regard to gender differences between male and female preferences in a mate.
- The consistencies that are found across cultures in gender preferences may have more to do with the realities of economic life than the press of evolutionary forces.
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What will be an ideal response?
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