Una perspectiva femenina del pensamiento evolutivo

Abstract

«A Feminine Perspective of the Evolutionary Thought» In modern evolutionary studies, sexual selection continues to be the dominating theoretical paradigm. Sexual selection was defined by Darwin as a subset of natural selection having to do with reproductive competition. There are two subsets of mechanisms of sexual selection: within-sex interactions (i.e., intrasexual selection), and between-sex interactions (i.e., intersexual selection). According to Darwinian sexual selection, males compete among themselves for access to females, and females choose the best male from the contestants. Studies of mating behaviour across animals don’t always support this view of sexuality. From the 1970s onward, study after study has shown that far from being coy, females in a wide range of species forge their own strategic way and attempt to mate with more than one male.