Episode 319: What evolutionary psychology gets wrong

While evolutionary psychology can be incredibly useful in
explaining much of modern mating and dating preferences, it
fails, in my opinion, to adequately appreciate the influence of
status on intersexual dynamics. The standards of attractiveness
fluctuate (somewhat) from generation to generation and from
culture to culture; however, what remains constant is the
collective selection of some subset of partner traits considered
to be "desirable." Attracting a partner with more of these traits
-- irrespective of how arbitrary or superficial those traits
might be -- generally redounds to increased survival and
prosperity.


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