Sex, sex differences, and the new polygyny

John Marshall Townsend

doi:10.1017/S0140525X05420051

Sex, sex differences, and the new polygyny

John Marshall Townsend

Department of Anthropology

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Abstract

The Sociosexual Orientation Inventory (SOI) was not designed to illuminate the sexually dimorphic mental mechanisms posited by evolutionary theories. Its results are therefore open to competing interpretations. Measures designed to tap the thought processes surrounding sexual experience generate findings that are more compatible with evolutionary than with social structural theory.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	295-296
Number of pages	2
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	28
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X05420051
State	Published - Apr 2005

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Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Physiology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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