Summary Of Monogamy Vs. Promiscuity By Natalie Angier
Angier critiques the extreme evolutionary psychology view specifically with regard to male female sex/mate choice distinctions. Explain the view she is critiquing (read Wilson, “Sex” as well). What she sees as potentially undermining the assertions of the view and her alternate explanation for such differences In today’s times, men and women seem to go out and search for the ideal sex/mate partners for various types of reasons.
In “Monogamy vs. Promiscuity: Putting Evolutionary Psychology on the Couch”, Natalie Angier brings forward the topic in regards to male female sex/mate choice distinctions in the field known as Evolutionary Psychology. Evolutionary psychology is what Angier calls to be a “cranky and despotic Cyclops, its single eye glaring through an overwhelmingly masculinist lens” (505). The reason why she sees their view as masculinist is due to the fact that the view of the behavior of males is as narrow as their view of women. She claims that the way the Evolutionary Psychologists see women and their ideas of …show more content…
Evolutionary psychologists state the way in which men select their women are highly based on focusing on youth and beauty in a women. Things such as a nice complexion such as nice skin, nice lips, beautiful breasts, etc. Not only are the physical aspects of a women important but also a women who is going to be able to give him many healthy children. All men look for in a women is someone who is going to be faithful and although men are in for a one night stand with a women, they will always prefer the women who is modest and shows faithfulness and reliability as his wife. Evolutionary psychologists rely on surveys by David Buss and most of his surveys find that men rate youth and beauty as important traits in mate, while women give comparatively greater weight to financial success in a
In “Monogamy vs. Promiscuity: Putting Evolutionary Psychology on the Couch”, Natalie Angier brings forward the topic in regards to male female sex/mate choice distinctions in the field known as Evolutionary Psychology. Evolutionary psychology is what Angier calls to be a “cranky and despotic Cyclops, its single eye glaring through an overwhelmingly masculinist lens” (505). The reason why she sees their view as masculinist is due to the fact that the view of the behavior of males is as narrow as their view of women. She claims that the way the Evolutionary Psychologists see women and their ideas of …show more content…
Evolutionary psychologists state the way in which men select their women are highly based on focusing on youth and beauty in a women. Things such as a nice complexion such as nice skin, nice lips, beautiful breasts, etc. Not only are the physical aspects of a women important but also a women who is going to be able to give him many healthy children. All men look for in a women is someone who is going to be faithful and although men are in for a one night stand with a women, they will always prefer the women who is modest and shows faithfulness and reliability as his wife. Evolutionary psychologists rely on surveys by David Buss and most of his surveys find that men rate youth and beauty as important traits in mate, while women give comparatively greater weight to financial success in a