Wallace's Perspective
Wallace's perspective is not only intrinsically sexist and patently false, it lacks a logical scientific basis: not only are secondary sexual characteristics factors in both male and female sexual selection influence (consider the emphasis/exaggeration of secondary female characteristics during times of increased fertility, such as breast enlargement and increased sexual behaviors during ovulation that coincide with increases in androgen production) but Wallace’s perspective seems to purport that males would somehow not benefit from adopting a more energetically favorable ‘drab’ phenotype and increasing their own survival chances as opposed to maintaining their bright ornaments of ‘ancestral origin’ simply because they can afford the luxury