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[[File:Salome_Jean_Benner_c1899.jpg|thumb|right|Jean Benner: Salome (ca. 1899)]] | [[File:Salome_Jean_Benner_c1899.jpg|thumb|right|Jean Benner: Salome (ca. 1899)]] | ||
[[File:Franz-Von-Stuck-adam-and-Eve.jpg|thumb|right|Franz Von Stuck: Adam and Eve (ca. 1920)]] | [[File:Franz-Von-Stuck-adam-and-Eve.jpg|thumb|right|Franz Von Stuck: Adam and Eve (ca. 1920)]] | ||
'''Sexual conflict''' refers to intersexual conflict, meaning conflicting sexual strategies between the sexes, i.e. diverging interests in males and females to optimize their fitness over many generations. The sexes of many species literally engage in a war over the course of revolution.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMCtE2-YsLc</ref> | '''Sexual conflict''' refers to intersexual conflict, meaning conflicting [[reproductive success|sexual strategies]] between the sexes, i.e. diverging interests in males and females to optimize their fitness over many generations. The sexes of many species literally engage in a war over the course of revolution.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMCtE2-YsLc</ref> | ||
== Examples of sexual conflict in humans == | == Examples of sexual conflict in humans == | ||