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{{#ev:gfycat|https://gfycat.com/heartfeltwarpedbettong|300x270|right|<p style="width: 300; padding: 3px; background: #f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #c8ccd1">Ethnologist Eibl-Eibesfeldt was able to elicit the "[[coyness|coy]] glance". Looking at a variety of cultures, he found flirting to be prevalent and very much the same the world over. | |||
Figure 4.45. The [white of the eye] permits us to perceive signals of others accurately: reaction of a young Indian woman to a compliment—affection and timidity are juxtaposed. From a 50 frames/second 16 mm film.<ref name="ethology"></ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://evolution.anthro.univie.ac.at:80/ishe/images/coy.gif</ref></p>}} | |||
'''Courtship''' is the demonstration of the goodness of one's genes to the opposite sex in order to be [[sexual selection|selected]] for reproduction. In essence, it is [[intrasexual competition]] as it involves outcompeting others who are interested in the same reproductive opportunity, but rather than competing directly e.g. by physical violence and intimidation, it rather consists in ''impressing'' the opposite sex, e.g. by eliciting [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernormal_stimulus super stimuli] in their brains. | '''Courtship''' is the demonstration of the goodness of one's genes to the opposite sex in order to be [[sexual selection|selected]] for reproduction. In essence, it is [[intrasexual competition]] as it involves outcompeting others who are interested in the same reproductive opportunity, but rather than competing directly e.g. by physical violence and intimidation, it rather consists in ''impressing'' the opposite sex, e.g. by eliciting [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernormal_stimulus super stimuli] in their brains. | ||
In many species the females are more coy because they have more [[Bateman's principle|parental investment]], hence the males need to compete more, e.g. by courtship. This also applies to humans, in fact, ethnologist Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt observed that courtship is pretty much the same the world over.<ref>Eibl-Eibesfeldt I. 2017. ''Pair Formation, Courtship, Sexual Love.'' In: ''Human Ethology.'' Rougtledge. [[https://books.google.com/books?id=-CExDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT6&ots=KctjD7Zprm&dq=Pair%20Formation%2C%20Courtship%2C%20Sexual%20Love&pg=PT335#v=onepage&q=Pair%20Formation,%20Courtship,%20Sexual%20Love&f=false Excerpt]]</ref><ref>http://doi.org/10.1080/00224490903402520</ref> | In many species the females are more coy because they have more [[Bateman's principle|parental investment]], hence the males need to compete more, e.g. by courtship. This also applies to humans, in fact, ethnologist Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt observed that courtship (flirting) is pretty much the same the world over.<ref name="ethology">Eibl-Eibesfeldt I. 2017. ''Pair Formation, Courtship, Sexual Love.'' In: ''Human Ethology.'' Rougtledge. [[https://books.google.com/books?id=-CExDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT6&ots=KctjD7Zprm&dq=Pair%20Formation%2C%20Courtship%2C%20Sexual%20Love&pg=PT335#v=onepage&q=Pair%20Formation,%20Courtship,%20Sexual%20Love&f=false Excerpt]]</ref><ref>http://doi.org/10.1080/00224490903402520</ref> | ||
== | == Human courtship == | ||
Courtship among humans is special due to the disproportionally large amount of resources that males provide, which is, in fact, unique among primates and also extreme compared to animals overall (see [[hypergamy]]). For this reasons, human males engage in display of their wealth in order to court females, e.g. this may involve buying an expensive ring. | |||
Different from e.g. birds, humans are less ornamented, but they do have ornament which mostly comes down to averageness and symmetry (simplicity). Such ornament and exaggerated sexual attraction to it may have evolved by [[Fisherian runaway|runaway selection]]. | |||
Geoffrey Miller suggested that human intelligence has also been selected by runaway selection, with males eliciting super stimuli in women in order to be selected, e.g. by humour and artistic performances (see [[Fisherian runaway]]). In fact, instrument building has been a near exclusively male activity across cultures.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#Women_were_historically_predominantly_involved_in_cooking_and_they_never_dominated_men</ref> | |||
== Expensiveness of courtship == | == Expensiveness of courtship == | ||