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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. | {{#ev:gfycat|https://gfycat.com/heartfeltwarpedbettong|300x270|right|<p style="width: 300; margin-top: -283px; margin-left: -6px; padding: 283px 3px 3px 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>}} | 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. | ||
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== Expensiveness of courtship == | == Expensiveness of courtship == | ||
By withholding sex, women can exploit men's sexual frustration to get more investment, commitment, and more expensive courtship display. The more the man invests in a woman, the more valuable she will appear.<ref name="ethology"></ref> This is essentially the sunk cost fallacy.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpnxd31y0Fo</ref> | |||
== Courtship vs arranged mating == | == Courtship vs arranged mating == | ||
The modern concept of ''dating'' may be fairly evolutionary novel. Historically, most couples were arranged by the parents and community. In fact, in 70% of societies that were analyzed, arranged marriages were the most predominant mating practice<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1474704919887706</ref> and also in medival Europe and the Middle and far East such practices have been very common in the past.<ref>http://www.dfwx.com/medieval_cult.html</ref> This suggests, courtship may have often consisted in impressing not just the female directly, but also their parents and overall community by gaining social competence status etc. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||