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{{#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. | {{#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. | ||
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, Figure 4.45.<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. | ||