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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 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 evolution.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMCtE2-YsLc</ref> | '''Sexual conflict''' refers to diverging interests in males and females to optimize their fitness or the sexiness of the offspring over many generations. The sexes of many species literally engage in a war over the course of evolution.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMCtE2-YsLc</ref> | ||
== Examples of sexual conflict in humans == | == Examples of sexual conflict in humans == | ||