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'''Briffault's law''' holds that females only associate with men when they can personally benefit from doing so. In other words, that females exhibit [[non-altruism]] and are by default cold-hearted toward males. Buxton and Briffault (1927) defined it as follows: | '''Briffault's law''' holds that females only associate with men when they can personally benefit from doing so. In other words, that females exhibit [[non-altruism]] and are by default cold-hearted toward males. Buxton and Briffault (1927) defined it as follows: | ||
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{{cquote|The female, not the male, determines all the conditions of the animal family. Where the [[femoid|female]] can derive no benefit from association with the male, no such association takes place.<ref>Briffault R, Buxton LHD. 1927. ''The Mothers: A Study of the Origins of Sentiments and Institutions''. Vol. I, p. 191 [[https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=0jMEAQAAIAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA1 Book]]</ref>}} | {{cquote|The female, not the male, determines all the conditions of the animal family. Where the [[femoid|female]] can derive no benefit from association with the male, no such association takes place.<ref>Briffault R, Buxton LHD. 1927. ''The Mothers: A Study of the Origins of Sentiments and Institutions''. Vol. I, p. 191 [[https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=0jMEAQAAIAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA1 Book]]</ref>}} | ||
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