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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]] or the [[Beauty|sexiness]] of the offspring over many generations, increasing the average fitness of one's own sex at the cost of the average fitness of the other sex. 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 [[Men|males]] and [[Femoid|females]] to optimize their [[fitness]] or the [[Beauty|sexiness]] of the offspring over many generations, increasing the average fitness of one's own sex at the cost of the average fitness of the other sex. 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 == | ||
* From the point of view of [[women]], fitness is optimized if the mate cares for the young thus freeing resources (e.g., time and energy) that can be invested in additional offspring, but caring for a single woman, the man needs to forego other mating opportunities. | * From the point of view of [[women]], fitness is optimized if the mate cares for the young thus freeing resources (e.g., time and energy) that can be invested in additional offspring, but caring for a single woman, the man needs to forego other mating opportunities. | ||