Further Reading

Allman, W. F. (1993, July 19). The mating game. U.S. News & World Report, 57-63.

Barber, N. (1995). The evolutionary psychology of physical attractiveness: Sexual selection and human morphology. Ethology and Sociobiology, 16, 395-424.

Buss, D. M. (1989). Sex differences in human mate selection: Evolutionary hypotheses tested in 37 cultures. Behavior and Brain Sciences, 12, 1-49.

Buss, D. M. (1994). The evolution of desire. New York: Basic Books.

Buss, D. M. (1994). The strategies of human mating. American Scientist, 82, 238-249.

Cramer, R. E., Schaefer, J. R., & Reid, S. (1996). Identifying the ideal mate: More evidence for male-female convergence. Current Psychology: Developmental, Learning, Personality, Social, 15, 157-166.

Darwin, C. (1859). On the origin of the species by means of natural selection, or preservation of favored races in the struggle for life. London: Murray.

Darwin, C. (1871). The descent of man and selection in relation to sex. London: Murray.

Hatfield, E. (1985). A new look at love. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America.

Hatfield, E., & Rapson, R. L. (1993). Love, sex, and intimacy: Their psychology, biology, and history. New York: HarperCollins.

Jankowiak, W. R., & Fisher, E. F. (1992). A cross-cultural perspective on romantic love. Ethnology, 31, 149-155.

Kenrick, D. T., & Keefe, R. C. (1992). Age preferences in mates reflect sex differences in reproductive strategies. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 15, 75-133.

Margulis, L., & Sagan, D. (1991). Mystery dance: On the evolution of human sexuality. New York: Summit Books.

Rozin, P., & Fallon, A. (1988). Body image, attitudes to weight, and misperceptions of figure preferences of the opposite sex: A comparison of men and women in two generations. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 97, 342-345.

Singh, D. (1993). Adaptive significance of waist-to-hip ratio and female physical attractiveness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 293-307.

Small, M. (1992). The evolution of female sexuality and mate selection in humans. Human Nature, 3, 133-156.

Symons, D. (1979). The evolution of human sexuality. New York: Oxford University Press.

Symons, D. (1989). The psychology of human mate preference. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 12, 34-35.

Walster (Hatfield), E., Aronson, V., Abrahams, D., & Rottman, L. (1966). Importance of physical attractiveness in dating behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 4, 508-516.

Wilson, M. I., & Daly, M. (1996). Male sexual proprietariness and violence against wives. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 5, 2-7.