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Dedication; Preface; Sexual Selection in Humans; The Plan of the Book; References; Acknowledgments; Contents; About the Author; Chapter 1: Sexual Selection Forces; Sexual Selection; Sexual Selection and Conflict; Sexual Selection and Genetic Relatives; Sexual Selection Forces; Interrelation Between Sexual Selection Forces; Males Versus Females; Intrasexual Selection: Male-Male and Female-Female Competition; Intersexual Competition: Individual and Parental Choice; Individual Choice; Parental Choice; Sexual Coercion; Sexual Coercion Versus Other Sexual Selection Forces

Analysis of Selection Pressures for a Typical Agropastoral Society Men; Women; References; Chapter 6: Sexual Selection Under Parental Choice in Post-industrial Societies; Sexual Selection in Post-industrial Societies; Contingencies; Daughters Versus Sons; Mothers Versus Fathers; Other Sexual Selection Forces; Individual Choice; Male-Male Competition; Sexual Coercion; Analysis of Selection Pressures in a Post-industrial Society; Men; Women; References; Chapter 7: Sexual Selection Under Parental Choice Across Societies and Across Time

Daughters Versus Sons Mothers Versus Fathers; Other Sexual Selection Forces; Individual Mate Choice; Male-Male Competition; Sexual Coercion; Analysis of Selection Pressures in a Typical Hunting and Gathering Society; Men; Women; References; Chapter 5: Sexual Selection Under Parental Choice in Agropastoral Societies; Sexual Selection in Agropastoral Societies; Contingencies; Daughters Versus Sons; Mothers Versus Fathers; Agricultural Versus Animal Husbandry Societies; Other Sexual Selection Forces; Individual Mate Choice; Male-Male Competition; Sexual Coercion

Environmental ContingenciesReferences; Chapter 3: The Model of Parental Choice; The Model of Parental Choice; Diverging Opportunity Cost; The Cost That Parents Can Inflict on Their Children to Align Them with Their Will; Converging Opportunity Cost; Converging Opportunity Cost and Conflict; Sexual Selection Under Individual Mate Choice; Contingencies in Parental Choice; Daughters Versus Sons; Mothers Versus Fathers; References; Chapter 4: Sexual Selection Under Parental Choice in Hunting and Gathering Societies; Sexual Selection in Foraging Societies; Contingencies

Sexual Selection Force Sperm Competition; Reproductive Niches; References; Chapter 2: Parent-Offspring Conflict over Mating; Why Parents and Children Do Not Have Identical Interests over Mate Choice; Parent-Offspring Conflict over Mating; The Nature of Mate Choice and Conflict over Mating; Conflict and Mate Value; A Note About Theoretical Models; Can the Theory of Evolutionary Trade-Offs Account for Parent-Offspring Conflict over Mating?; Unsupported Assumptions; The Relationship Between Evolutionary Trade-Offs and Parent-Offspring Conflict over Mating; Daughters and Sons

The present book aims to examine how sexual selection works in the human species. Almost all scholarly effort focuses on sexual selection in non-human species and extrapolates the findings to the human one. However, human mating has a unique pattern not found in any other species, namely parental influence over mate choice. Across preindustrial societies, the typical pattern of long-term mating is arranged marriage, where parents choose spouses for their children. By doing so, parents effectively become a sexual selection force. Traits that enhance an individual's chance to be selected as a son- or a daughter-in-law confer important reproductive advantages to those who are endowed with them, increasing in frequency in the population. The author has coined the term parental choice to describe the sexual selection force that arises from parental control over mating. He synthesizes extensive theoretical and empirical work in order to understand and model this force. The aim is to understand which factors give rise to parental choice and to combine these insights into constructing a more formal model. It also aims to further examine whether the predictions of the model fit the patterns of mating found across different types of human societies, and how the model can be used to understand the evolution of behavioral traits involved in mating. By synthesizing the various arguments put forward and published across the literature, the book offers a comprehensive argument and overview of an aspect of sexual selection unique to our species. Furthermore, the book revises and extends previously made arguments and models, while it provides useful insights on how the proposed revision of sexual selection theory can enable us to understand a wide range of human behavioral phenomena. It should be key reading for those interested in studying sexual selection in general and in the Homo sapiens species in particular. .