Between 1970 and today, the typical two-parent household has transitioned from male breadwinner/female homemaker to two full-time workers who share housework and childcare. While some researchers contend that women have evolved to prefer high-status men regardless of women’s own status, I argue that women’s mate preferences fluctuate with their ability to accumulate resources. Despite excellent work establishing human behavior within the context of non-human animal behavior, evolutionary psychologists have not adequately addressed the diversity and flexibility of human mating strategies. My talk reveals that men and women have evolved to adjust what they want in a long-term partner based on their current ability to provide for a family.
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