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Data should smash the biological myth of promiscuous males and sexually coy females

  • Written by Zuleyma Tang-Martinez, Professor Emerita of Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis
imageVictorian mores influenced ideas not just about men and women but animals too.Joseph Christian Leyendecker, CC BY

That males are naturally promiscuous while females are coy and choosy is a widelyheld belief. Even many scientists – including some biologists, psychologists and anthropologists – tout this notion when interviewed by the...

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