Behavioral Ecology Blog

Partly motivated by the previous post about Muscle men- I am left wondering about mate choice in women who control sufficient resources such that during mate choice- the abundance of resources on a potential mate becomes a non-issue..

Basically- do rich (or otherwise well off) women’s optimal mate choices resemble that of a one night stand? Do rich women universally prefer a more muscly type- a low investment, high fitness man? It would be neat to repeat the study- done on 99 college students- on 99 actresses, or business women, etc…

Also- what about non-human animals where females are the primary territory holders- are their preferences shifted towards indirect benefits??