Chapter 9: Sexual Selection
This chapter was contributed by University of Minnesota PhD student Rachel Olzer.
9.0 Introduction
9.1 Chapter objectives
9.2 What is sexual selection?
9.3 How does sexual selection work?
9.4 Can we see markers of sexual selection in animals?
9.5 Why be choosy about your mate?
9.6 Unconventional ways of finding a mate
9.7 When males and females do not agree
9.8 Post-copulatory sexual selection
9.9 What is the evidence for sexual selection in humans?
9.10 What’s up with the human female orgasm?
9.11 Is the brain another object of sexual desire?
9.12 Understanding human mating through language and culture
9.13 Understanding the naturalistic fallacy
9.14 Wrapping up: Understanding the silent crickets
