Definition
Main strategies used by women from intrasexual competition to retaining the selected mate.
Introduction
According to the Sexual Strategies Theory (Buss and Schmitt 1993), women and men rely on short-term and long-term strategies for reproductive purposes. Women consistently prefer to secure long-term mates rather than engaging in short-term mateships. To secure long-term relationships, women use specific strategies in both selecting and retaining a romantic partner. Self-promotion and derogation of rivals are the most widely used higher-order strategies that women use in intrasexual competition, long-term mate attraction, and mate retention in romantic relationships.
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Chegeni, R. (2019). Women’s Long-Term Strategies. In: Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_237-1
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