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The dating section could do with a bit more expansion, with examples, upon the cross-cultural differences in the social norms of dating and what is deemed acceptable within these different societies.
There is no actual research within the dating section as to studies that have proven an improved relationship success from dating, and the potential psychosexual impacts of dating upon the interpersonal relationships.

Psumeb (talk) 20:51, 3 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Added section into sexual desire, developing evolutionary basis for mating strategy. MattConnell94 (talk) 11:02, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

infidelity

This doesn't mention infidelity. Should it? Benjamin (talk) 01:29, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I think it should, that would help it be more up to date--NiqueMallory (talk) 20:41, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hormonal levels

What is the association between the hormonal levels and human mating strategy? Marzoli, D., Havlíček, J., & Roberts, S. C. (2018). Human mating strategies: from past causes to present consequences. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, 9(2), e1456. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/wcs.1456 Anweshapan1 (talk) 00:58, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Rape

This doesn't mention one of the most common human mating strategies throughout history: rape. Independent of its morality, its effect on human history can't be denied.

192.76.8.93 (talk) 18:51, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That's fucked up -NowIsntItTime^{(chats)(doings)} 03:59, 13 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a lot of rape material here, but a significant amount of it should be cut. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 05:20, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Changing picture caption

from "People seek out a mate for an intimate relationship" to "People seek out one or more mates for an intimate relationship"

Some humans are poly and this better reflects that--Annemaricole (talk) 12:31, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Annemaricole: How common is this trait? Nerd271 (talk) 15:51, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not very, and there are only two people in the picture. Crossroads ^-talk- 16:41, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Nerd271:, @Crossroads:, if i were to provide bulletproof evidence that i don't have, would that make a difference? Srs question--Annemaricole (talk) 21:05, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Annemaricole: Well, you should not make claims without evidence. Moreover, the picture at the start should represent the most common of situations. Nerd271 (talk) 23:54, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Nerd271:, @Crossroads:, i read bulletproof evidence a while ago and can find it again, concerning common of situations — Preceding unsigned comment added by Annemaricole (talk • contribs)

Obviously there are people who practice polyamory, but it's not relevant to the picture. Really, we could just change the caption to "a human mated pair" or something. Crossroads ^-talk- 05:38, 11 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Nerd271:, @Crossroads: done--Annemaricole (talk) 06:58, 11 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

How do humans mate

Pls 197.184.183.222 (talk) 15:35, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Reference for parential investment is about flys not humans

this source: Trivers, Robert L., ed. (1972). "Parental Investment and Sexual Selection". Sexual Selection and the Descent of Man. Routledge. pp. 136–179. doi:10.4324/9781315129266-7. ISBN 978-1315129266. is total nonsense in the context of human mating strategies.

but it is used to explain short term mating:

> Due to differential parental investment, the less investing sex should display more intrasexual competitiveness.[2] This is because they can invest less in each offspring and therefore can reproduce at a higher frequency, which allows them to compete for more mates. Additionally, the higher investing sex should be more choosy in their mate.[2] Since they have a higher minimum parental investment, they carry greater costs with each sexual encounter. These costs lead them to have higher selection standards and therefore are more choosy. 2001:9E8:177F:FD00:E180:BD1F:6585:17A5 (talk) 18:08, 6 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Human mating is inherently non-random.[21] Despite the common trope "opposites attract," humans generally prefer mates who share the same or similar traits,[22] such as genetics,[23][24] quantitative phenotypes like height or body-mass index"

"Human mating is inherently non-random.[21] Despite the common trope "opposites attract," humans generally prefer mates who share the same or similar traits,[22] such as genetics,[23][24] quantitative phenotypes like height or body-mass index" what's wrong if a man is 1.78 height and a woman is 1.66 height? 2A00:A041:225D:E000:ED2C:4FD8:65C9:A517 (talk) 11:18, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Change photo

I don't think that "human couple" is very well represented by this photo. A Chinese-Indian couple would better capture more than a 1/3 of the world's couples. 99.234.186.68 (talk) 13:36, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]