#569 Andrew Thomas: Ovulation, Mate Preferences, and Mating Strategies
RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 13th 2021.
Dr. Andrew Thomas is a Lecturer in Psychology at Swansea University, UK. His research is concerned with the differences in mating strategies within and between the sexes. This includes environmental and social factors which contribute to this variance and whether mating preferences themselves are reactive to environmental changes over short-term periods. He also has a secondary interest in cyber-psychology and online interaction; particularly how one represents oneself using internet avatars and aliases.
In this episode, we talk about mating, mate preferences, and cyberpsychology. We start with the ovulatory-shift hypothesis, and ask if women seek out extra-pair copulations at peak fertility. We then get into mating, and discuss the mate preference priority model, and what are people’s priorities when it comes to mate preferences, and how they vary cross-culturally. We talk about how testosterone might be related to mating strategy changes in men. We talk about sociosexuality, sexual compulsivity, and fetishes related to them, like voyeurism and exhibitionism. We discuss a Psychology Today post by Dr. Thomas - Will Men Really Sleep With Just About Anyone? We talk about the distinction between sex and gender. We discuss the MCFC (Males Compete Females Chose) model, and the MMC (Mutual Mate Choice) model of sexual selection.
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Intro
The ovulatory-shift hypothesis – do women have extra-pair copulations at peak fertility?
What are people’s priorities in mate preferences?
Is testosterone associated with mating strategy change in men?
Sociosexuality, sexual compulsivity, and fetishes
Will men really sleep with just about anyone?
Sex and gender
The MCFC (Males Compete Females Chose) model, and the MMC (Mutual Mate Choice) model of sexual selection
Cyberpsychology
Follow Dr. Thomas’ work!
Follow Dr. Thomas’ work:
Faculty page: https://bit.ly/3BYBqWO
ResearchGate profile: https://bit.ly/3E2vTQF
Psychology Today blog: https://bit.ly/3z9qraW
Darwin Does Dating (Twitter): @DatingDarwin
Twitter handle: @DrThomasAG