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What is the main reason why sexual coercion is typically a male strategy?
What is the main reason why sexual coercion is typically a male strategy?
- Females invest less in offspring and have more to gain from mating with lots of males
- Males invest less in offspring and have more to gain from mating with lots of females (correct)
- Females invest more in offspring and have more to gain from mating with lots of males
- Males invest more in offspring and have more to gain from mating with only one female
What is the primary purpose of sexual coercion among male animals?
What is the primary purpose of sexual coercion among male animals?
- To ensure that the offspring are healthier
- To establish dominance in the mating process
- To make the recipient more likely to mate with the aggressor (correct)
- To make the recipient less likely to mate with others
Why do females try to minimize their costs in response to sexual coercion?
Why do females try to minimize their costs in response to sexual coercion?
- Because sexual coercion can impose costs on females (correct)
- Because they benefit from being coerced into mating
- Because it is adaptive for females to incur costs from sexual coercion
- Because they want to mate with multiple males
