Sexual Coercion in Animal Mating

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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?

  • 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?

  • 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

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