Malin Ah-King comments a review in Behavioral Ecology
In the latest number of the international journal Behavioral Ecology, gender researcher and evolutionary biologist Malin Ah-King at the Centre for Gender Research responds to a review of Intrasexual competition in females.
Malin Ah-King was invited by the journal to respond to a review made by Kimberly A. Rosvall, Department of Biology, Indiana University, and in her comment she concludes that the review tend to be restricted by some of the Darwin–Bateman paradigm’s notions that are clearly gender biased:
“The Darwin–Bateman paradigm still dominates sexual selection theory and research. Going beyond this paradigm opens up for a fuller understanding of selection on females and males and starts out with gender-neutral expectations on female and male behavior and traits. Recent theory emphasizes chance effects on reproductive success for the evolution of female and male behavior and suggests that all individuals, irrespective of sex, are flexible in their mating decisions, adjusting them moment-by-moment to social, ecological, and internal constraints.”
Behavioral Ecology is a highly ranked, peer reviewed journal and the official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology.