{"product_id":"sexual-selection-under-parental-choice-menelaos-apostolou-9781848721821","title":"Sexual Selection Under Parental Choice: The Evolution of Human Mating Behavior","description":"\u003cp\u003eParents often disagree with their children over their choice of partner. Although the reasons may vary the outcome is very often one of conflict - a conflict peculiar to the human species. For the first time in one volume, \u003ci\u003eSexual Selection under Parental Choice\u003c\/i\u003e employs an evolutionary perspective to understand this conflict and explore its implications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCovering recent developments in the field of evolutionary psychology, Menelaos Apostolou reveals the extent of parental attempts to control the mating decisions of their offspring and investigates the qualities parents seek in prospective in-laws. Children's attempt to escape this control can lead to practices such as foot-binding and clitoridectomy or, in postindustrial societies, more subtle forms of coercion and manipulation. Apostolou demonstrates that much of human mating behavior has been shaped by parental choice and that parents have a significant influence in sexual selection: the traits they favour in their children's mates are selected and increase in frequency in the population.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eSexual Selection under Parental Choice will be ideal reading for researchers and advanced students of evolutionary, developmental and social psychology, as well as other related disciplines such as social anthropology, sociology and the biological sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Menelaos Apostolou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 184872182X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848721821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Psychology Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.50d","brand":"Menelaos Apostolou","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48445810409727,"sku":"9781848721821","price":62.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_54f51f26-6efa-4dfb-8406-58f1ebf9b986.jpg?v=1777220802","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sexual-selection-under-parental-choice-menelaos-apostolou-9781848721821","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}