Sexual selection is a key component of evolutionary biology. However, from the very
formulation of sexual selection by Darwin, the nature and extent of sexual selection have …

Following Darwin's original insights regarding sexual selection, studies of intrasexual
competition have mainly focused on male competition for mates; by contrast, female …

In spite of recent interest in sexual selection in females, debate exists over whether traits that
influence female–female competition are sexually selected. This review uses female–female …

This paper introduces a Theme Issue combining interdisciplinary perspectives in the study of
female competition and aggression. Despite a history of being largely overlooked, evidence …

Benenson et al. provide a compelling case for treating greater investment into self-protection
among females as an adaptive strategy. Here, we wish to expand their proposed adaptive …

Many male traits are well explained by sexual selection theory as adaptations to mating
competition and mate choice, whereas no unifying theory explains traits expressed more in …

Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) varies in animals from male biased to female biased. The
evolution of SSD is potentially influenced by a number of factors, such as territoriality …

Feminist philosophy of science has led to improvements in the practices and products of
scientific knowledge-making, and in this way it exemplifies socially relevant philosophy of …

For some biologists sexual selection is in trouble. For the first time since the reinvigoration of
sexual selection in the 1970s following the effective rediscovery of mate choice (Bateson …

Classic sex role theory predicts that sexual selection should be stronger in males in taxa
showing conventional sex roles and stronger in females in role reversed mating systems. To …