Talk:Mating preferences

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Nice additions and resources. Looks great so far. Psy430uk (talk) 20:02, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Psych 430 review: Kevin, this is an interesting topic that I didn't know much about. Your lead paragraph looks good. It is easy to understand and gets to the point. However, you may want to look over for a few grammatical errors. Your mechanics and accuracy look good. Using bullet points to organize your information makes it easier for the reader to follow. Your resources look excellent. Nice job finding more recent articles to include. Overall it looks good. It seems like you are writing from a neutral stance and that you have a clear structure. Not much to fix from what I see! — Preceding unsigned comment added by DanaSchmutte (talk • contribs) 16:38, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

peyton presnell's peer review
Kevin I like the topic you chose, and it appears that you have selected some choiceworthy sources to cite in your article. I also think you did a good job in how you split the topic into your sections. The second section and lead paragraph could be expanded with additional information but other than that it looks good. One important issue is with your sentence structure throughout the article. Some sentences feel cumbersome, or could be reworded. Take a look back at the lead sentence and a few other instances where the sentence could flow more smoothly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peytonic1 (talk • contribs) 20:59, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Bibliography for future additions
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Psuncl (talk) 19:11, 16 February 2016 (UTC) MattConnell94 (talk) 19:12, 16 February 2016 (UTC) Psumeb (talk) 19:15, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Peer review and copy-edit for Wikipedia Assignment VI
I am peer-reviewing this article for Human Sexuality Wikipedia Assignment VI (with more emphasis on the recent section on Female mate preferences).

There are a wide range of great and reliable sources used across the article, with lots of links to other related topics (which is very helpful for giving readers a bit of context in evolutionary psychology more generally). You have covered a wide variety of perspectives on different aspects of female mate preferences (such as the handicap principle, parental investment theory, etc.), and the coverage is clearly structured and well-sourced.

It could be helpful to add a section on how male and female mate preferences are similar/how they differ across cultures, for example, as there is lots of research on this. Additionally, you could spell out what exactly constitutes "masculine" facial features (e.g. prominent jawline, etc.) in a little more detail. This could be helpful in case readers are not sure exactly what traits this sentence refers to. Some more information on the role of Fluctuating Asymmetry in attractiveness, and how mating preferences change across the menstrual cycle, could be other interesting additions.

I have copy-edited the headings in this article, removing the extra capitals (e.g. "Male Physical Attractiveness" is now "Male physical attractiveness"). I have left "The Immunocompetence Handicap Hypothesis" capitalised as I assume it refers to the name of the specific hypothesis being referred to.

Overall, the contribution is very well-sourced, very well-structured and covers some interesting topics. Potentially addressing the suggested topics above and expanding more on the topics already covered could improve this article.

OR95 (talk) 18:17, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

Peer Review
I will be reviewing the Gender Differences section

You have a strong basis of information in this section and a good starting point from which to expand further. I would just perhaps start by introducing this gender differences section with a little bit of evolutionary background research into gender differences and perhaps say where gender differences emerge from. This then would lead nicely into the specific differences between genders and their mate preferences. In addition, it would be useful to perhaps add why these gender differences occur and in so doing, you can link it back to the specific male and female mate preferences that are mentioned before. In light of this, it might actually be better, for fluidity purposes, to place this gender differences section before the individual female and male mate preferences sections so as to establish almost an introduction with this section that then leads into the specifics. Overall though, in such a short paragraph, there is a good use of references, supporting each fact with evidence, and all that you say is very interesting and informative. The way the information is presented is approachable, and stays clearly within the guidelines marked out by Wikipedia, making this part of the article unbiased.

I also copy-edited the female mate preferences section - just added a few commas here and there as well as rewording some of the sentences to make them flow better and make more sense. — Preceding unsigned comment added by L.Flank (talk • contribs) 19:09, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

Peer review- Female mate preferences
This section does a good job of incorporating different factors affecting female mate preferences. However, more detail and explanation in some areas may be helpful to the reader. For example:
 * You have given an example of what a secondary sexual characteristic is, but alongside this I think a definition would be helpful for readers to fully understand what you are referring to.
 * In the introduction section you mention how socioeconomic status can influence mate choice, but as this mainly effects females mate choice it may be more useful to move it into this section as it fits in quite well with parental investment. This way you can also expand on the effect it has.
 * You have stated how masculine traits can help with offspring survival. A reference supporting this statement would be beneficial.

I hope these suggestions are useful. Hhammam (talk) 12:56, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Peer review
I would suggest removing the in-text citations from your paragraphs. You have already have the source attached to the research therefore it doesn't seem needed, plus this is not common wikipedia style. If possible, it may be interesting to expand more on the 'gender differences' paragraph.

Aside from this, your article contribution successfully covers a wide range of topics based on the evolutionary perspective with lots of sources to back it up. So well done! :)

Taylahurlock (talk) 17:44, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Peer review on Parental investment
This section gives a good example and explanation regarding parental investment and mate choice in human females.

It may be good to put parental investment as a new section as parental investment does not only limit to females.

It may be worthwhile to add something about parental investment and mate choice in human males. As it is stated that the idea of parental investment is also common in the animal kingdom, it may be interesting to add examples of parental investment in non-human species (which may include animals which parental investment is stronger in males).

I understand that this page is still under construction. Thank you for considering the suggestions. (PS364 peer review)Psunas (talk) 22:33, 15 March 2016 (UTC)Psunas (talk)

Peer review on Male mate preferences
You may consider expanding the section by adding facial attractiveness as one of the major factors when making mate choice. Facial attractiveness includes facial symmetry, facial characteristics, shape cues, averageness and there may also be some cultural differences in preferences for specific facial features. This section provided clear explanations of two factors. However, it seems to be unnecessary to bold some technical terms in the text. You might also consider taking away the researchers' names, but to retain them in the references so that the text is easier for the general population to read. You may also add more explanations of the terms that you have bolded, as there may be a variation of definitions.

(W62043 (talk) 22:55, 15 March 2016 (UTC))

Peer review of gender differences section
This is an interesting section and is generally very well written, well done.

Where it says 'requiring less time to consent to sex', you could expand upon this by explaining that this means men are more likely to say yes to sex with strangers and explain studies which have found this.

Where it says 'women often tend to emphasize resources - i.e., can this mate provide for her and the potential family?', you could perhaps make this sentence clearer. i.e. be clear about what kinds of resources you are talking about and that you are talking about the resources that a potential male mate has. Similarly, consider changing 'potential family' to 'offspring'. Also, could you include a citation for this sentence?

I would consider moving this section to tie in with the previous section on female mate preferences as it is very similar. You could then also link it to ideas about why these differences exist e.g. parental investment theory.

And finally, perhaps make it clear that you are only talking about heterosexual women.

I have also made some very minor changes to the punctuation in the text. EllaMcCann (talk) 12:05, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

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