Talk:Sexy son hypothesis

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[edit] Origin of name

Where does the term "sexy son" come from? The article as it stands makes no reference to it, and seems more to do with female mate choice than anything to do with the attractiveness of male children. 78.16.148.202 (talk) 18:12, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Presumably coined in the original paper, though I haven't read it myself. Mate choice has everything to do with attractiveness of children if you think about it. Richard001 (talk) 09:30, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] name

i believe this article needs to be redone. Since the term sexy son hypothesis is based off the fact that:

there are two brothers and the female mate choose the sexy son over the caregive son. And the last part states pretty much that the infidelity leads the genetics of the sexy son to be passed on and raised by the caregiver. HOwever, in the paper there is NEVER a mention of the caregive son, but just another person. Per —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.20.181.60 (talk) 19:44, 10 June 2008 (UTC)