art of a man’s repertoire. One strategy that has evolved as a result of this problem is for males to lower their standards in looking for an acceptable mate. Such standards include age, intelligence, personality traits, and status (whether or not she is involved in another relationship). Another strategy that has evolved is to limit the time it takes to seek sexual intercourse from a woman. More time spent on seeking sexual involvement from one female, the less time that can be spent on making another effort for sexual intercourse from another.Men prefer to spend the least time, energy, and resources in making a short-term relationship successful. It is for this reason that they look for sexual accessibility. A man’s strategy for solving the problem of sexual accessibility is to look for sexual experienced women. Often men concur promiscuity to be one sign of experience. They steer away from women who seem prude, conservative, or have a low sex drive. Fertility and reproductive value are high on the list of important qualities in a short-term mate. Fertility is the probability of present reproduction. Reproductive value refers to expected future reproduction. Therefore, a younger women would have higher reproductive value that an older female because her reproductive future is longer whereas the older women has a higher fertility value than the younger women because she may be in her peak years compared to a teen who typically has low fertility. A man, however, would prefer to mate with a woman with higher reproductive value. Reproductive value is related to age and health. An old, unhealthy woman has a lower reproductive value than a young, healthy woman. A woman’s age and health status is typically given away by physical appearance (i.e. fullness of lips and smooth skin), behavior (i.e. high activity level), and reputation (i.e. information from others about past health history and age). It is not su...
