Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 395-406 , September 2002

Sex differences in mate selection strategies: Content analyses and responses to personal advertisements in Brazil

  • Lucila de Sousa Campos

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Education, University Vale do Paraı́ba, São José dos Campos, Brazil
    • ,
  • Emma Otta

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo, Avenida Professor Mello Moraes 1721, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, CEP 05508-900, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author
    • ,
  • José de Oliveira Siqueira

      Affiliations

    • School of Economics, Business and Accounting, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Received 25 January 2002 ,Accepted 27 March 2002.

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Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 395-406 , September 2002

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