Evolution & Gender: The musical    

(For humorous purposes only! Please do not take seriously!)

            Lecture Topic                                                              Theme Song

 Women’s evolved long term mating strategies                Some Day My Prince Will Come (Disney)

 Men’s evolved long term mating strategies                     Sweet Melissa (Allman Bros)

 (Refrain)                                                                      You can't always get what you want (Rolling Stones)

 Male sexual jealousy                                                       Hey Joe (Jimi Hendrix)

 What is beauty?                                                            Foxy Lady (Jimi Hendrix)

 Women’s short term mating strategies                                Dixie Chicken  (Little Feat)

 Men’s short term mating strategies                                    Honky Tonk Woman (Rolling Stones)

 Are women weaker?                                                         Oh Daddy (Fleetwood Mac)

 Reproductive life course of women                                  Only women bleed (Alice Cooper)

 Gender differences in aggression                                       I shot the sheriff (Bob Marley)

and criminality

 Gender differences in status striving                                 Johnny be good  (Chuck Berry)

 Gender and Emotion                                                        Don't be sad  (Traffic)

 Evolutionary origins of patriarchy                                      Put another log on the fire (Shel Silverstein)

 Parental strategies: differences by child’s gender                Does your mother know? (Abba)           

 Boys and girls in school                                                    Welcome to the machine (Pink Floyd)

 Conflict between the sexes                                              One (U2)

 But can they talk it out? Communications problems              Communication breakdown (Led Zeppelin)