For many birds and mammals, natural selection appears to favor females who choose mates that provide them with some direct benefit that will increase their fecundity, their survival or the survival of their offspring. Such benefits might include food, a safe haven or even the prospect of fewer parasites.

How human females select mates?

Some of the factors that affect how females select their potential mates for reproduction include voice pitch, facial shape, muscular appearance, and height. Several studies suggest that there is a link between hormone levels and partner selection among humans.

What is the benefit of mate selection?

Mate choice mechanisms evolve when the choosier sex experiences fitness advantages by selecting mates based on particular traits. These traits may be direct benefits such as parental care, protection from a predator and access to resources, or indirect benefits that improve reproductive success or offspring quality.

What makes a woman nurturing?

To be nurturing requires a practice of humility, love, and gentleness so that other people feel safe to be who they are in your presence. One of the best compliments a woman can give to a man is that he makes her feel safe, which honors his masculinity.

Why do girls cry so much?

A study from 2012 found that women have 60 percent more prolactin, which is a reproductive hormone that stimulates the production of milk in women after childbirth, than the average male. Emotional tears are especially high in prolactin, which could explain why women cry more often than men.