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The topic of women’s competition has gained significant recent momentum. This book provides direct evidence of this growth and is the first scholarly volume to focus specifically on the topic. In general, the included chapters provide a definitive view of the current state of knowledge regarding women’s competition. Many of the chapters are theoretically grounded in an evolutionary framework, such that the authors investigate the adaptive nature of women’s competitive behavior, motivations, and cognitions. Other chapters rely on a different framework, with these authors instead arguing that sociocultural sources shape women's competition. In addition, while the book is primarily about women, some contributors focus their chapters on issues faced by adolescent girls, or mention developmental trajectories for young girls through to adulthood. Some authors focus on nonhuman females to provide a stronger background for understanding women. It is hoped that the information within this volume will serve as a source of inspiration to help guide future directions for research.

Women --- Competition (Psychology) --- Psychology. --- Sexual attraction --- Sex appeal --- Sexiness --- Sexual attractiveness --- Interpersonal attraction --- Biotic competition --- Ecological competition --- Interspecific competition --- Intraspecific competition --- Species competition --- Struggle for survival (Biology) --- Survival, Struggle for (Biology) --- Competitive behavior --- Competitiveness (Psychology) --- Competition (Biology) --- Mate selection --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Psychology --- E-books --- Courtship --- Dating (Social customs) --- Interpersonal relations --- Man-woman relationships --- Marriage brokerage --- Population biology --- Species --- Conflict (Psychology) --- Motivation (Psychology) --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity