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Olivia Judson Quotes

born 1970 United States

Olivia Judson (born 1970) is an evolutionary biologist and science writer.

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Boys, I’m afraid the way to a woman’s bed is often through her stomach.

Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation (2002)

Sex is any process that mixes genes from different individuals.

Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation (2002)

As we shall see, when females mate with more than one male, War capers nimbly through the boudoirs, imps of discord frolicking in his wake.

Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation (2002)

Natural selection, it seems, often smiles on strumpets. Sorry, boys.

Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation (2002)

You’ve just got a case of SINBAD: Single Income, No Babe, Absolutely Desperate.

Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation (2002)

If a proclivity for promiscuity is genetic, then yes, promiscuous behavior will become more common if loose females tend to have more children than their monogamous peers. That’s how natural selection works.

Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation (2002)

I’m afraid that females in many species often provoke males into fighting over them. When the mood strikes, they make themselves conspicuous—then stand back and watch the battle, before mating with the winner.

Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation (2002)

Evolution does not obey human notions of morality, nor is human morality a reflection of some natural law. The deadly sins would be different if they mirrored evolutionary no-no’s. Lust, for one, would be deemed a virtue; chastity would be deplored.

Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation (2002)

The battle of the sexes is no myth. Success at sexual reproduction is at the heart of the evolutionary process. But greater success for her often means less success for him. The upshot? An eternal war—and an astounding diversity of strategies.

Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation (2002)

Predators sometimes respond too. After all, alarm calls don't just let other animals know there's danger in the area. They can also let a predator know that it's been seen. Ambush predators, like leopards, often give up and go away once an alarm has been sounded.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Olivia Judson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.