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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.

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

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

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Sex is any process that mixes genes from different individuals.

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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.

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

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