An Evolutionary Hypothesis For Eating Disorders
- Riadh T. Abed argues that the roots of some eating disorders may be sexual competition. Published in the British Journal of Medical Psychology 71(4):525-547.
- http://cogprints.soton.ac.uk/documents/disk0/00/00/08/00/cog00000800-00/eatdis~1.htm

Evolutionary Psychology
- NPR radio discussion on the assumption that women have evolved physically and psychologically to be weaker, less assertive, and monogamous, while men are naturally stronger, aggressive, and promiscuous.
- http://search1.npr.org/search97cgi/s97_cgi?action=View&VdkVgwKey=%2Fopt%2Fcollections%2Ftorched%2Ftotn%2Fdata%5Ftotn%2Fseg%5F46395%2Ehtm&DocOffset=1&DocsFound=3&QueryZip=evolutionary+psychology&ViewTemplate=docview%2Ehts&SearchUrl=

Sexual Selection and the Mind
- Geoffrey Miller provides an overview of the subject matter and genetics may provide important insight into mate finding behavior.
- http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/miller/miller_p2.html

The Sexual Competition Hypothesis for Eating Disorders
- A hypothesis that suggests eating disorders stem from intense female intra-sexual competition for mates.
- http://cogprints.soton.ac.uk/documents/disk0/00/00/08/00/index.html

Sex on the Brain
- An NPR discussion with Deborah Blum on how commercial advertising exploits adaptations associated with mate finding.
- http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/970811.totn.02.ram