In a notable meeting in 1968 at UC Berkeley, Don Symons and Richard Dawkins discussed their shared insights on human sexuality. Symons articulated that while men generally desire diverse sexual partners due to evolutionary advantages, women’s preferences differ due to adaptive constraints. His findings, supported by Kinsey's studies and Chagnon’s work on the Yanomamö, explored themes like reproductive competition and male sexual variety. In his book, Symons highlighted the distinct nature of human male and female sexual behaviors, referencing wisdom from ancient texts to encapsulate these ideas.
"Symons remembered that conversation in his preface... it had occurred to me that men tend to want a variety of sexual partners and women tend not to..."
"He would elaborate on that in his book... men's desire for sexual variety, citing the work of Alfred Kinsey... concluded that, all over the world, it was understood that men were more likely than women to want sex with novel partners."
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