"... there can be no doubt that in our society the equivalent of the peacock's tail is exhibited by the female, not by the male. Women paint their faces and glue on false eyelashes... Women seem to be interested in their own personal appearance and they are encouraged in this by their magazines and journals... When a woman is described in conversation, it is quite likely that her sexual attractiveness, or lack of it, will be prominently mentioned. This is true, whether the speaker is a man or a woman. When a man is described, the adjectives used are much more likely to have nothing to do with sex... What has happened in modern western man? Has the male really become the sought-after sex, the one that is in demand, the sex that can afford to be choosy?"
~ Richard Dawkins, "the Selfish Gene"
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