Abstract
Individuals engage in short-term mating strategies that enable them to obtain fitness benefits from casual relationships. These benefits, however, count for less and cost more to their parents. On this basis three hypotheses are tested. First, parents and offspring are likely to disagree over short-term mating strategies, with the former considering these as less acceptable than the latter. Second, parents are more likely to disapprove of the short-term mating strategies of their daughters than of their sons. Finally, mothers and fathers are expected to agree on how much they disagree over the short-term mating strategies of their children. Evidence from a sample of 148 Greek-Cypriot families (140 mothers, 105 fathers, 119 daughters, 77 sons) provides support for the first two hypotheses and partial support for the third hypothesis. The implications of these findings for understanding family dynamics are further discussed.
Highlights
Individuals engage in short-term mating strategies that enable them to obtain fitness benefits from casual relationships
Fitness benefits are derived from using short-term mating strategies that enable mate-seekers to find partners for casual mating (Buss & Schmitt, 1993)
Parent-offspring conflict over mating strategies children comply with those of their parents or if the two parties are in conflict over mating strategies
Summary
Individuals engage in short-term mating strategies that enable them to obtain fitness benefits from casual relationships. These benefits, count for less and cost more to their parents. Parents and offspring are likely to disagree over short-term mating strategies, with the former considering these as less acceptable than the latter. Mate-seekers receive fitness benefits from using long-term strategies that enable them to attract and retain long-term partners. The present study aims to identify whether there is disagreement over short-term mating strategies by examining both parents and their children
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