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. 2022 Jan;51(1):39-41.
doi: 10.1007/s10508-021-01949-2. Epub 2021 Mar 5.

Attractiveness Helps Women Secure Mates, But Also Status and Reproductively Relevant Resources

Khandis R Blake  1
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Attractiveness Helps Women Secure Mates, But Also Status and Reproductively Relevant Resources

Khandis R Blake. Arch Sex Behav. 2022 Jan.
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