To describe men and women's differential preferences in mate
            
 selection, I am going to use the following theories:  1) sexual selection
            
 theory, 2) parental investment theory, and 3) social learning theory, and
            
 4) sexual strategies theory.  All of these theories have been used to
            
 explain why men and women have differential preferences in mate selections.
            
       In the evolutionary approach, biological fitness is defined as
            
 reproductive success. Therefore, understanding particular behavioral sex
            
 differences is of great interest to evolutionists.  Reproduction is central
            
 to the evolutionary process and no domain is closer to reproduction than
            
 sexuality.  Darwin (58) adopted phrase "survival of the fittest" to
            
 summarize the process of natural selection, but this choice was
            
 unfortunate. Survival is certainly critical. Many adaptations of organisms
            
 exist because they successfully overcame the forces that impeded survival,
            
 such examples are parasites, diseases, food shortages, predators, and
            
       Darwin (67) also fashioned the use of term what he believed to be a
            
 second evolutionary process, which he called sexual selection. According to
            
 sexual selection theory, characteristics that give organisms an advantage
            
 in the competition for mates can also evolve. Sexual selection can operate
            
 through two processes. The  first is intrasexual or same-sex competition. If
            
 members of one sex compete with one another, and the victors of these
            
 competitions gain preferential sexual access to mates, then these useful
            
 qualities lead to success in same-sex competitions will be selected and can
            
 evolve over time. These might include athletic ability, social skills to
            
 enlist allies, or even a sense of humor that deters a rival. The key point
            
 is that whatever qualities lead to success in same-sex competitions can
            
 evolve because of the reproductive advantage that accrues to the victor
            
       The second component...