Understanding Parental Traits and Offspring Gender Bias

The video discusses a theory suggesting that parents with traits beneficial for a specific gender tend to have more children of that gender. It highlights that physical attractiveness, being more advantageous for girls, leads attractive parents to have more daughters. Over time, this could result in more attractive women compared to men.

What is the basic premise of the theory regarding parental traits and offspring gender?

• Parents with beneficial traits for boys have more sons.

• Parents with beneficial traits for boys have more daughters.

• Parents with no beneficial traits have more children.

• Parents with beneficial traits for girls have more sons.

How does physical attractiveness influence the gender of offspring according to the theory?

• It results in equal numbers of sons and daughters.

• It leads to more daughters being born.

• It has no impact on the gender of offspring.

• It leads to more sons being born.

Why is physical attractiveness considered more beneficial for girls than boys?

• Because it leads to more sons being born.

• Because it is more socially valued for girls.

• Because it is equally beneficial for both genders.

• Because it is not heritable.

What is the logical conclusion if physical attractiveness is heritable?

• The attractiveness of both genders will decrease.

• More men will become attractive over time.

• There will be no change in attractiveness trends.

• More women will become attractive over time.

What trend is currently being observed regarding attractiveness?

• Attractiveness is decreasing in both genders.

• Women are becoming more attractive than men.

• Men are becoming more attractive than women.

• Both genders are becoming equally attractive.

What is the implication of the theory on future generations?

• There will be no change in gender attractiveness.

• Men will become more attractive than women.

• Both genders will lose attractiveness.

• Women will become more attractive than men.