“Conservatism, I argue, is a male-centric strategy shaped significantly by the struggle for dominance in within-and-between group mate competitions, while liberalism is a female-centric strategy derived from the protracted demands of rearing human offspring, among other selective pressures.” Political Psychology Book:Sex, Power, and Partisanship: How Evolutionary Science Makes Sense of Our Political Divide Source: Sex, Power, and Partisanship: How Evolutionary Science Makes Sense of Our Political Divide