The<unk>  holds that women experience evolutionarily adaptive changes in subconscious thoughts and behaviors related to mating during different parts of the<unk>  cycle. It suggests that what women want, in terms of men, changes throughout the menstrual cycle. Two meta-analyses published in 2014 reached opposing conclusions on whether the existing evidence was robust enough to support the prediction that women's mate preferences change across the cycle. A newer 2018 review does not show women changing the type of men they desire at different times in their fertility cycle.
Ovulatory shift hypothesis
Spermatogenesis arrest
Nuclear sexing
Reproductive-cell cycle theory
Progestin-induced virilization
Ovulation induction
Circadian rhythm
Reproductive compensation