Sexual coercion in primates and humans : an evolutionary perspective on male aggression against females

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Sexual coercion by male chimpanzees shows that female choice may be more apparent than real (2011, background): “Although universal proceptivity toward the alpha male might ostensibly support a model of female choice for good genes, and the idiosyncratic distribution of proceptivity toward other males could fit with a model of choice for genetic compatibility, additional observations favor the alternative hypo”
The self-domestication hypothesis: evolution of bonobo psychology is due to selection against aggression (2012, background): “Male aggression towards females can also be severe and costly for females, partly as a sexually coercive tactic (Muller 2002; Wrangham 2002; Muller et al. 2007; Muller & Wrangham 2009).”