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Comment author: ChristianKl 15 January 2014 11:35:52PM 0 points [-]

I would predict that it's more important for the woman that her female coworker see her receiving the flowers than that her male coworkers see.

Would you predict that it's more important that the male coworkers see it and therefore the woman has higher status in the eyes of potential mates?

Comment author: James_Miller 15 January 2014 11:44:41PM 0 points [-]

You might be right. I will try to remember to ask my students their view when I get to this topic. But the same game theory applies either way where you want to signal your high value to the people around you.