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Comment author: VoiceOfRa 30 June 2015 09:37:02PM *  0 points [-]

Yes, you could define "sexual selection" that generarly. However, I don't think a terms that refers to everything is particularly useful.

And yes, in this sense Mr. Dumb taking a knife to the heart in a pub and his girlfriend hooking up with someone else is an example of this intra-species competition...

Yes, but I wouldn't call that sexual selection unless the fight was specifically over the girlfriend.