Gender differences in mate selection criteria: Sociobiological or socioeconomic explanation?

Wiederman, Michael W.; Allgeier, Elizabeth Rice

doi:10.1016/0162-3095(92)90021-u

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“…We expect to see individual variation in tendencies to save/invest economic resources versus purchasing luxury goods to confer social status and mating advantage. We also expect to see sex differences, as economic power is also more strongly related to male mate value than female mate value across cultures (e.g., Buss, 1994;Kenrick and Simpson, 1997;Wiederman and Allgeier, 1992).…”

Section: Within-group Competitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Competition for social status occurs in both men and women, but may be especially relevant to men because social status is more closely related to male mate value acrosscultures (e.g., Buss, 1994;Kenrick and Simpson, 1997;Wiederman and Allgeier, 1992). Men with more social power may have greater mating success both because they can coerce other men and because women may seek men with sufficient power to defend them and their offspring (Betzig, 1986;Hill and Hurtado 1996).…”

Section: Within-group Competitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Towards the Development of an Evolutionarily Valid Domain-Specific Risk-Taking Scale

2007

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Abstract:From an evolutionary perspective, human risk-taking behaviors should be viewed in relation to evolutionarily recurrent survival and reproductive problems. In response to recent calls for domain-specific measures of risk-taking, we emphasize the need of evolutionarily valid domains. We report on two studies designed to validate a scale of risky behaviors in domains selected from research and theory in evolutionary psychology and biology, corresponding to reoccurring challenges in the ancestral environment. Behaviors were framed in situations which people would have some chance of encountering in modern times. We identify five domains of risk-taking: between-group competition, within-group competition, mating and resource allocation for mate attraction, environmental risks, and fertility risks.

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Section: Within-group Competitionmentioning

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Section: Within-group Competitionmentioning

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Towards the Development of an Evolutionarily Valid Domain-Specific Risk-Taking Scale

2007

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“…Buss (1985) noted two major gender differences regarding mate preferences, indicating that women are more concerned with a potential partner's earning ability while men are more interested in physical characteristics, such as potential partner's attractiveness and cues for fertility. Therefore, it is crucial to consider gender differences in examining human mate preferences (Buss, 1989), which have been confirmed across different cultures and methodologies (Buss et al, 1990;Buss, Shackelford, Kirkpatrick, & Larsen, 2001;Li, Valentine, & Patel, 2011;McGinnis, 1958;Wiederman & Allgeier, 1992). Moreover, there are a number of female-specific variables that can alter mate preferences (cf., Frederick, Reynolds, & Fisher, 2013).…”

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Dimensions of Women’s Mate Preferences

Atari

Jamali

2016

Evol Psychol

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A large number of studies have assessed human mate preferences using lists of characteristics. To date, there is little data regarding mate preferences in Iran. The present study aimed to investigate dimensions in mate preferences among Iranian women and to validate a female-specific instrument in Iranian context. Three studies were designed and conducted. The first study was an interview-based qualitative analysis of women's mate preferences. The second study provided a psychometrically sound list of 26 characteristics in a potential mate. The third study confirmed the five-factor structure of the instrument. In sum, five dimensions of mate preferences among Iranian women are kindness/dependability, status/resources, attractiveness/sexuality, religiosity/ chastity, and education/intelligence, as measured by the newly developed 26-item scale.

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“…otros estudios sistemáticos efectuados a partir de los anuncios clasificados de los diarios -con una muestra de 1111 anuncios-muestran que las mujeres valoran, mucho más que los hombres, los recursos económicos y que la sinceridad era la cualidad preferida por las féminas (Wiederman & Allgeier, 1992, 1993. Por tanto, las diferencias sexuales en la preferencia por los recursos no están limitadas a estudiantes universitarios, ni relacionadas con el método de la encuesta, tampoco están restringidos ni a EEUU, ni a las sociedades occidentales, pues el estudio internacional sobre la elección de pareja (Buss 1989(Buss , 1990) llevado a cabo durante cinco años (1984-89) en 37 culturas de 6 continentes y 5 islas ha confirmado la universalidad de estas preferencias.…”

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Encuesta sobre la elección de pareja a estudiantes de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (20 a 27 años)

Maté¹,

Acarín²

2011

Summa Psicológica

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ResumenLos estudios sobre la elección de pareja determinan si las características deseables y seleccionadas son universales, o bien si determinadas diferencias sexuales en la elección de pareja están influidas por la cultura como factor modulador, o anulador, de las preferencias evolutivas que pudieran existir. Por ello comparamos los resultados con otras encuestas realizadas en diferentes épocas y culturas. El objeto principal de este estudio es verificar si se mantienen algunas predicciones evolucionistas más evidentes sobre las diferencias sexuales en las preferencias de emparejamiento, diferenciando las relaciones estables de las puntuales. En las respuestas dadas por los universitarios, las características que se valoran para tener una pareja estable son el compromiso, la amabilidad, la sinceridad y la comprensión en general. Al comparar las preferencias en función del sexo, se observan diferencias estadísticamente significativas con respecto al atractivo físico, más valorado por los varones, y la posición social por las mujeres. Cuando se trata de emparejamientos ocasionales, el atractivo físico es la característica más deseada, después la simpatía y la amabilidad. Existen diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre lo que valoran ambos sexos en las relaciones puntuales; las mujeres, la simpatía y la posición social y los hombres, el atractivo físico y la personalidad enigmática.Palabras clave: elección de pareja, variaciones en la elección de pareja, encuesta a universitarios. AbstractThe election about mate preferences studies, determine if the characteristics desirable and selected are universal, or if the difference sexual preferences are influenced by the culture as a modulator factor in the evolutionary preferences that could exist. So that it's the reason we compared the results with other surveys made in different times and cultures. The main object the study goal is to verify if some more evident evolutionary predictions stay on the sexual differences in the stable mate relationships preferences differentiating the stable relations from the fleeting ones. The students answers show that, the characteristics that are valued to have a stable pair are the commitment, the amiability, sincerity and the understanding in general. When comparing the sex preferences based on sex, are observed statically significant differences with respect to the attractive physicist, more valued by the men, and the social position by the women. When they choose for a fleeting mate they selected physical attractiveness more than, later the affection and the amiability. There are statistically significant differences between which they value both sexes in the precise relations, the women, the affection and the social position and the men, the physical attractiveness and the enigmatic personality.

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Gender differences in mate selection criteria: Sociobiological or socioeconomic explanation?

Cited by 147 publications

References 16 publications

Towards the Development of an Evolutionarily Valid Domain-Specific Risk-Taking Scale

Towards the Development of an Evolutionarily Valid Domain-Specific Risk-Taking Scale

Dimensions of Women’s Mate Preferences

Encuesta sobre la elección de pareja a estudiantes de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (20 a 27 años)

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