Mate Preferences in the US and Singapore: A Cross-cultural Test of the Mate Preference Priority Model

• Main Authors: LI, Norman P., Valentine, Katherine A., PATEL, Lily
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: Mate preferences; Economics; Sex differences; Crosscultural; Asian Studies; Gender and Sexuality; Personality and Social Contexts; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1129; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2385/viewcontent/LiValentinePatel2011.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Sex differences have been found in mate preferences across several decades. Especially for long-term partners, men tend to value physical attractiveness and women tend to value social status. However, the sexes both value various other traits even more highly. Such findings thus diminish the importa...