The validity of sex-differentiated mate preferences: Reconciling the seemingly conflicting evidence

• Main Authors: LI, Norman P., MELTZER, Andrea L.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Long-term mating; Mate selection; Mate preferences; Speed dating; Romantic relationships; Gender and Sexuality; Personality and Social Contexts; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2202; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3459/viewcontent/LiMeltzer_ValiditySexDiffMatePref_2015.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Across decades and cultures, researchers have found that men prefer physical attractiveness in their romantic partners more than women do, whereas women prefer social status and resources in their partners more than men do. From an evolutionary perspective, these sex differences are important as the...