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Sex differences in mate preferences across 45 countries: a large-scale replication
Seda CanSvjetlana SalkičevićPavol ProkopPavol ProkopAlvaro MailhosDerya Atamtürk DuyarKelly AsaoGyesook YooTruong Thi Khanh HaLuis Diego VegaİZzet DuyarNicolas KervynTina KavčičJorge Contreras GarduñoFarida GuemazJas Laile Suzana Binti JaafarRuta SargautyteCamelia PopaAndrás LángGrace AkelloAnnette PisanskiDaniel Conroy-beamCarlota BatresNaumana AmjadMuhammad RizwanFranco SimonettiLeif Edward Ottesen KennairChin Ming HuiNorbert MeskóSusanne SchmehlKatarzyna CantareroStanislava StoyanovaKonstantinos KafetsiosSeda DuralAriela Francesca PaganiAgnieszka NiemczykFarid PazhoohiKarina Ugalde GonzálezFeng JiangTomasz FrackowiakRocio MartinezMiriam PariseMarta Zat’kováAgustín EspinosaAgnieszka SorokowskaAgnieszka SorokowskaAnna OleszkiewiczAnna OleszkiewiczBoris BizumicMaja ZupančičAntonin CarrierAicha BensafiaConal MonaghanMeri TadinacBerna ErtuğrulIlona CroyTorun LindholmAfifa AnjumHoang Moc LanMarina HorvatCarla Sofia EstevesKathryn V. WalterIvana HromatkoGiulia LopezChristin-melanie VauclairRazi Sultan SiddiquiGirishwar MisraMahmoud BoussenaHakan CetinkayaDaria DronovaElisabeth OberzaucherRosa María CuetoBojan MusilEdna Lúcia Tinoco PoncianoNils C. KöbisMario SainzIskra HerakGeorge NizharadzeMarina ButovskayaMarina ButovskayaMarco Antonio Correa VarellaMons BendixenPetra GyurisGeorgina R. LennardPiotr SorokowskiZoi ManesiToivo AavikRichard AyebareDwi Ajeng WidariniLuxi FangEmanuel C. MoraIgnacio EstevanIvan Sarmány-schullerNguyen Van LuotKatarzyna PisanskiKatarzyna PisanskiShivantika SharadAlba Moya-garófanoDavid M. BussMária HalamováJean Carlos NatividadeBarış ÖZenerIke E. OnyishiImran Ahmed KhiljiMohd Sofian Omar-fauzeeErnesto LeónTrinh Thi LinhVilmante PakalniskieneMarcin CzubSarah L. MckercharChiemezie S. AtamaMohammad Madallh AlhabahbaCharlotte Almsubject
Attractivenesssex differencesbiosocial role theorySDG 5 - Gender EqualityPerspective (graphical)Physical attractivenessopen data:Ciências Sociais::Psicologia [Domínio/Área Científica]Evolutionary psychologySettore M-PSI/05 - PSICOLOGIA SOCIALEBiosocial theorypreregistered/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/gender_equalityOpen dataCross-cultural psychologymate preferences sex differences cross-cultural studies evolutionary psychology biosocial role theory open data preregisteredmate preferencesCross-culturalmate preferences; sex differences; cross-cultural studies; evolutionary psychology; biosocial role theory; open data; preregisteredcross-cultural studiesPsychologyGeneral PsychologyDemographyevolutionary psychologydescription
Considerable research has examined human mate preferences across cultures, finding universal sex differences in preferences for attractiveness and resources as well as sources of systematic cultural variation. Two competing perspectives-an evolutionary psychological perspective and a biosocial role perspective-offer alternative explanations for these findings. However, the original data on which each perspective relies are decades old, and the literature is fraught with conflicting methods, analyses, results, and conclusions. Using a new 45-country sample (N = 14,399), we attempted to replicate classic studies and test both the evolutionary and biosocial role perspectives. Support for universal sex differences in preferences remains robust: Men, more than women, prefer attractive, young mates, and women, more than men, prefer older mates with financial prospects. Cross-culturally, both sexes have mates closer to their own ages as gender equality increases. Beyond age of partner, neither pathogen prevalence nor gender equality robustly predicted sex differences or preferences across countries. info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2020-04-01 |