Sex Differences in Mate Preferences Across 45 Countries

Autor(en): Kathryn Walter, Daniel Conroy-Beam, David M. Buss, Kelly Asao, Agnieszka Sorokowska, Piotr Sorokowski, Toivo Aavik, Grace Akello, Mohammad Madallh Alhabahba, Charlotte Alm, Naumana Amjad, Afifa Anjum, Chiemezie S. Atama, Derya Atamturk Duyar, Richard Ayebare, Carlota Batres, Mons Bendixen, Aicha Bensafia, Boris Bizumic, Mahmoud Boussena, Marina Butovskaya, Seda Can, Katarzyna Cantarero, Antonin Carrier, Hakan Cetinkaya, Ilona Croy, Rosa Maria Cueto, Marcin Czub, Daria Dronova, Seda Dural, Izzet Duyar, Berna Ertugrul, Agustin Espinosa, Ignacio Estevan, Carla Sofia Esteves, Luxi Fang, Tomasz Frackowiak, Jorge Contreras Garduno, Karina Ugalde Gonzalez, Farida Guemaz, Petra Gyuris, Maria Halamova, Iskra Herak, Marina Horvat, Ivana Hromatko, Chin-Ming Hui, Jas Laile Jaafar, Feng Jiang, Konstantinos Kafetsios, Tina Kavcic, Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair, Nicolas Kervyn, Truong Thi Khanh Ha, Imran Ahmed Khilji, Nils C. Kobis, Hoang Moc Lan, Andras Lang, Georgina R. Lennard, Ernesto Leon, Torun Lindholm, Trinh Thi Linh, Giulia Lopez, Nguyen Van Luot, Alvaro Mailhos, Zoi Manesi, Rocio Martinez, Sarah L. McKerchar, Norbert Mesko, Girishwar Misra, Conal Monaghan, Emanuel C. Mora, Alba Moya-Garofano, Bojan Musil, Jean Carlos Natividade, Agnieszka Niemczyk, George Nizharadze, Elisabeth Oberzaucher, Anna Oleszkiewicz, Mohd Sofian Omar-Fauzee, Ike E. Onyishi, Baris Ozener, Ariela Francesca Pagani, Vilmante Pakalniskiene, Miriam Parise, Farid Pazhoohi, Annette Pisanski, Katarzyna Pisanski, Edna Ponciano, Camelia Popa, Pavol Prokop, Muhammad Rizwan, Mario Sainz, Svjetlana Salkicevic, Ruta Sargautyte, Ivan Sarmany-Schuller, Susanne Schmehl, Shivantika Sharad, Razi Sultan Siddiqui, Franco Simonetti, Stanislava Yordanova Stoyanova, Meri Tadinac, Marco Antonio Correa Varella, Christin-Melanie Vauclair, Luis Diego Vega, Dwi Ajeng Widarini, Gyesook Yoo, Marta Zat'kova, Maja Zupancic
Abstrakt: 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.
Organisation(en): Department für Evolutionäre Anthropologie, Department für Verhaltens- und Kognitionsbiologie
Externe Organisation(en): University of California, Santa Barbara, University of Texas, Austin, Opole University, Technische Universität Dresden, University of Tartu, Gulu University, Middle East University, Jordan, Stockholm University, University of the Punjab, University of Nigeria, Istanbul University, North Star Alliance, Kampala, Franklin & Marshall College, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) , University of Algiers - Benyoucef Benkhedda, Australian National University, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian State University for the Humanities, İzmir University of Economics, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Université catholique de Louvain, Ankara Medipol University, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, Universidad de la República, ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Universidad Latina de Costa Rica, Université Ferhat Abbas Sétif 1, University of Pécs, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, University of Maribor, University of Zagreb, University of Malaya , Central University of Finance and Economics, University of Crete, University of Primorska, Vietnam National University Hanoi, Islamabad Model College for Boys, University of Amsterdam (UvA), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Universidad de Granada, University of Delhi, Universidad de La Habana, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Agricultural University of Georgia, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Vilnius University (VU), University of British Columbia (UBC), University of Sussex, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Romanian Academy, Komenius Universität, Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Delve Business Network, Universidad de Monterrey, DHA Suffa University, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, South-West University "Neofit Rilski", Universidade de São Paulo, Universitas Prof Dr Moestopo (Beragama), Kyung Hee University, University of Ljubljana
Journal: Psychological Science
Band: 31
Seiten: 408-423
Anzahl der Seiten: 16
ISSN: 0956-7976
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620904154
Publikationsdatum: 04-2020
Peer-reviewed: Ja
ÖFOS 2012: 501021 Sozialpsychologie
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ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete: Psychology(all)
Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 5 – Geschlechtergleichheit, SDG 10 – Weniger Ungleichheiten
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