Sex Differences in Mate Preferences Across 45 Countries: A Large-Scale Replication


Walter K., Conroy-Beam D., Buss D. M., Asao K., Sorokowska A., Sorokowski P., ...Daha Fazla

PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, cilt.31, sa.4, ss.408-423, 2020 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/0956797620904154
  • Dergi Adı: PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, PASCAL, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Child Development & Adolescent Studies, Communication & Mass Media Index, EMBASE, Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts, MEDLINE, Psycinfo, Sociological abstracts, SportDiscus, Violence & Abuse Abstracts, DIALNET
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.408-423
  • Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.