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A Brief Rundown of the Biological Perscpective of Mate Selection
Buss (1989) surveyed men and women in 37 countries. Men tend to favor "no experience in sexual intercourse" and "good looks", while women tend to favor "good financial prospect" and "ambitious". Biological perspective theorist predicted these results saying men would want to ensure paternity and attract a healthy and fertile mate, while women would seek a mate who has (or has the potential to possess) economic resources to support her limited number of offspring. However, other features such as funny, dependable, and kind were still rated as more important.
Gangestad (1993) followed up on Buss's study. He found that in each country Buss surveyed, the more economic power women had, the more important male physical attractiveness was to them. This might indicate that lack of direct access to economic power, not biological predispositon was the motivating factor.
Norman LI (2002) did a study where men and women designed an ideal mate. Men spent more on a physically attractive mate while women spent more on the mate's social status. Both were still concerned with kind, lively, creative, etc. However, when the subjects had limited resources to purchase with men spent even more to gain physically attractive partners and women spent even more to gain social status for their male partner.
Regan (1997) Found that women care as much about physical appearance of a mate as men do, when concerning a short-term casual sex partner.
Buss (1989) found men wanted a wife 2.7 years younger and women wanted a husband 3.4 years older. The younger/older effect was found in every culture he studied.
Other studies have revealed younger men (20s) are more oppostunistic about older women, while older men (30s) a more concerned with finding younger women. However, in all age groups studied women prefered older men.
83% of women say they would be more upset by emotional infedility than sexual by their partners. Biological theorists claim this is because the main threat to a woman is losing the support the man provides, whereas the main threat to the man is raising a child which is not truly his.
In another study women would be more watchful or try to improve their appearance if the man suspected of infedility was successful, while men would more likely take action if the wife was young and attractive (Buss & Shackelford, 1997).
Buss (1989) surveyed men and women in 37 countries. Men tend to favor "no experience in sexual intercourse" and "good looks", while women tend to favor "good financial prospect" and "ambitious". Biological perspective theorist predicted these results saying men would want to ensure paternity and attract a healthy and fertile mate, while women would seek a mate who has (or has the potential to possess) economic resources to support her limited number of offspring. However, other features such as funny, dependable, and kind were still rated as more important.
Gangestad (1993) followed up on Buss's study. He found that in each country Buss surveyed, the more economic power women had, the more important male physical attractiveness was to them. This might indicate that lack of direct access to economic power, not biological predispositon was the motivating factor.
Norman LI (2002) did a study where men and women designed an ideal mate. Men spent more on a physically attractive mate while women spent more on the mate's social status. Both were still concerned with kind, lively, creative, etc. However, when the subjects had limited resources to purchase with men spent even more to gain physically attractive partners and women spent even more to gain social status for their male partner.
Regan (1997) Found that women care as much about physical appearance of a mate as men do, when concerning a short-term casual sex partner.
Buss (1989) found men wanted a wife 2.7 years younger and women wanted a husband 3.4 years older. The younger/older effect was found in every culture he studied.
Other studies have revealed younger men (20s) are more oppostunistic about older women, while older men (30s) a more concerned with finding younger women. However, in all age groups studied women prefered older men.
83% of women say they would be more upset by emotional infedility than sexual by their partners. Biological theorists claim this is because the main threat to a woman is losing the support the man provides, whereas the main threat to the man is raising a child which is not truly his.
In another study women would be more watchful or try to improve their appearance if the man suspected of infedility was successful, while men would more likely take action if the wife was young and attractive (Buss & Shackelford, 1997).
