Social role vs. evolutionary theory

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Mate Preferences • Men’s preference for young fertile women and women’s preference for wealthy men nearly disappears when equality/egalitarian attitudes are taken into account – Wood & Eagly reanalyzed the mate selection data of Buss’s (1989; showing gender diff. in mate preference) 37 cultures study by relating men’s and women’s reports of mate preferences with societal-level indicators of the extent of sexual equality in those countries – In patriarchal, traditional societies, women tended to prefer older mates and mates with resources, and men tended to prefer younger mates and mates with housekeeping and cooking skills. – The sex differences in mate preferences were less pronounced in more egalitarian societies
Evolutionary Perspective • Wood and Eagly’s research points to the possibility that <strong>evolutionary</strong> psychologists have reasoned from modern social conditions
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