Cute butts and housework: A gynocentric theory of assortative mating

Press, Julie E.

doi:10.1111/j.0022-2445.2004.00074.x

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“…The results of our formal gender tests are notable considering the ubiquitous gender differences found in mate preference studies (e.g., Buss et al, 2001) and the focus on gender‐specific trades examined among actual partners (e.g., Taylor & Glenn, 1976). These findings are consistent with Press’s (2004) hypothesis that improvements in women’s economic position may increase their demand for attractive men. Today’s young adult U.S. women may feel optimistic about their economic position; whether they place less value on men’s economic status or more value on men’s attractiveness (or value both more) is an area of future research for social structure theorists.…”

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“…Sweeney and Cancian (2004) argue that women’s improved position in the labor market increases men’s emphasis on women’s economic characteristics. Conversely, Press (2004) argues that women’s increasing economic independence has decreased women’s emphasis on men’s economic value and increased their requirements for physical attractiveness in men.…”

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Body Weight and Matching With a Physically Attractive Romantic Partner

Carmalt

Cawley

Joyner

et al. 2008

J of Marriage and Family

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Matching and attribute trade are two perspectives used to explain mate selection. We investigated patterns of matching and trade, focusing on obesity, using Add Health Romantic Pair data (N ¼ 1,405 couples). Obese individuals, relative to healthy weight individuals, were less likely to have physically attractive partners, with this disadvantage greater for women than men, and greater for White women than Black women. Additional education, a more attractive personality, and better grooming increased the probability of having a physically attractive partner and offset the disadvantage of obesity for some individuals. Unexpectedly, we found women, like men, trade education for their partners' physical attractiveness. Despite evidence of attribute trade, matching with respect to physical characteristics was the dominant mate selection pattern.

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Section: Matching and Exchange In The Market For Physically Attractivmentioning

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Body Weight and Matching With a Physically Attractive Romantic Partner

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Cawley

Joyner

et al. 2008

J of Marriage and Family

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“…Education is now positively associated with marriage for both men and women in the United States, a trend that family scholars have argued arises because education is a marker of young adults’ earnings potential and cultural attractiveness on the marriage market (Cherlin 2004; Goldstein and Kenney 2001; Oppenheimer 1988; Press 2004; Raley and Bratter 2004; Sweeney 2002; Sweeney and Cancian 2004). Yet, this interpretation underappreciates how education also shapes the opportunities that women and men have to meet certain kinds of partners, particularly those who are college-educated (England 2004).…”

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“…Others have argued that education is also attractive for reasons that are more cultural than financial (Arum et al 2008; DiMaggio and Mohr 1985; Press 2004; Swidler 2001). For instance, the college-educated tend to have greater social and cultural capital and express greater support for gender equality (Kingston et al 2003).…”

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Opportunities to Meet: Occupational Education and Marriage Formation in Young Adulthood

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Explanations for the positive association between education and marriage in the United States emphasize the economic and cultural attractiveness of having a college degree in the marriage market. However, educational attainment may also shape the opportunities that men and women have to meet other college-educated partners, particularly in contexts with significant educational stratification. We focus on work—and the social ties that it supports—and consider whether the educational composition of occupations is important for marriage formation during young adulthood. Employing discrete-time event-history methods using the NLSY-97, we find that occupational education is positively associated with transitioning to first marriage and with marrying a college-educated partner for women but not for men. Moreover, occupational education is positively associated with marriage over cohabitation as a first union for women. Our findings call attention to an unexplored, indirect link between education and marriage that, we argue, offers insight into why college-educated women in the United States enjoy better marriage prospects.

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“…Met de grotere economische zelfstandigheid van vrouwen zijn sociaal-economische hulpbronnen van mannen voor vrouwen wellicht minder belangrijk geworden als criteria voor partnerselectie (Press, 2004), terwijl meer culturele kenmerken van mannen zoals hun dispositie tot kameraadschap in de relatie, bijvoorbeeld tot uitdrukking komend in hun zorgende en hun huishoudelijke kwaliteiten, mogelijk juist belangrijker zijn geworden. In dit artikel onderzoeken we welk soort mannen de partners zijn van succesvolle vrouwen, waarbij we aandacht zullen besteden aan zowel sociaal-economische als culturele kenmerken van deze mannen.…”

Section: De Mannen Achter Succesvolle Vrouwen: 'Kanjers' Of 'Maatjes'?unclassified

De mannen achter succesvolle vrouwen: ‘kanjers’ of ‘maatjes’?

Komter¹,

Keizer²,

Dykstra³

2010

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De mannen achter succesvolle vrouwen Komter, A.E.; Keizer, R.; Dykstra, P.A. CopyrightOther than for strictly personal use, it is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons).Take-down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim.Downloaded from the University of Groningen/UMCG research database (Pure): http://www.rug.nl/research/portal. For technical reasons the number of authors shown on this cover page is limited to 10 maximum. SummaryUsing data from the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study, this paper compares the partners of successful women with those of women who have fared less well on the labor market. Success is measured as belonging to the top ten percent income bracket of the female sample. The male breadwinner model where husbands contribute most to the household income characterizes the majority of couples, particularly in the older age groups. Successful women tend to have "sharing companions" who make less money than they do rather than "big shots" who have high incomes. Whether their partners espouse gender egalitarian attitudes makes no differences for women"s success. Rather, having a partner who performs a fair share of domestic tasks relates to women"s socio-economic achievement. Mothers with resident children are more successful when their partners have short work weeks, but the success of childless women and empty nest mothers shows no association with their partners" work hours. With women"s increasing socio-economic independence, partner relations will likely become premised on different logics compared with the past. For economically autonomous women, men"s disposition towards companionship will be an important consideration, whereas men faced with economically autonomous women will be required to substantively contribute to domestic work.

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Cute butts and housework: A gynocentric theory of assortative mating

Cited by 26 publications

References 4 publications

Body Weight and Matching With a Physically Attractive Romantic Partner

Body Weight and Matching With a Physically Attractive Romantic Partner

Opportunities to Meet: Occupational Education and Marriage Formation in Young Adulthood

De mannen achter succesvolle vrouwen: ‘kanjers’ of ‘maatjes’?

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