Religion and Mate Selection through Cyberspace: A Case Study of Preferences among Muslims

Badahdah, Abdallah M.; Tiemann, Kathleen A.

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“…They preferred to marry someone from their own religious group and they did not like to marry someone from other religious groups. This finding was supported appropriately by some past findings on it (e.g., Badahdah and Tiemann, 2009 ; Braithwaite et al., 2013 ; Li et al., 2002 ; Maliki, 2009 ; Szarota et al., 2021 ). Why did students prefer to marry someone from their same religious group?…”

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“…The financial status was one of the important mate selection criteria considered by Bangladeshi students. Like the present study, some previous studies found its importance in mate selection (e.g., Badahdah and Tiemann, 2009 ; Buunk et al., 2002 ; Maliki, 2009 ; Shackelford et al., 2005 ; Townsend and Wasserman, 1998 ). At present, the Bangladeshi males are very much positive towards their mates' profession and they expect that their mates will have professional status and good financial status as well ( Sabur, 2014 ; Yasmin, 2013 ).…”

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confidence: 79%

“…Beauty was found to be an important mate selection criterion in Pakistani culture ( Alvi et al., 2014 ). Financial prospect was found to be a highly significant mate selection criterion in many cultures (e.g., Badahdah and Tiemann, 2009 ; Buss et al., 2001 ; Buunk et al., 2002 ; Maliki, 2009 ; Shackelford et al., 2005 ). In many societies, education was proved as an important mate selection criterion (e.g., Acitelli et al., 2001 ; Kalmijn and Flap, 2001 ; Maliki, 2009 ; O'Neil, 2006 ; Todosijevic et al., 2003 ).…”

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“…Religion was an important mate selection criterion in some Muslim countries, for example, for example, Malaysia ( Abdullah et al, 2011 ; Alavi et al, 2013 ; Badahdah and Tiemann, 2009 ), and Nigeria ( Maliki, 2009 ). In many religious cultures, people expect to marry who have same religious faith with them as they think that religion is an integral force for a prospecting marital relationship ( Badahdah and Tiemann, 2009 ; Maliki, 2009 ; Yahaya, 2009 ). In some researches, college students expressed that they would not choose mates from another religious group that is not their rather they would choose mates from their same religious group ( Levi-Strauss, 2006 ; Maliki, 2009 ).…”

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Gender differences in mate selection criteria among university students in Bangladesh: A study from the social homogamy perspective

Islam

2021

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Gender differences in mate selection criteria across cultures are common. In various cross-cultural research, these gender differences are explained by different socio-cultural theories. Therefore, the present study was aimed to investigate gender differences in mate selection criteria in Bangladeshi culture and to explain these differences by the social homogamy theory. An unstructured interview method was followed to obtain the aim of the study. A total of 120 unmarried Bangladeshi university students were chosen to participate the study whose age were ranging from 21 to 24 years ( M = 22.45, SD = 1.75). The participants were selected by a convenient sampling method from four universities in Bangladesh. They were equally divided in terms of gender and university. A total of twelve mate selection criteria were found in the study, in which each student averagely responded 7.23 criteria. The highest and lowest number of responses were observed in education ( n = 108) and residential status ( n = 33) criterion, respectively. The top-ranked criterion considered by male and female students was physical attractiveness and education respectively. Gender difference in mate selection preferences was found to be significant in the study. Though, gender difference was significant in age, education, financial status, physical appearance, physical attractiveness, and profession criterion; however, the gender difference was not significant in character, in-law family's education, in-law family's social approval, religion, region, and residential status. Mate selection criteria considered by Bangladeshi students are explained by the social homogamy theory. The study would help Bangladeshi people to be aware of their mate selection in their own Bangladeshi culture.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 79%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Gender differences in mate selection criteria among university students in Bangladesh: A study from the social homogamy perspective

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2021

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“…Research reports on adolescent mate selection criteria are not scanty in literature. A survey of medical students show that the female becoming more selective in their criteria relationship while the male were convinced that their increasing status would enable them to engage in a relationship (Townsend, 2003), A study from 36 out of 37 cultures demonstrate that financial status is an important criteria in mate selection (Badahdah & Tiemann, 2009;Shackelford et al, 2005, Todosifvic et al, 2003. Male adolescent were more likely to prefer partner who are university undergraduate than non-graduate even though male undergraduate have shown less importance in their preferred mates to be college graduate (Koehler, 2003).…”

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Soul Mate Selection Among Adolescents: The Kinetics and Health Perceptions and Interpretations

2020

JHMN

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Soulmate is a brother/sister relationship, practiced and known by many people but just a few especially adolescents understand the exact meaning hence the need to provide adequate information regarding the selection. Adolescents have the tendency to deviate from social norms in search of identity and most often unsure of themselves as most of their experiences rest in the hands of their peer groups. Soulmate comes in form of stranger, healing, wrecking ball, twin and true love soulmates. These are highlighted in the elements of soulmate as one who makes you feel entirely whole, healed, and intact like no piece is missing. Adolescents make selection on the basis of physical attractiveness, economic and social status, age, religion. Finding a true soulmate result in having a feeling of security and protection, falling in love, sharing the same life goals, respect for each other's differences and opinions. However, wrong mate choices could result in social and health consequences such as prostitution, medical problems and suicide. Kinetics and Health strongly emphasize on aesthetics, general wellness including spiritual wellbeing as strong indices of wellness which could be cached on during mate selection. Conclusively, mate selection is a matter of destiny ordered by God but as two loving people who have settled for each other's strength or weakness, the decision is yours. The recommendation among others is that adolescents should be counseled to focus selection of mate on attitude as against physical attributes and made a priority among undergraduate students due to growing cases of rape in Nigeria.

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Gender, Matrimonial Websites, and Islamic Societies

Bajnaid

Aljasir

2020

The International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media, and Communication

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In Islamic societies, engaging in friendships or romantic relationships with the opposite gender prior to marriage is forbidden according to Islam. As a result, Muslims are increasingly turning to an unconventional medium to find spouses—the matrimonial website. Given that little literature is available on this emerging form of courtship, which differs substantially from Western‐style online dating, this entry focuses on gender and matrimonial websites. In particular, it examines gender differences in terms of the impressions Muslim users intend to form when constructing their profiles on matrimonial websites and the characteristics these male and female users seek in their potential spouses.

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Religion and Mate Selection through Cyberspace: A Case Study of Preferences among Muslims

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Gender differences in mate selection criteria among university students in Bangladesh: A study from the social homogamy perspective

Gender differences in mate selection criteria among university students in Bangladesh: A study from the social homogamy perspective

Soul Mate Selection Among Adolescents: The Kinetics and Health Perceptions and Interpretations

Gender, Matrimonial Websites, and Islamic Societies

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