WMNST 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Physical Attractiveness, Decision-Making
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Women tend to marry earlier than men. More experience leads to increased development of self-identity. A woman who enters marriage at an older age is less likely to exchange dependence on. In us people tend to delay getting married parents for dependence on a husband. Women were more likely to emphasize a mate"s earning capacity and ambition; men likely to emphasize good looks and physical attractiveness. Women"s preferences for men with material resources was greatest in countries where women had least ability to gain social power on their own. Tendency for women to marry up and men to marry down by sorting themselves into couples in which the man has higher prestige and income potential. Marriage can be classified into three types. One definition of power is the ability to get one"s way or influence decisions. Traditional:husband and wife agree husband has (and should have) greater authority. She has some decision making power (household shopping, decorating)
