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However another study did not find effects for marriage satisfaction and likelihood of women's divorce initiation.<ref>https://web.stanford.edu/~mrosenfe/Rosenfeld_gender_of_breakup.pdf</ref> | However another study did not find effects for marriage satisfaction and likelihood of women's divorce initiation.<ref>https://web.stanford.edu/~mrosenfe/Rosenfeld_gender_of_breakup.pdf</ref> | ||
Aversion to having the wife earn more than the husband did, however, explain 29% of the decline in marriage rates over the last thirty years.<ref>https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjv001</ref> | Aversion to having the wife earn more than the husband did, however, explain 29% of the decline in marriage rates over the last thirty years.<ref>https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjv001</ref> | ||
Also women's attractiveness ratings are 1,000 times more sensitive to men's income than vice-versa,<ref>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2017.12.008</ref> | Also women's attractiveness ratings are 1,000 times more sensitive to men's income than vice-versa,<ref>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2017.12.008</ref> | ||
and women also rate men with high status cues (e.g. presentation of luxury goods) as more sexually attractive, while men don't care about this.<ref>http://doi.org/10.1556/JEP.12.2014.1.1</ref> | and women also rate men with high status cues (e.g. presentation of luxury goods) as more sexually attractive, while men don't care about this.<ref>http://doi.org/10.1556/JEP.12.2014.1.1</ref> | ||
Women have a higher likelihood of experiencing orgasms during sex the wealthier the man.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513808001177</ref><ref>https://cnnespanol2.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/polletandnettle-orgasms.pdf?attredirects=1</ref> | Women have a higher likelihood of experiencing orgasms during sex the wealthier the man.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513808001177</ref><ref>https://cnnespanol2.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/polletandnettle-orgasms.pdf?attredirects=1</ref> | ||
Men's social status also accounts for 62% of the variance of frequency of copulation opportunities.<ref>https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X00029939</ref> | Men's social status also accounts for 62% of the variance of frequency of copulation opportunities. | ||
[[File:Womens orgasms based on male wealth.PNG|thumb|300px|left]]<ref>https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X00029939</ref> | |||
Mixed results in existing relationships and marriages suggest that relationships have mostly already passed the hypergamous filter, i.e. already mostly fulfill the condition for the man being the most valuable man available which also may not only be decided by the measures of power differential used in the studies (income and education status), but rather by physical dominance, physical attractiveness, peer popularity and occupational prestige. Power differentials in marriages are seen as unfavorable in Western culture which may negatively affect such marriages. | Mixed results in existing relationships and marriages suggest that relationships have mostly already passed the hypergamous filter, i.e. already mostly fulfill the condition for the man being the most valuable man available which also may not only be decided by the measures of power differential used in the studies (income and education status), but rather by physical dominance, physical attractiveness, peer popularity and occupational prestige. Power differentials in marriages are seen as unfavorable in Western culture which may negatively affect such marriages. | ||
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