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* Fales, M.R., Frederick, D.A., Garcia, J.R., Gildersleeve, K.A., Haselton, M.G. and Fisher, H.E. 2016. ''Mating markets and bargaining hands: Mate preferences for attractiveness and resources in two national US studies.'' [[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282931592 Abstract]] | * Fales, M.R., Frederick, D.A., Garcia, J.R., Gildersleeve, K.A., Haselton, M.G. and Fisher, H.E. 2016. ''Mating markets and bargaining hands: Mate preferences for attractiveness and resources in two national US studies.'' [[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282931592 Abstract]] | ||
* Buss DM, Schmitt DP. 2019. ''Mate preferences and their behavioral manifestations.'' [[https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-010418-103408 Abstract]] | * Buss DM, Schmitt DP. 2019. ''Mate preferences and their behavioral manifestations.'' [[https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-010418-103408 Abstract]] | ||
=== Career women are refusing to 'marry down' facing a "shortage" of successful men === | |||
A study by Lichter, Price & Swigert (2019) | |||
assessed whether unmarried women currently face demographic shortages of marital partners in the U.S. marriage market | |||
as a possible explanation for the declines in marriage. | |||
The study identifies marriages between 2008 and 2017 of the ''American Community Survey''. | |||
They found unmarried women prefer partners who have an average income that is about ''58% higher'' than the actual unmarried men available. They also prefer men who are ''30% more likely to be employed (90% vs. 70%) and 19% more likely to have a college degree (30% vs. 25%). | |||
Racial and ethnic minorities, especially Black women, face the largest shortages of this kind, as do low socioeconomic status and ''high socioeconomic'' status unmarried women. | |||
This study reveals large deficits in the supply of potential male spouses. One implication is that the unmarried may remain unmarried or marry less well‐suited partners | |||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''Discussion:'''</span> | |||
In [[political correctness|politically correct]] fashion the study quantifies the issue of unmarried career women refusing to date down. It indirectly blames men not supplying enough suitable partners and thus creating a shortage, but an alternative explanation is that these women's standards are too high being incapable of overcoming their [[hypergamy|hypergamous]] preferences. | |||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''References:'''</span> | |||
* Lichter DT, Price JP, Swigert JM. (2019). Mismatches in the Marriage Market. Journal of Marriage and Family. [[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jomf.12603 Abstract]] [[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6004239/High-flying-career-women-refusing-marry-despite-struggling-Mr-Right.html News]] | |||
===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: normal;" id="A_survey_found_a_dramatically_higher_median_sex_partner_count_for_young_women_than_young_men">A survey found a dramatically higher median sex partner count for young women than young men</span>=== | ===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: normal;" id="A_survey_found_a_dramatically_higher_median_sex_partner_count_for_young_women_than_young_men">A survey found a dramatically higher median sex partner count for young women than young men</span>=== | ||