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There has always been a belief that men and women differ in
their ways of selecting
romantic partners in terms of characteristics in their
mates. For example, men have always
been perceived to place more importance in size of breasts
in women. Likewise, women
have been perceived to place more importance on height of
the men they are interested in
and their build. This study is to find out whether these
social stigmas are true in a typical
large college campus dealing with subjects that are around
the age of 18~19 years.
Surveys were used to have the subjects rate the importance
of characteristics of men and
women that are typically looked at when either sex are
looking for romantic partners.
The research in question is, ”Gender Differences in
Selecting Romantic Partners.”
There were previous researches and surveys done on this
subject. There are five such
studies that best relate to the research topic. The first
appeared in Sex Roles. The article
was titled “Sex Differences in Factors of Romantic
Attraction.” The second appeared in
Psychological Reports and was titled, “Men’s Preferences in
Romantic Partners: Obesity
vs. Addiction.” The third appeared in College Student
Journal and was titled, “College
Students’ Homogamous Preferences for a Date and Mate.” The
fourth appeared in Sex
Roles titled, “Pursuit of Nontraditional Occupations: Fear
of Success or Fear of Not
Being Chosen?” The last article appeared in Psychological
Bulletin titled, “Gender
Differences in Mate Selection Preferences: A Test of the
Parental Investment Model.”
The first article, “Sex Differences in Factors of
Romantic Attraction” was written
by Jeffrey S. Nevid. His studies method included an
anonymous survey in a college
classroom consisting of only heterosexual males and females
around the age of 19 to 22
years. The author wanted to see if the popular belief of
males placing such physical
aspects such as breast size and buttocks size influenced
their choice of romantic and sexual
partners. He also included females in his studies. In...
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