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- Title
Who Cares About Marrying a Rich Man? Intelligence and Variation in Women’s Mate Preferences.
- Authors
Stanik, Christine; Ellsworth, Phoebe
- Abstract
Although robust sex differences are abundant in men and women’s mating psychology, there is a considerable degree of overlap between the two as well. In an effort to understand where and when this overlap exists, the current study provides an exploration of within-sex variation in women’s mate preferences. We hypothesized that women’s intelligence, given an environment where women can use that intelligence to attain educational and career opportunities, would be: (1) positively related to their willingness to engage in short-term sexual relationships, (2) negatively related to their desire for qualities in a partner that indicated wealth and status, and (3) negatively related to their endorsement of traditional gender roles in romantic relationships. These predictions were supported. Results suggest that intelligence may be one important individual difference influencing women’s mate preferences.
- Subjects
SEX differences (Biology); PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN biology; MAN-woman relationships; INTERPERSONAL relations; INTELLECT; PHILOSOPHY of education; SCHOOL environment; INDIVIDUAL differences
- Publication
Human Nature, 2010, Vol 21, Issue 2, p203
- ISSN
1045-6767
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12110-010-9089-x