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Sex Differences in Human Mate Preferences: Evolutionary Hypotheses Tested in 37 Cultures
David M. Buss
Across 37 cultures on six continents, women placed more value than men on a mate's resource-earning potential and men placed more value than women on youth and physical attractiveness, a pattern Buss interprets as evidence for evolved, sex-differentiated mating psychology rather than one culture's convention.
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