Sex Inequality, Aging, and Innovation in Preferential Mate Selection
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4394148 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Davor Jedlicka (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 137 |
| Publication date | 1978-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Family Coordinator (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-7214 • E-ISSN: 2325-5501 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/581828 |
| OpenAlex | W269201283 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
This study shows that older women are likely to seek mates through the less conventional modes of mate selection and that regardless of the mode of selection, women are consistently disadvantaged. Most of those in the older age groups will have to remain unmarried after widowhood whether they want to or not. Men, on the other hand, have more freedom in determining their marital status. This inequality is attributed to persistence of age preferences in favor of men. Women express preferences for older men and men for younger women. This double standard is the basis of preferential mating in America and it is presented as a fundamental source of sex inequality
Biology · Demographic economics · Economics · Inequality · Mate choice · Selection (genetic algorithm) · Zoology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Mathematics · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1988 - 1988 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |