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Title: Do men and women actually have different preferences for their partner’s skill s
Post by: Desolo on Jul 8, 2014
Do men and women actually have different preferences for their partner’s skill sets?  What role does complementarity play?


Title: Re: Do men and women actually have different preferences for their partner’s skill s
Post by: ThePsychic on Jul 10, 2014
Men and women differ in their partner preferences based on whether they believe they will be expected to be the primary breadwinner in the couple or the homemaker.  Results show that if a person expects to be the breadwinner (whether they are male or female) they would prefer a partner who was skilled at tasks associated with a homemaker role.  Individuals who expected to be the homemaker preferred partners who were skilled and employable.  However, there were still some gender differences such that men preferred younger mates and women preferred older and who would be good providers (even when they were to be providers themselves). 


Title: Re: Do men and women actually have different preferences for their partner’s skill s
Post by: Desolo on Aug 27, 2014
Thanks for taking the time to find the right answer. This is going to help with my final exam review.


Title: Re: Do men and women actually have different preferences for their partner’s skill s
Post by: ThePsychic on Aug 27, 2014
Great, I'm glad it worked out.

Bye for now...