Posted on July 20, 2008
Why does race matter for women?
Random mating in the general population would result in 44% of marriages being interracial, while only 4% are
One social science finding which I’ve wondered about over the past few years is the result that women care much more about the race of a potential mate than men do. The fact that individuals tend to want to mate assortatively with those who share their characteristics is no surprise. Rather, what does surprise are a series of papers that show a very strong asymmetry in strength of preference between males and females. To be crass about it, an attractive warm body will do for a man, but women strongly prefer a body with the packaging of their own race!
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Why does race matter for women?
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