Mate Selection In Asian-American Culture

When looking for a partner to settle down with, one usually seeks someone who is similar to them. They might look for individuals with similar hobbies, beliefs or even age. The reason behind this is due to a theory known as Social Homogamy. Social Homogamy is when individuals are attracted to a person of a similar ethnicity, race, age, or maybe even beliefs. (Gonzalez, n.d). Due to this, there is ultimately a correlation between sameness and compatibility as when people are more alike they might relate and get along better. When people see others who are like them, they subconsciously become attracted to them along with having feelings of trust and comfort (Patel, 2017). This eventually leads to a closer bond and possibly a more successful relationship (Patel, 2017). The purpose of this research is to examine why marrying within a specific social group is more advantageous than marrying an individual of a different social group. Firstly, individuals of different social classes tend to have different norms, and this leads to key differences. Secondly, the distinctions in age groups between the couple can negatively affect a couple’s marriage due to dissimilarity, thus leading to dispute. Lastly, when a partner of an individual is from the same or similar social group, they will fit in and better adapt to their partner’s lifestyle. Therefore, marrying within the same social group is more advantageous than being with a partner opposite to them. This can be proven through the

Mate choice is a product of mate preferences form in the environment of evolutionary adaptiveness (EEA). Sexual selection suggests that females prefer males who they can gain benefits from such as gifts. This is shown in male birds who make nests for females in order to mate with them and also in insects who give nuptial gifts.

How we select and lose our mates has always been a source of fascination and in the article, “The Strategies of Human Mating”, by David Buss surveys college students and more than 10,000 adult males and women from 37 countries to record that in the sexual selection process, humans choose between temporary (casual) and long-term (co-parenting) and use many strategies to draw in and keep a partner. There were 9 hypotheses Buss came up with about explaining different strategies of a long term and short term relationship between men and women. The hypotheses were that short term mating is more important for men than women, men seeking a short-term mate will solve the problem of identifying women who are sexually accessible, men seeing a short-term mate will minimize commitment and investment, men seeking a short-term mate will solve the problem of identifying fertile women, men seeking a long-term mate will solve the problem of identifying reproductively valuable women, men seeking a long-term mate will solve the problem of paternity confidence, women seeking short-term mate will prefer men willing to impart immediate resources, women will be more selective than men in choosing a short-term mate and lastly women seeking a long-term mate will prefer men

Although some may view intermarriages as something positive, there are still some cases where in Asian women are at the grieving end of marriage. In "Asian Immigrant Women in Relationships with Caucasian Men: Possible Risk Factors for Domestic Violence" by Wenling Chang highlights the different abuse and violence that Asian women may face or are facing in an interracial relationship with Canadian men and the reasons behind these. The data that the researcher was able to analyze came from surveys of different institutions. Wenling Chang did not personally interview Asian immigrant women in relationships with Canadian men. The author also explained that the patriarchal and collectivist society of the countries Asian women are part of has affected

Kyrgyzstan’s society is one that has changed yet remained the same as time has passed. Traditional family customs have yet to change but marriage is the area in the society that has changed and continues to change as the influence of westernization continues to spread. Compared to the western society, there are many cultural differences in Kyrgyzstan’s society. Living in the United States of America made this learning experience difficult for me because of the major differences between our two societies.

The hypotheses for this study is that there will be significant positive correlations between self-ratings and mate ratings for positive traits and that there is a significant difference between self and mate ratings: positive traits will have mate ratings that are higher than self, and neuroticism will have mate ratings that are lower than self. The M and SD for Self Openness was (M = 3.7, SD = .81) for Self Conscientiousness it was (M = 3.6, SD = .67), Self Extraversion (M = 3.4, SD = .96,) Self Agreeableness (M = 4.0, SD = .66), Self Neuroticism (M = 2.7, SD = .84), Mate Openness (M = 3.9, SD = .62), Mate Conscientiousness (M = 4.0, SD = .64), Mate Extraversion (M = 3.6, SD = .62), Mate Agreeableness (M = 4.4, SD = .59), and Mate Neuroticism (M = 1.9, SD = .72) (see Table 1). Some essential observations based on these statistics are that there was no

The Role of Exchange and Rational-Choice Theory in Mate Selection Zenobia C. Wright Florida A&M University Abstract The goal of this paper is to give readers a better understanding of the Exchange Theory, as well as Rational Choice Theory. To do this, we demonstrate how the typical scenario of mate selection for a romantic relationship in today's society involves trading things one may personally value for something that they feel is of equal value that the other person in the relationship possesses. We will pay particular attention to the connection of exchange theory in interracial relationships between blacks and whites. This is what we call the Exchange Theory.

Sexual reproduction is costly. As a result, both sexes often use a variety of mating tactics to reduce their reproductive costs (Arnqvist and Rowe 2005). Research, to date, has traditionally centered on how females attempt to mitigate the cost of mating, due to their often comparatively higher gametic and parental investments (e.g., McNamara et al. 2008; Nilsen et al. 2010). However, male strategies that reduce mating costs have received far less attention. To minimize such costs, male reproductive effort should be directed toward females that will provide the greatest fitness payoffs (Wedell et al. 2002). However, accurate mate evaluation is often difficult

Choosing a life partner is a crucial task that majority of individuals, if not everyone, partake in sometime during their lifetime. This process is otherwise known as mate selection (White, Martin, & Bartolic, 2013). Since mate selection is such an important aspect of any individual’s life, it would make sense that it is an area that has been researched extensively. There are a number of mate selection theories in existence, but this paper will focus on looking at biosocial theory and equity theory specifically.

To summarize the results of these experiments a number of descriptive statistical measures could be used. As we are most interested in answering questions about what affects mate choice, how mate competition plays out, and how the two may be related though, a few sets of descriptive statistical measures would best serve to characterize our findings with respect to these questions being asked.

Short-term mating, or long-term mating are two of the most important phases that almost every human on this earth would have to go through to reproduce and pass on their genes. Short-term mating and long-term mating can be studied through the evolution of human behavior. Evolution of human behavior allows scientists and researchers to look at human’s relationships, our interaction with each other from routine conversations to the most complicated of human’s interaction in a more profound approach. With movies, music, or any other type of media outlets tend to display lots of subject matter about love and sex, how the idea of short-term mating can lead to successful long-term relationships is absolutely mesmerizing to understand with sexual

When I first read the question “Which social forces influence my choice in a mate, “the first thing that came to mind was not sex, age, race, or social class. At first I didn’t think these were factors in choosing a mate, but after reading about it more, this is actually the main factors people look at when choosing a mate. As I began to think which factors matter to me, I quickly realized that sex, age, race, and social class all matter to me. Also there is another very important factor that matters when choosing a mate and that is religion. My family raised me in a Southern Baptist Church all my life, so religion would be another factor that influenced my choice in a mate.

Procreation and mating selection are linked to the primal desire of survival and genetic continuity. The means of creating successful offspring are often paved through distinctive selection, which are often tailored to specific genetic traits that one or more partners possess. These concepts are a biological component that drives humans to reproduce with specific individuals. Since humans are unable to procreate by asexual means, the selection of a mate and their genetic information are highly important in concepts of reproduction. Males and females alike are psychologically and physically wired to make mating choice based on concepts of physical presentation and characteristics. These components often link together couples for mating purposes,

One thing that I found over the course of the semester that made something familiar seem strange is marital, social and sexual monogamy in American culture. We are attracted to a person, build a relationship with them, sexually and/or emotionally, and expect to be their only partner. We value loyalty and the concept of love in our culture. If one partner breaks these rules, in most cases, this turns the other off. But as I have learned, in a lot of cultures this isn’t the case. There are several cultures that having multiple marriages, not getting married or only being with someone for reproduction purposes is totally normal. Love is taboo. Like Ongka’s culture, he is able to have many wives and many children among those wives and that is