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| Females judging males Sexual partner |
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Physically attractive
Healthy
Attentive to my needs
Sense of humor
Overall personality |
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Males judging females
Sexual partner |
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Physically attractive
Healthy
Overall personality
Attentive to my needs
Self-confident |
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Females judging males
Marriage partner |
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Honest or trustworthy
Sensitive
Overall personality
Intelligent
Attentive to my needs |
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Males judging femals
Marriage partner |
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Overall personality
Honest or trustworthy
Physically attractive
Intelligent
Healthy |
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| Studies of personal ads confirm that men are more likely than women to emphasize _________ in describing an ideal partner. In contrast women are more likely to emphasize ____________. |
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Physical Attractivness
Financial Status |
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| There is more variation ______ each gender than _______ the genders. |
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| Found that college women were more satisfied with their romantic relationships if their male partner was _____ in traditionally masculine characteristics. |
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One of the most controversial topics in the research on love relationships
Argues that various species gradually change over the course of many generations to adapt better
Men and women have an evolutionary advantage if they succeed in passing on their genes
Argues it can explain why men and women have different views about ideal mates |
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| Men should be driven to prefer young, attractive, healthy-looking women because those women are most likely to be _____. Contrary to the evolutionary perspective, however, the research shows that ratings of women’s attractiveness are not correlated with health or ________. |
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Mate preferences between cultures are typically smaller than the differences in mate preferences between genders
Culture does not affect mate preferences but it is rather an innate social role
Men and women often occupy different social roles and they experience different social opportunities and disadvantages |
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| Women are significantly more likely than men to say they have a relationship based on friendship |
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| Men are more likely than women to report commitment, liking, and satisfaction |
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| Women report more sadness, depression, hurt, and loneliness |
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Refers to unmarried people who live together and who have a continuing emotional and sexual relationship
Includes about 5 million heterosexual couples in the U.S.
More common in France and Scandinavian countries |
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| Research in the U.S. and Canada shows that couples who live together before marriage are less likely to get divorced than those who have not lived together |
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| false, more likely to get divorced |
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Men and women reported similar negative emotions immediately after breakup.
Women felt more joy and relief following breakup
Women and men were equally likely to blame themselves for the breakup
Equally likely to take alcohol and drugs following breakup
Men were more likely than women to try to distract themselves from thinking about the breakup
Women were somewhat more likely than men to blame their partner for the breakup |
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| In Canada the average ages for a first marriage are ____ for women and ____ for men. ____ of Canadian women between the ages of 40 and 69 have been married at least once. |
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| In the U.S. the average age for a first marriage is ____ for women and ____ for men. As of 2003, ____ of U.S. women were married. |
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| About ____ after the wedding, many married people report being less romantic and more dissatisfied. |
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| People who have been married 20 to 24 years tend to be the group that is _______ with their marriage. |
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| Couples who have been married at least 35 years report relatively ______ in their relationship. |
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| characteristics of happy stable marriages |
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Good communication skills and understanding
A greater number of positive comments and expressions of affection, rather than negative comments and reactions
Strong conflict-resolution skills
Trust in the other person
Mutual support
The belief that each spouse is genuinely concerned about the other person’s well-being
Flexibility
Equal sharing of household tasks
Equal sharing of decision making |
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| In a traditional marriage, the husband is more _______ than the wife, and both partners maintain traditional gender roles. Traditional marriages are especially common among people from a traditional religious background. |
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| In an egalitarian marriage, both partners share ______ equally, without traditional gender roles. The wife and the husband have equal responsibility for housework, child care, finances, and decision making. |
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Emphasize obligation to their family
Machismo: men must show manhood by dominating over women in relationships
Marianismo: women should be passive, giving up their own needs for husband and children
Fewer than half of Latinos/Latinas believe that marriages should adopt this pattern of inequity. |
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Emphasize obligation to their family
Machismo: men must show manhood by dominating over women in relationships
Marianismo: women should be passive, giving up their own needs for husband and children
Fewer than half of Latinos/Latinas believe that marriages should adopt this pattern of inequity. |
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Black matriarchy: women’s domination in Black families
Early research focused on most economically poor; not fair representation of most families
Most families are close to the egalitarian model
The Black matriarchy is not a useful concept in explaining Black families |
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Parents expect their children to marry within their own ethnic group
92% of Korean American married someone who was Korean by birth or descent
Conflict between traditional customs in the home country and contemporary gender roles in North America undermines many marriages of recent immigrants |
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According to current predictions, between ___ and ___ of first marriages recently taking place in the U.S. and Canada will end in divorce.
The highest rate is for Blacks, and the lowest for Asian Americans. |
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66% of _______ said they had asked for the divorce, in contrast to 41% of ______.
The three major reasons that women listed for divorce were physical or emotional abuse, infidelity, and drug or alcohol abuse. |
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A women’s financial situation is almost always worse following a divorce, especially if she has children.
In the U.S., less than half of divorced fathers actually pay the mandated child support.
Black mothers are even more likely than White mothers to face financial problems. |
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Studies show that the average lesbian is as well adjusted as the average heterosexual woman.
Heterosexual women and lesbians are similar on almost all psychological dimensions, except that lesbians score higher in ________.
Lesbian women are not at greater risk for suicide than heterosexual women. |
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Want many of the same qualities in a romantic partner that heterosexual women emphasize.
Balance of power is extremely important, and couples are happier if both members of the pair contribute equally in decision making.
Satisfaction with their relationship is much the same as for heterosexual couples and gay male couples.
Report the same mix of negative and positive emotions when relationships break up. |
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| Focused on girls and women during childhood, and this interest continues during adolescence. Those who identified themselves as lesbians, some described a “classic” development of their lesbian identity. |
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| Questioned or changed their lesbian sexual identity at some point. Current studies show that sexual orientation can be a fluid, changing process rather than a rigid category. |
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| As of 2006, same-gender marriages are permitted in _______, _______, ______, _______, and __________. A more limited “partnership” is legally recognized in countries such as Denmark, Sweden, Hungary, and Portugal. |
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| Canada, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and South Africa |
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A women who is psychologically, emotionally, and sexually attracted to both women and men
Often report rejection by both the heterosexual and the lesbian communities
Bisexual women and lesbian women are equally satisfied with their current sexual identity |
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| Theoretical Explinations about Sexual Orientation |
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Biological: most research focuses on gay males exclusively; weak support for the biological approach to women’s sexual orientation.
Sociocultural: suggests that orientation is more influenced by sociocultural and situational factors than by biological
Social constructionist approach & intimate careers approach |
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| Social constructionist Approach |
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| Argues that our culture creates sexual categories, which we use to organize out thoughts about sexuality; not a fundamental aspect of an individual that must be acquired either before birth or in early childhood; sexuality is both fluid and flexible. |
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| Intiamte Career's approach |
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| Suggests that we humans take a variety of pathways as we develop our intimate relationships; emphasized that different people may currently hold the same sexual orientation for a variety of reasons; |
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____ of women- 18 years of age and older- have never been married.
Slightly more likely to work outside the home. |
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| The word ______ refers to bias against people who are not married. |
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| ____ of Black women and ____ of Latina women have never married, in contrast to only ____ of European American women. |
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