Objective Although the mate preference priority model (MPPM) has advanced our
understanding of mate preferences, tests of the MPPM have relied on methods using text …

Sex differences have been found in mate preferences across several decades. Especially
for long-term partners, men tend to value physical attractiveness and women tend to value …

The measurement of female mating preferences is central to the study of the evolution of
male ornaments. Although several different methods have been developed to assess sexual …

The concept of a mating sociometer (eg, Kavanagh, Robins, & Ellis, 2010) suggests that
humans adaptively calibrate their mating aspirations in line with their mate value, drawing …

Objective Mate choice involves trading‐off several preferences. Research on this process
tends to examine mate preference prioritization in homogenous samples using a small …

People differ regarding their “Big Three” mate preferences of attractiveness, status, and
interpersonal warmth. We explain these differences by linking them to the “Big Two” …

Unlike women, or men considering long-term mates, men pursuing short-term mating have
shown a tendency to prioritize bodily information over facial information when assessing …

Mate preferences have a long research history in the social sciences, yet given their
evolving nature they must be revisited periodically. We use evolutionary psychology and …

The possible sex difference in preferred mate characteristics is a domain that is receiving
more attention as of late, due to the increases in new forms of dating and new …

Matepreferences have been well studied in social and evolutionary psychology. In two
studies (N= 490), using two different measurement techniques, we examined mate …