The preferred traits of mates in a cross-national study of heterosexual and homosexual men and women: An examination of biological and cultural influences

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-208

  Lippa, Richard A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural research; Evolutionary theory; Mating psychology; Physical attractiveness; Sex differences; Sexual orientation; Social structural theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HONESTY; HUMAN; HUMOR; INTELLIGENCE; INTERNET; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; TELEVISION VIEWING; UNITED NATIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEAUTY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 34247621418     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-006-9151-2     Document Type: Article

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