Women want taller men more than men want shorter women

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 877-883

  Stulp, Gert ^a   Buunk, Abraham P ^a,b   Pollet, Thomas V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Male taller norm; Mate preferences; Satisfaction; Stature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875092172     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.12.019     Document Type: Article

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