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intro.psych (Psyco 105) Discussion: Group 2 Discussion Group: Reading the Research - Social Development: Is the research important?
By Daki on Tuesday, October 13, 1998 - 05:05 pm:
Is This ressearch important? If your single and looking for a relationship, I would think its VERY important! Seriously though, I still think this kind of research has value in that it gives us an idea as to why most marriages and relationships are similar in age groups. I found the explanations for the age preferances intersting, especially the part about fertility. Its amazing how we, as humans, unconsciously think about these kinds of "prerequisites" needed in a mate. However, I don't know why this would afftect a 60year old man looking for a partner who would be most likely, at minimum, 40 years old, which would surely be past that person's ability to bear children all together. Does that mean as a person ages, his priorities so to speak of picking a mate changes?
Yes, and no. well its an interesting way to look at how men and women both fit evolutionary and cultural aspects of of mate selection. In other words nature nurture debate. On the other hand, does it matter why we choose the mates we do? If I turned thirty and started dating a man in his early twenties, my reason to do so would be different than dating a man about 10 years older than me. Also there are some odvious reasons why a 25 year old woman would get involved with an 80 something man and vice versa. Our culture likes status. It does seem interesting that we do look for mates that are similar infertility status.
oops that was supposed to say "similar in fertility status". I looked at some of the projects that the students at Gettysburg univ. did. Its interesting that they talked a bit about adolecents exposure to sexual images. I wonder if it effects why teenage boys, especially, would want to date an older woman. They constantly are bombarded with the images from tv and music videos that show women in their early 20's. They see that society says that these are the ideal, so wouldn't they start to think that its the ideal?
By Angela on Tuesday, October 13, 1998 - 10:12 pm:
By Angela on Wednesday, October 14, 1998 - 09:39 am: