Women prefer prestige over dominance in mates

Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 06:37 in Psychology & Sociology

A new study in the journal Personal Relationships reveals that women prefer mates who are recognised by their peers for their skills, abilities, and achievements, while not preferring men who use coercive tactics to subordinate their rivals. Indeed, women found dominance strategies of the latter type to be attractive primarily when men used them in the context of male-male athletic competitions...

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