What matters most when selecting a long-term partner? Hint: It's not good looks.
How would you prioritize the importance of the eight traits mentioned above from top to bottom if asked to design an ideal long-term partner?
As mentioned, of these eight characteristics, men and women from different countries around the globe were willing, on average, to spend the biggest percentage of their budget on kindness. Second on the list was physical attractiveness, followed by good financial prospects. Creativity and chastity ranked lowest; both received less than 10 percent of people's budgeted mate dollars.
"Looking at different culture groups allows us to test the idea that some behaviours are human universals," first author,, a senior lecturer in Psychology at Swansea University , said in a statement. "If men and women act in a similar way across the globe, then this adds weight to the idea that some behaviours develop in spite of culture rather than because of it."
In general, humor was the fourth most desired trait for men and women from Western cultures . But, humor tended to be less valued by study participants from Eastern cultures. "We found cultural differences for almost every trait. However, in most cases, these were simply a matter of degree," Thomas said in a recentmagazine."For example, for men and women from both cultures, the most important trait, hands down, was kindness. This far outweighed traits like creativity, religiosity, and humor. Sure, there were small cultural differences in the importance of kindness, but the real finding is that [kindness] was consistently a top trait."Andrew G.
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