Female Scarcity Reduces Women's Marital Ages and Increases Variance in Men's Marital Ages
When women are scarce in a population relative to men, they have greater bargaining power in romantic relationships and thus may be able to secure male commitment at earlier ages. Male motivation for long-term relationship commitment may also be higher, in conjunction with the motivation to secure a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2010-07-01
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| Series: | Evolutionary Psychology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491000800309 |