Men chose mates who were more physically appealing than they were, in line with an evolutionary approach, but women selected partners who were more financially successful, educated, self-assured, intelligent, dominant, and socially situated.
The preferred degrees of education, physical beauty, and, notably for males, preferred IQ in compared to oneself decreased with lesser relationship engagement.
Men and women chose mates for their sexual fantasies who were more physically appealing than the real relationships they preferred.
Although older people had higher expectations for the level of education in a potential spouse, there were minimal age variations in mate preferences.
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