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Erschienen in: Society 6/2012

01.12.2012 | Symposium: Mating Games

Mating Market Dynamics, Sex-Ratio Imbalances, and Their Consequences

verfasst von: Mark Regnerus

Erschienen in: Society | Ausgabe 6/2012

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One of the most interesting and significant facts about coupled sexual behavior is the underlying market economy to it all. Once you peer into it, it’s remarkable how it works. You might think it doesn’t or shouldn’t work this way when it comes to this most intimate and private of actions. But it does. And mating market dynamics continue to be consequential for how people live their lives, the options they’re afforded, and the choices they make. At face value, the mating market concept is fairly elementary and certainly very old. Notable changes, however, have emerged in recent decades, and social scientists and social scientists are detecting their consequences. …

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Metadaten
Titel
Mating Market Dynamics, Sex-Ratio Imbalances, and Their Consequences
verfasst von
Mark Regnerus
Publikationsdatum
01.12.2012
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
Society / Ausgabe 6/2012
Print ISSN: 0147-2011
Elektronische ISSN: 1936-4725
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-012-9592-2

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