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Mate selection is influenced by proximity, availability of partners, and ideals of the ideal mate. Propinquity, or physical closeness, increases chances of selection, especially in rural areas with low mobility. Availability depends on factors like sex ratios, age preferences, and socioeconomic status. Ideals are based on family and culture. Common theories of selection include assortative mating by similarities, hypogamy by males marrying down, and hypergamy by females marrying up economically. Exchange theory views selection as maximizing rewards and minimizing costs. Stimulus-value-role theory involves attraction, compatibility testing, and defining roles before marriage.

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Mate Selection p2

Mate selection is influenced by proximity, availability of partners, and ideals of the ideal mate. Propinquity, or physical closeness, increases chances of selection, especially in rural areas with low mobility. Availability depends on factors like sex ratios, age preferences, and socioeconomic status. Ideals are based on family and culture. Common theories of selection include assortative mating by similarities, hypogamy by males marrying down, and hypergamy by females marrying up economically. Exchange theory views selection as maximizing rewards and minimizing costs. Stimulus-value-role theory involves attraction, compatibility testing, and defining roles before marriage.

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Mate Selection

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE


Propinquity
-Proximity in residence, occupation, location of work, school, or
church and other forms of physical closeness.

-Chances of mate selection can be determined by propinquity

-Propinquity plays a bigger role in the rural setting where geographic


mobility is low while the urban setting is more mobile and have a
greater field of selection
Availability of Partners
-Demographic Marriage Squeeze: due to an imbalance in the sex ration, the number of males or
females available for marriage is limited.

-The marriage squeeze may also be the result of the monogamy rule, age preferences,
socioeconomic status preferences, and differential death rates:
 men are in demand with advancing age; demand for women diminishes with age- shortage of
older men and younger women and excess of younger men and older women

 husbands are ideally higher than or equal to the socioeconomic status of their wives; highly
educated women who want to “marry up” the socioeconomic ladder and men without formal
education are both in low demand
The Ideal Mate
-A person’s concept or “idea” of a relationship or life partner.

-The ideal mate is often based on family or community standards, the


sociocultural experience, and the general, social environment.

-A suitor or prospective mate is often compared to the standards and


characteristics of the ideal
Romantic Love
-The Western concept of romantic love is accepted in the Philippines:
marriage exists primarily for the personal happiness for husband and
wife

-Formerly, the homemaking skills of the female and the industry,


ambition, and economic skills of the male are taken into consideration
during mate selection. Marriage is seen not just as a sacred institution
but as a social obligation to pass on the family name, farm, and/or
business to the next generation
Romantic Love
-With the intrusion of “romantic love,” many young people look for
personally satisfying and pleasurable relationships only “love” can
bring. Some even elope or have secret marriages in spite of parental
advice or objection

-However despite modernization, urbanization, and autonomous


choice and the modern concepts of love and marriage, young people
today are still very much influenced by family and culture values.
Theories of Mate Selection
-Assortative mating/Homogamy: “like marries like;” People tend to
marry those who think the way they do, and whose attitudes, opinions,
values, and beliefs are the same as theirs.
(similar hobbies, interests, educational level, age, physical attributes,
socioeconomic background, religion, etc.)
Theories of Mate Selection
-Hypogamy: “marrying down” the socioeconomic level
(usually male)
-Hypergamy: “marrying up” the socioeconomic level
(usually female)
-Marrying outside one’s social, economic, and nationality group is
more common in the Philippines compared to other Asian countries.
-A study on Filipina marriage migrants to Europe showed an average
of 12 years in the age gap in regards to their foreign spouse; in
educational attainment: Filipina migrants are “marrying down.”
Theories of Mate Selection
-Heterogamy: “opposites attract;” the practice of mate selection that
is based on the theory of complementary needs:

• Males and females select each other as mates according to how


much each can gratify the other’s needs.
• The heterogamous factor in mate selection is
“complementariness” of certain specific personality traits or needs
such as: dominance-submission, nurturance-dependence
Theories of Mate Selection
-Exchange Theory of mate selection: the exchange of assets and
liabilities which each partner brings into the relationship.
• It rests on the belief that human beings attempt to make choices
that they expect will maximize their rewards and/or minimize their
costs.
• Young person marries older, financially stable person.
• Weakness: people do not often calculate costs/benefits in personal
relationships
Theories of Mate Selection
• Stimulus-Value-Role Theory: involves three stages prior to
marriage, or the development of a relationship:
Theories of Mate Selection
 Stimulus stage- mutual attraction based on perceptions of physical and
social aspects such as: voice, dress, reputation, and social standing
 “Value comparison” stage- the couple learn each other’s religious
orientation, political beliefs, attitudes towards people, interests, and
hobbies through verbal interaction
-The values stage is the period when the couple determines their
compatibility and attitudes towards life, marriage, and having children
are discussed.
-If the similarities outweigh the differences, the couple proceeds to the
role stage
Theories of Mate Selection
 Role stage- requires the fulfillment of many tasks before the couple
is ready for marriage
-The partners must increasingly confide in one another and become
more aware of each other’s behavior
-The couple define each other’s roles as husband and wife
according to each other’s expectations and perceptions
-If the three stages are passed, the couple is more likely to become
a permanent pair

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