What Is the Most Desired Feature in a Potential Intimate

question 5

Multiple Choice

What is the most desired feature in a potential intimate relationship?

• A) Men and women desire money and financial stability.
• B) Men and women desire mutual attraction.
• C) Men desire money, and women desire love.
• D) North Americans desire love, and Europeans desire independence.

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Definitions:

Social Construction Theory

Views gender as a set of practices and performances that occur through language and a political system.

Queer Theory

Identifies sexuality as a system that cannot be understood as gender neutral or by the actions of heterosexual males and females. It proposes that one’s sexual identity and one’s gender identity are partly or wholly socially constructed.

Psychodynamic Theory

A psychological perspective that emphasizes the influence of the unconscious mind and childhood experiences on behavior and personality.

Evolutionary Theory

A scientific explanation for the diversity of life on Earth, proposing that species change over time through processes like natural selection and genetic mutation.