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Mate preferences in Argentinean transgender people: An evolutionary perspective
Author(s) -
Arístegui Inés,
Castro Solano Alejandro,
Buunk Abraham P.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
personal relationships
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.81
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1475-6811
pISSN - 1350-4126
DOI - 10.1111/pere.12247
Subject(s) - transgender , attractiveness , biological sex , perspective (graphical) , mating , psychology , mate choice , socioeconomic status , gender identity , identity (music) , evolutionary psychology , developmental psychology , demography , social psychology , sociology , population , biology , ecology , artificial intelligence , computer science , psychoanalysis , physics , acoustics
Transgender people provide a unique opportunity to examine the effect of biological sex versus gender identity on mating preferences. This study aimed at identifying the mate characteristics that are most and least valued by transgender people and at examining to what extent their biological sex or their gender identity determined their mate preferences. A convenience sample of 134 male‐to‐female (MTF) and 94 female‐to‐male (FTM) individuals from Argentina rated Buss's list of 18 mate attributes. Compared to FTM, MTF individuals placed significantly more emphasis on attractiveness and socioeconomic status, whereas FTM, more than MTF individuals, valued partners with a dependable character. Although biological sex differences were present in both groups, providing support to the evolutionary theory, MTF individuals valued the same characteristics as both biological male and female individuals do.