I think the desi version would be slightly different. Men would look for physical attractiveness and homemaking ability and I think everything else would come after. Or at the very least, sexual ability woudln't be on top of the list, since premarital sex is not very much accepted in our culture.
I don't c the point of "earning potential"? That only makes sense IF he's in medical/law/business school, or undergrad, majoring in finance or something. Otherwise, it's only "potential"..whos to say he'll ever reach his full "earning" potential?
It's interesting to note that many of the characteristics women look for are concerned with mental ability, while men are mostly focused on appearances. I guess that leads credence to the old phrase about men thinking with parts of the anatomy which happen to be south of the brain.
a big portion of social psychology needs to be cross referenced with other cultures. im assuming that the subjects for this study were mostly white students in whatever university. (1988 sounds like a year when there were not a lot of desis in unis, as compared to now). so, if i take this to majority of those students, they would agree. but for our setting...ummm i'm going to take this research with a grain of salt.
The consensus within social psychology is that men in general do go for the physcial appearences and always look towards younger women (even those 15+ younger) as potential mates. While women prefer older men as they can be a source of protection in the many aspects of life.
Mere-Exposure Effect: "The tendency for novel stimuli to be liked more or rated more positively after the rater has been repeatedly exposed to them." Basically the idea is we like those who we're continually exposed to.
Matching Phenomenon: "The tendency for men and women to choose as partners those who are a 'good match' in attractiveness and other traits."
Hmmm, not always though - if the people only looked for these things in their partners then how come some people who dont have anything of the stated above get married?
^aranged marriages...no choice....lonelyness........drink.....las vegas....all these & many more have often led to the awarding of many a marriage certificate..license for you yanks.
I hate to break it to you but no self-respecting indian bends over backwards to be mistaken for a Paki. Indeed, they see it as an offensive assumption and much perfer to be diffrentiated. That is just the north Indians. The Sikhs are most likely to break your face. To them its a sin akin to blasphemy.
