Domain-specificity Of Long-term Mate Preference Among Chinese Young Females

Living and reproduction are two main adaptive problems which we human beings must solve in the ancestral evolutionary process. According to the evolutionary psychology, many physical and mental mechanisms residing in our modern people are formed gradually during the process of solving the above problems. Seeking for an appropriate mate is essential for the reproduction. In order to achieve this goal, our ancestor must evolve a series of domain-specific psychological mechanisms to solve the mate choice problem. These domain-specific psychological mechanisms (i.e. mate preference) are helpful for our ancestors in mate choosing; thus enhance their own adaptedness. As the descendants of these successful ancestors, our modern human beings should also have the same mate preference, which can enable us to focus on the characteristics relating to reproduction advantages.According to the sexual selection and parental investment theory, the females are more likely to be selective in choosing mate than the males, and they will take the multitudinous factors into their consideration. The females always prefer the males who can and are willing to provide sources for the children and themselves as a long-term mate, and the sources should be sustainable. The females' judgment of the males' sources situation is based on the relevant characteristics like economic resource, social status, ages and so on, whereas, the males' sustainable ability can be examined trough the ambition and industrious, health, dependable character, chastity, and desire for home and children.So, this research assumes that: the females will prefer the characters above when they seek for a long-term mate.Based on the previous studies from an evolutionary perspective, this research studies on 163 Chinese single females by the revised version of the authoritative survey questionnaire. We were trying to examine the mate preference of long-term mating among the Chinese young females, and to explore whether they prefer the males who own the sources and are able to provide the sources for a long term. In addition, after checking with the variables, like subjects' age, grade, and social experience, we figure out that the mate preference is all the same as the results having found in other cultures and history periods.