Several articles on this blog have covered a wide range of physical and socioeconomic characteristics that people in various cultures search for in potential mating partners. The last article demonstrated how the stereotype “what-is-beautiful-is-good” makes us believe in many other … Continue reading
Author Archives: Victor Karandashev
What Physical Attractiveness Tells about Personality Traits
We like to talk to and have a relationship with beautiful and physically attractive men and women. Their physical attractiveness is pleasant for interpersonal communication. What is their personality like? Do pleasant or unpleasant personality traits predispose us to perceive … Continue reading
The Culturally High Emotional Expressiveness of Love
The studies presented in this article show that high levels of emotional expressiveness have become culturally normative forms of self-expression in modern societies. Multiple studies throughout the decades have reported numerous cross-cultural findings on how physical types of appearance, such … Continue reading
The Culturally Low-Expressed Emotion of Love
This article presents the findings of multiple studies on how low levels of expressed emotion are culturally typical for people in traditional collectivistic societies. Other articles on this website have presented an abundance of cross-cultural findings on the physical traits—face, … Continue reading
The Most Attractive Smell for Love
PDF Version. The partner’s attractive smell is important for love feelings. How much, and what is the most attractive smell for love? People are primarily visual and auditory mammals. However, even human love involves more than just visual and auditory … Continue reading
Cultural Beauty and Body Modification
PDF Version. Obsession with physical appearance and body beautification has become extremely popular among many people in many cultural groups across the world. In some societies, people are more obsessed with their physical beauty than in others. Even though women … Continue reading
Western Beauty Standards in Cross-Cultural Perspectives
PDF Version. Do modern people place the same value on the physical attractiveness of prospective partners as previous generations? Do they look at and value their beauty the same way as in the past? In Western European and North American … Continue reading
How Social Propinquity Leads to Love
The article explains how social propinquity and residential proximity affect our interpersonal relationships, love, and marriage. Men and women tend to like those with whom they get together frequently. In social science, this is called the “propinquity effect.” They have … Continue reading
You Fall in Love with Someone Genetically Similar to You
This article explains the surprising findings of studies which show that you are more likely to fall in love with someone who has genetic similarities to you. The Irresistible Attraction of Genetic Similarity What is more attractive to a loving … Continue reading
We Love Those Who Are Similar to Us
“Similarity psychology” and positive assortative mating play an important role in love relationships. We like others who are not only beautiful but also similar to ourselves. It seems natural to like and love those who are beautiful. Men and women … Continue reading