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Beauty and Status in Partner Selection by NoDirtyStuff is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This article revisits the claim that individuals barter their beauty to attract a partner of higher socioeconomic status. Beauty-status exchange model is popularized in the "trophy wife" stereotype that pretty women marry high-status men. Identifying the conditions under which couples exchange beauty and status provides insight into processes of social mobility and stratification.
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- NoDirtyStuff
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- EN