LA
TIMES -- Sept 18 -- A landmark study by psychologist David Buss in the
'80s, involved 37 cultures and 10,047 individuals. It found
marked similarities across cultures; females prefer men with resources
and status, even when they have considerable resources of their
own. Overall, women valued financial resources in a mate twice as
much as men did. Women, it seems, aren't quite as monogamous as
their partners might wish. They, too, sometimes pursue short-term
mating strategies. Professor Randy Thornhill discovered that
women, in an unconscious bid for better genes, will have affairs with
men who are more attractive (though perhaps less likely to commit) than
their long-term mates. FULL ARTICLEL @ ORLANDO SENTINEL