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Hypergamy (colloquially referred to as "dating up" or "marrying up" [1]) is a term used in social science for the act or practice of a person dating or marrying a spouse of higher social status or sexual capital than themselves. The antonym "hypogamy" [a] refers to the inverse: marrying a person of lower social class or status (colloquially ...
Despite popular and some academic belief in the existence of hypergamy, we find no evidence of hypergamy or hypogamy." -- Sonicyouth86 ( talk ) 17:37, 6 November 2013 (UTC) [ reply ] I'm not convinced that their methodology (cross-selectional, examining variables of currently married couples, rather than the relative status of before marriage ...
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Sugar dating, also called sugaring, [1] is a quasiromantic or pseudoromantic relationship wherein a financially successful person dates a less financially successful person ().
Monogamy (/ m ə ˈ n ɒ ɡ ə m i / mə-NOG-ə-mee) is a relationship of two individuals in which they form a mutual and exclusive intimate partnership.Having only one partner at any one time, whether that be for life or whether that be serial monogamy, contrasts with various forms of non-monogamy (e.g., polygamy or polyamory). [1]
Among his vocal critics were some of Darwin's supporters, such as Alfred Wallace, a believer in spiritualism and a non-material origin of the human mind, who argued that animals and birds do not choose mates based on sexual selection, and that the artistic faculties in humans belong to their spiritual nature and therefore cannot be connected to ...
Russ Vought, the acting director of CFPB, told employees to 'stand down from performing any work task.'
a form of hypergamy, [h] whereby high-ranked Nairs married Samantans, Kshatriyas and Brahmins. There is much debate about whether the traditional Nair rituals fitted the traditional definition of marriage and which of thalikettu kalyanam or sambandham could lay claim to it.