Liberal dating

In the Heterosexual Dating Double-Standards Scale, respondents rate the desirability of five dating and courtship behaviors (initiate date, hold door open, pay for date, propose marriage, take spouse’s last name) separately for women and men. undergraduates at a California public university (57 % female, ages 18–25 years-old) from diverse ethnic backgrounds.

Participants were 330 female and male U.S. In the present study, we investigated factors related to young heterosexual adults’ endorsement of dating double standards. Analogous to sexual double standards, dating double standards reflect the greater agency and power traditionally accorded to men in society. Traditional heterosexual dating and courtship scripts (e.g., men pay for date, women take partner’s last name in marriage) reflect different standards of desirable behavior for women and men.