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In modern usage, assortative mating is less about race and more about socioeconomic group. Would you marry a woman (or man) significantly poorer than you, from
by tathougies 8y ago
In modern usage, assortative mating is less about race and more about socioeconomic group. Would you marry a woman (or man) significantly poorer than you, from a poor family, etc. I mean, my wife and I are by no means the same race, but we're absolutely the same in socioeconomic strata, which means our children will be resultingly advantaged.
- gnulinux 8y agoI see. I suppose I misused the terminology but your comment seems to support the hypothesis in my comment.
- virmundi 8y agoI don't think we're there yet. It will be interesting to see how this changes overtime. I'm curious how to works in largely homogeneous countries like Sweden. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interracial_marriage_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interracial_marriage_in_the_Un...
- azernik 8y agoSweden is no longer ethnically homogeneous; about 17% of the population was born outside of the country. While some of those are from nearby EU countries (Finland and Poland), most are refugees from the Middle East (esp. Syria and Iraq), Africa, and the Balkans resettled under Sweden's generous asylum policies.
- adamc 8y agoAlso, there tends to be assortative mating in terms of attractiveness.
- abainbridge 8y agoWhich is partly a genetic trait. This is getting complicated...
- ip26 8y agoIt doesn't even necessarily have to be a matter of preference- in general, throughout life you'll most likely meet more people of your own socioeconomic group, and less people of other groups. From there, simple probability predicts assortative pairing.