The Impact of Beijing Hukou on Contemporary Women’s Mate Preferences, and Male Attractiveness

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10.2991/assehr.k.220105.251How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Beijing Hukou; mate preference; male attractiveness; gender; marriage market

Abstract

In China’s marriage market, the location of a man’s household registration can shape a woman’s choice of spouse. Two members of this paper’s group, based on their experiences on dating websites, found that contemporary Chinese women immensely prefer Beijing Hukou. There is a massive difference in how women seek a mate by changing their domicile on dating sites. According to previous studies, women of any era prefer men with more assets, occupation and social status.[1] Why, then, do contemporary Chinese women strongly prefer Chinese men to have Beijing household registration? This preference even exceeds the preference for high-asset men. What is the relationship between Beijing hukou and masculinity? Does this relationship subvert or reproduce our previous perceptions and theories? This paper will focus on why Chinese women tend to choose Beijing hukou.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ruoyi Fang
AU  - Haoyang Zhou
AU  - Xiyun Hu
AU  - Chenyu Yang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/17
TI  - The Impact of Beijing Hukou on Contemporary Women’s Mate Preferences, and Male Attractiveness
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1372
EP  - 1377
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220105.251
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220105.251
ID  - Fang2022
ER  -