The concepts of man's ideal woman and woman's ideal woman were evaluated for 45 married and 45 dating couples drawn from a university community. Responses on the Inventory of Female Values indicated that married couples did not have more male-female consensus than did the dating couples for either concept. For both married and dating couples the discrepancy focused on the issue of what a man looks for in a woman.
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