ess) and healthiness of a woman is linked to her attractiveness. In short, men value physical attractiveness in long-term mates because it provides a powerful clue to age and health, which has evolved as strong clues for reproductive value. Studies show that men have preferred long-term mates to be on average 3-7 years younger than them. Men have also been known to marry on the average, women who are 3 years younger than them in the first marriage, 5 years younger in the second, and 8 years younger in the third marriage (Buss, Schmitt 216). In human evolutionary history, both men and women have evolved mechanisms that have functioned to solve adaptive problems that they encounter in pursuing successful long-term and short-term mating. These mechanisms along with behavior constitute the evolved sexual strategies of men and women. “Strategies are defined as evolved solutions to adaptive problems, with no consciousness or awareness on the part of the strategist implied (Buss, Schmitt 206).” ...
