Author： Gonzalez Alexei Koestner Richard
Publisher： Springer Publishing Company
ISSN： 0360-0025
Source： Sex Roles, Vol.55, Iss.11-12, 2006-12, pp. : 767-773
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Abstract
Gender differences in the expression of romantic emotions were investigated by analyzing the content of 300 Valentine’s Day announcements. The emotions studied were love, praise, commitment, and fidelity, as expressed by dating and married individuals. Women emphasized love and fidelity relatively more than men did; men emphasized praise and commitment relatively more than women did. Relationship status influenced the gender differences; most interesting is that dating men expressed commitment, but not fidelity. Social-cultural and evolutionary perspectives are considered in the interpretation of the findings.
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