Ken-Hou Lin|Jennifer Hickes Lundquist
Mate Selection in Cyberspace: The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Education
The University of Texas at Austin|University of Massachusetts Amherst
article authors examine race gender education jointly shape interaction among heterosexual internet daters find racial homophily dominates matesearching behavior men women racial hierarchy emerges reciprocating process women respond men similar dominant racial status nonblack men respond black women significantly authors find education mediate observed racial preferences among white men white women white men white women college degree likely contact respond white daters without college degree black daters college degree