Occupations have a significant influence on the dating world and the chances of a relationship, as various studies show. A study by the Berlin Science Center for Social Research (WZB) shows that career choice has a major influence on dating opportunities.
Primary school teachers have worse opportunities among women than engineers
The researchers documented how different professions are perceived on dating apps. They found that a female engineer who works in a gender-atypical profession received 23 percent less positive feedback than the same profile with the job title of primary school teacher, which corresponds to a more traditional gender image. The effect is even more pronounced for men in gender-atypical jobs: in the study, a primary school teacher received 40 percent less positive feedback than an engineer.
The authors of the study speculate that this discrepancy in the perception of professions and their influence on the search for a partner reflects the still deeply rooted gender stereotypes. Younger women and women with higher education in particular are aware of this and assume that men would prefer to date women with traditionally female professions, according to the study. This could be a reason why fewer women are switching to better-paid “men’s jobs” and why only a few men work in traditionally female-dominated jobs, the study suspects.
Parship survey: Doctors most attractive
According to another survey by Parship, which was carried out among 2,000 singles, doctors are at the top of the attractiveness ranking. Engineers and architects follow closely behind. Here, too, it becomes clear that typical ideas about “classic” women’s and men’s jobs play a major role. While women are attracted to professions that are often considered socially prestigious, such as doctors, engineers and lawyers, men prefer women from social professions such as doctors, teachers and nurses, according to the survey.
Younger people don’t care so much about their careers
However, these preferences vary with age. According to the survey, younger age groups show a changed understanding of roles, which means that the attractiveness of jobs is more evenly distributed across different professional fields. According to the survey, the profession plays a larger role in finding a partner, especially in older age groups, while younger singles attach less importance to it. In addition, career choice is more important for women than for men. While two-thirds of female singles attach great importance to the profession of potential partners, only a third of men do so, according to the survey.
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