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Gender Differences in Expectations of Self and Future Partner

LAWRENCE H. GANONG

University of Missouri—Columbia

MARILYN COLEMAN

University of Missouri—Columbia

The expectations that 131 single female and 103 male college students had for themselves and their future marital partners were investigated using a combination of open-ended items and Likert-type scales. Although the students did not differ on expectations for personal success, they did differ on expectations for the success of their future marital partner. Young women expected more success for their future husbands than young men expected for their future wives. In addition, women expected their future husbands to make significantly more money and have higher educational achievements, and to be more intelligent, more successful, and better able to handle things than themselves. The implications of these findings for intimate relationships are discussed.

Journal of Family Issues, Vol. 13, No. 1, 55-64 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/019251392013001004
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