I don't think we need to introduce spouses, or label our marriage licenses, with the terms homogamy and heterogamy. From Wordnik.com. [Philip N. Cohen: What is the Opposite of Gay Marriage?] Reference
Their emphasis on "compatibility" and their "compatibility" profile that leads to people getting matched on what's called homogamy (or sameness) are all part of their philosophical approach: people who share the same values -- preferably conservative -- belong together. From Wordnik.com. [Adam Hanft: The eHarmony Agenda Gets Called Out On National TV] Reference
As in "educational homogamy" for couples with similar education. From Wordnik.com. [Philip N. Cohen: Take My Words For It: Homogamy and Heterogamy] Reference
"The rise in homogamy among young couples poses a challenge for the prom police in many schools ...". From Wordnik.com. [Philip N. Cohen: Take My Words For It: Homogamy and Heterogamy] Reference
If we have a constructivist view, then there is no particular reason to reject or accept homogamy; if people want to do it and get utility thereby, they should do it, otherwise not. From Wordnik.com. [What’s missing from Elizabeth’s argument] Reference
Norval D. Glenn, of the University of Texas at Austin, gathered a number of such studies up to 1978 and analysed them together. 102 He concluded that there is a significant tendency towards religious homogamy in Christians (Protestants marry Protestants, and Catholics Catholics, and this goes beyond the ordinary 'boy next door effect'), but that it is especially marked among Jews. From Wordnik.com. [The God Delusion]
Wives and ex-wives: A new test for homogamy bias in the widowhood effect. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
What we have playing out here in all its gory glory is educational homogamy. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
But when we go outside the racial field this tendency to homogamy disappears at once. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man] Reference
It may possibly be accounted for altogether by homogamy -- the tendency of like to marry like -- in the fair husbands. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man] Reference
Williams had never heard of educational homogamy when I asked her about it, and she wasn't sure that was the whole story. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
That harmonises with the fact that homogamy, as it is called, predominates over heterogamy, that like is attractive to like. From Wordnik.com. [Impressions and Comments] Reference
It would be hopeless to seek for any homogamy between the manly man and the virile woman, between the feminine woman and the effeminate man. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man] Reference
Even in this racial field, it is unnecessary to remark, the homogamy attained is not, and could not be, absolute; nor would it appear that such absolute racial homogamy is even desired. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man] Reference
This was in response to the overly anti-Catholic and anti-Jewish positions presented by most textbooks used in public schools throughout the nation, in the interest of promoting Protestant homogamy throughout the United States. From Wordnik.com. [Power and Control] Reference
Marriage homogamy, education. From Wordnik.com. [The Population of the United States] Reference
Educational level, marriage homogamy 531. From Wordnik.com. [The Population of the United States] Reference
It is quite central in the homogamy debate. From Wordnik.com. [Philip N. Cohen: Black Men's Marriages] Reference
What works about homogamy and heterogamy is they are based on "same" and "different," not "same" and "opposite.". From Wordnik.com. [Philip N. Cohen: What is the Opposite of Gay Marriage?] Reference
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