A large-scale survey of more than 10,000 people in 37 different cultures revealed that:
A) only individualistic cultures view romantic love as a necessary ingredient in marriage.
B) women are most interested in an attractive, youthful sexual partner.
C) men and women in all 37 cultures ranked "mutual attraction and love" as the most important factor in their choice of a mate.
D) females are less interested than men in mating strategies but engage in these activities because of cultural rules that call for such strategies.

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The survey revealed that men and women in all 37 cultures ranked "mutual attraction and love" as the most important factor in their choice of a mate. This suggests that romantic love is seen as a crucial component of marriage across cultures, contrary to option A. Option B is also incorrect as it presents an overly simplistic and gender stereotypical view of mate preferences. Option D is unsupported by the survey results and appears to make a sweeping generalization about female behavior that lacks empirical evidence.

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