# On Social Stratification in the U.S.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-social-stratification-in-the-u-s/348536>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 16, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-social-stratification-in-the-u-s/348536 "2006-03-16T00:31:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-social-stratification-in-the-u-s/348536/41 "2006-03-18T21:24:50Z")

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> [@even sven](#):
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> \<snip\>Now what people DO arrange themselves by is class similarity. There are countless tiny little class markers- from clothes to teeth to particular haircuts- that we are subconsciously dead on when spotting and which most likely do affect our dating decisions and cause our dates to look similar to us.

Yeah, I’ll agree with that. Similarity breeds comfort.

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