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Single women gaze longer.
In the study[sup.1], published in the March issue of Human Nature, women both with and without sexual partners showed little difference in their subjective ratings of photos of men when considering such measures as masculinity and attractiveness. However, the women who did not have sexual partners spent more time evaluating photos of men, demonstrating a greater interest in the photos. No such difference was found between men who had sexual partners and those who did not (see also Springer).
"These findings may reflect sex differences in reproductive strategies that may act early in the cognitive processing of potential partners and contribute to sex differences in sexual attraction and behavior," said Rupp, assistant scientist at The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction at Indiana University in the US.
For the study, 59 men and 56 women rated 510 photos of opposite-sex faces for realism, masculinity/femininity, attractiveness, or affect. Participants were instructed to give their "gut" reaction and to rate the pictures as quickly as possible. The men and women ranged in age from 17 to 26, were heterosexual, from a variety of ethnic backgrounds and were not ...
- Patients prefer website-based strategy for sexual partner notification.
- Newspaper article from: Mental Health Weekly Digest September 6, 2004 700+ words
...Transmitted Disease, Prevention, and Partner Notification. This article was prepared by Mental Health Weekly Digest editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2004, Mental Health Weekly Digest via NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net.
- What is sex? Students' definitions of having sex, sexual partner, and...
- Magazine article from: The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality Randall, Hilary E. Byers, E. Sandra June 22, 2003 700+ words
...definitions of the terms having sex, sexual partner, and unfaithful. Students were...definition than were included in the sexual partner definition and significantly more behaviours were included in the sexual partner definition than in the having...
- University students' definitions of having sex, sexual partner, and virginity...
- Magazine article from: The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality Trotter, Eileah C. Alderson, Kevin G. March 22, 2007 700+ words
...or who they would consider to be a sexual partner? The researchers were interested in...behaviours as involving having sex, sexual partner, and a loss of virginity, and one...Students reported a broader definition of sexual partner than of having sex and a broader definition...
- Why choosing safe sexual partner is so important.
- Newspaper article from: AIDS Alert February 1, 1990 700+ words
Why choosing a safe sexual partner is so important Using a condom...diminish the importance of choosing a sexual partner who is not at high risk of carrying...The main reason choosing a safe sexual partner is important even when condoms...
- Many U.K. travelers have more than one sexual partner while on holiday in Ibiza.
- Newspaper article from: TB & Outbreaks Week February 24, 2004 700+ words
...Spanish island of Ibiza from the U.K. have more than one sexual partner during their stay, reveals a 3-year survey. Over 250...Infections. Just under half of those traveling without a sexual partner had sex during their stay, but over 60% of them said they...
- Assessing intimacy with the best friend and the sexual partner during...
- The Journal of Psychology Theriault, Jocelyne September 1, 1998 700+ words
...the capacity for intimacy toward the best friend and the sexual partner; (b) to determine whether the specific areas of the capacity...toward the best friend are the same as those toward the sexual partner; and (c) to consider the usefulness of conceiving the...
- One sexual partner for a third of women.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) October 1, 2001 700+ words
NEARLY a third of British women claim they have only had one sexual partner, a survey has revealed. Some 31 per cent insist they have only slept with one person, while almost 46 per cent of women have...
- Ethnicity or race, area characteristics, and sexual partner choice among...
- Magazine article from: The Journal of Sex Research Ford, Kathleen Sohn, Woosung Lepkowski, James M. May 1, 2003 700+ words
...The aim of this research project was to examine the effects of school, neighborhood, and regional characteristics on sexual partner choice in a national sample of adolescents. First, we developed models of the effects of individual characteristics on...
