Fisman, Raymond., Iyengar, Sheena S. (2008). Racial Preferences in Dating. The Review of Economic Studies Limited
This article examines if there are racial preference in dating. Employed through a speed dating experiment, this study directly observed the individuals’ preferences rather than survey responses. The backgrounds of the observed individual were taken into consideration, including their racial composition of their ZIP code, as well as the current attitudes in a subject’s state or country. It was concluded that same-race preferences are negatively correlated with education. However, it was observed that females exhibit stronger racial preferences than the males, while older subjects and more physically attractive subjects exhibited fewer amounts of same-race preferences.
Steve Miller
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Premarital Sex vs. Marital Satisfaction
Legkauskas, Visvaldas., Stankeviciene, Dzeralda. (2008). Premarital Sez and Marital Satisfaction of Middle Aged Men and Women: A Study of Married Lithuanian Couples. Springer Science
This article focuses on a study conducted to investigate possible relationships between: current marital satisfaction and age of onset of sexual intercourse, having and experience of premarital intercourse, the number of premarital sexual partners, and having an experience of premarital cohabitation (to live together in an intimate relationship). The results of this study among middle-aged Lithuanian couples indicate that there is no significant relationship between the experience of premarital sexual intercourse and marital satisfaction of men or women. However, men, who have had more premarital partners and cohabitation experience, were less satisfied with their marriages.
For women, starting sexual activity at a younger age and having larger numbers of premarital partners was related to lower marital satisfaction.
Steve Miller
This article focuses on a study conducted to investigate possible relationships between: current marital satisfaction and age of onset of sexual intercourse, having and experience of premarital intercourse, the number of premarital sexual partners, and having an experience of premarital cohabitation (to live together in an intimate relationship). The results of this study among middle-aged Lithuanian couples indicate that there is no significant relationship between the experience of premarital sexual intercourse and marital satisfaction of men or women. However, men, who have had more premarital partners and cohabitation experience, were less satisfied with their marriages.
For women, starting sexual activity at a younger age and having larger numbers of premarital partners was related to lower marital satisfaction.
Steve Miller
Who are more aggressive, Men or Women?
Merten, Michael J., Williams, Amanda L., (2009). Acceptability of Maritial Violence Among College Men and Women: Does Gender and Current Relationship Status Matter? Vol. 43 Issue 3, p843 9p. College Student Journals
This article examines the acceptability of marital violence among college men and women, viewing the role of gender, current relationship status, and the interaction between gender and relationship status. It was found that women who believe male-female violence is unjustifiable reactively believe female-male violence is warranted and vice-versa. The study concludes that both men and women are more accepting of violence among intimate partners. However, female college students are less accepting of violence among married couples than male college students, regardless of the sex of the perpetrator.
Steve Miller
This article examines the acceptability of marital violence among college men and women, viewing the role of gender, current relationship status, and the interaction between gender and relationship status. It was found that women who believe male-female violence is unjustifiable reactively believe female-male violence is warranted and vice-versa. The study concludes that both men and women are more accepting of violence among intimate partners. However, female college students are less accepting of violence among married couples than male college students, regardless of the sex of the perpetrator.
Steve Miller
The Evolution of Human Physical Attractiveness
Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
The Evolution of Human Physical Attractiveness.
Steven W. Gangestad and Glenn J. Scheyd.
In Steven W. Gangestead and Glenn J. Scheyd article, The Evolution of Human Physical Attractiveness, they hypotheses, Can human standards of physical attractiveness be understood through the lens of evolutionary biology? The main focus includes the basic adaptation approach, which indicates selection pressures that have forged through evolutions past (pg525) Evolutionary models of signaling, states those non verbal signals will indicate attraction of the opposite sex; mating choice is a direct result. They argue that preferences are shaped by selection depending on conditions and geographic locations. (pg540) Across culture and time; physical activeness varies but seems to veer back to a median point. In present day we have made in attempt to fit the ‘evolutionary standard’ that we innately follow.
written by Mariana Gost
The Evolution of Human Physical Attractiveness.
Steven W. Gangestad and Glenn J. Scheyd.
In Steven W. Gangestead and Glenn J. Scheyd article, The Evolution of Human Physical Attractiveness, they hypotheses, Can human standards of physical attractiveness be understood through the lens of evolutionary biology? The main focus includes the basic adaptation approach, which indicates selection pressures that have forged through evolutions past (pg525) Evolutionary models of signaling, states those non verbal signals will indicate attraction of the opposite sex; mating choice is a direct result. They argue that preferences are shaped by selection depending on conditions and geographic locations. (pg540) Across culture and time; physical activeness varies but seems to veer back to a median point. In present day we have made in attempt to fit the ‘evolutionary standard’ that we innately follow.
written by Mariana Gost
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Have you been advertising yourself to get a date?
Bolig, R. Stein, P. Mckenry, P. 1984. The Self-Advertisement Approach to Dating: Male-Female Differences. Family Relations. Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 587-592.
The use of self-advertisement for dates and mates in personals, or companion advertisements is not a new phenomenon. However, it is now more widely accepted among singles. Although some scientists might see it as a way to escape loneliness in desperation, singles look at it as finding someone in a healthy manner. Upfront, you are telling them who you are and what you need as to see if the mate is compatible with you. A study showed that men who placed profiles in magazines were not looking for women who placed their profiles (nor were the women looking for men) in personal advertisements. Self- Advertisements provide one opportunity for individuals to be their own public relations person- to emphasize characteristics and accomplishments they are most pleased about. Today we have self- advertisements and video dating, tomorrow we may be able to interact and date through home computers.
Cheyenne Inglis
The use of self-advertisement for dates and mates in personals, or companion advertisements is not a new phenomenon. However, it is now more widely accepted among singles. Although some scientists might see it as a way to escape loneliness in desperation, singles look at it as finding someone in a healthy manner. Upfront, you are telling them who you are and what you need as to see if the mate is compatible with you. A study showed that men who placed profiles in magazines were not looking for women who placed their profiles (nor were the women looking for men) in personal advertisements. Self- Advertisements provide one opportunity for individuals to be their own public relations person- to emphasize characteristics and accomplishments they are most pleased about. Today we have self- advertisements and video dating, tomorrow we may be able to interact and date through home computers.
Cheyenne Inglis
Do you have preferences when choosing a mate?
Buss, D. 2001. A Half of Century of Mate Preferences: The Cultural Evolution of Values. Journal of Marriage and Family. Vol. 63, No. 2, pp. 491-503.
This article examines and argues that humans have preferences and search for specific traits when choosing a mate. Several changes in values were documented over a 57-year time span (1939- 1996) to prove the dominant traits and values people want their mates to possess. Both sexes said early on and throughout this time period that physical attractiveness is at the utmost importance. Both sexes, but an increased amount of men, shared that a mate with good financial prospects is important. Recently, men have had a decreased need of domestic skills in a partner, much less than in earlier time spans. Lastly, love and attraction also ranked high in importance throughout the entire time span. All in all when choosing a mate, people have preferences, and look for specific values when selecting a mate.
Cheyenne Inglis
This article examines and argues that humans have preferences and search for specific traits when choosing a mate. Several changes in values were documented over a 57-year time span (1939- 1996) to prove the dominant traits and values people want their mates to possess. Both sexes said early on and throughout this time period that physical attractiveness is at the utmost importance. Both sexes, but an increased amount of men, shared that a mate with good financial prospects is important. Recently, men have had a decreased need of domestic skills in a partner, much less than in earlier time spans. Lastly, love and attraction also ranked high in importance throughout the entire time span. All in all when choosing a mate, people have preferences, and look for specific values when selecting a mate.
Cheyenne Inglis
Does Evolution play a role in Finding a Mate?
Arquist, S. 2009. Testing Evolutions Role in Finding a Mate. New York Times. pg. D.6.
Scientists have long observed that women are usually pickier than men. This is because women have a bigger investment in the role of reproduction; they are the ones enduring pregnancy. An experiment looked at speed-dating sessions to determine whether men or women were choosier. The answer, it turned out, was neither. Regardless of gender, people who were instructed to approach other daters were less selective -- that is, they were more likely to ask to meet later for a date. In recent years, the emergence of speed dating has given psychologists and scientists new ways to test evolution and other hypotheses about mating. Because participants can be randomly assigned to groups and have no prior information about other participants, three-minute speed-dating sessions are about as close to a controlled experiment as researchers are likely to get. All in all, the research found that evolution did not play a huge role, but rather finding a mate like oneself was more prominent.
Cheyenne Inglis
Scientists have long observed that women are usually pickier than men. This is because women have a bigger investment in the role of reproduction; they are the ones enduring pregnancy. An experiment looked at speed-dating sessions to determine whether men or women were choosier. The answer, it turned out, was neither. Regardless of gender, people who were instructed to approach other daters were less selective -- that is, they were more likely to ask to meet later for a date. In recent years, the emergence of speed dating has given psychologists and scientists new ways to test evolution and other hypotheses about mating. Because participants can be randomly assigned to groups and have no prior information about other participants, three-minute speed-dating sessions are about as close to a controlled experiment as researchers are likely to get. All in all, the research found that evolution did not play a huge role, but rather finding a mate like oneself was more prominent.
Cheyenne Inglis
What do teenagers expect to gain from hooking up?
Manning, W. , Giordano, P. , & Longmore, M. (2006). Hooking up: The relationship contexts of "nonrelationship" sex. Journal of Adolescent Research, 21(5), 459-483.
This article analyzes the concept of hooking up (engaging in sexual activities with partners whom they are not dating) which more than half of sexually active teenagers are engaging in. When comparing teenagers in grades 11, 9, and 7 of those that had engaged in sexual intercourse teenage boys engaged in sexual relations with a partner whom they were not dating more often than girls (68%), but girls closely follow (52%). The researchers refute a common idea that the sex outside of relationships occurs between people who do not know each other. They actually found that 74% of teenagers engaging in these relations report having sex with a friend. They also found that most teens had sex with partners of the same age. A third of those engaging in non dating sexual relations said these relations made them feel closer to their partner and a third also indicated that they wanted to begin a traditional relationship with their sexual partner.
written by: Brittney Payne
This article analyzes the concept of hooking up (engaging in sexual activities with partners whom they are not dating) which more than half of sexually active teenagers are engaging in. When comparing teenagers in grades 11, 9, and 7 of those that had engaged in sexual intercourse teenage boys engaged in sexual relations with a partner whom they were not dating more often than girls (68%), but girls closely follow (52%). The researchers refute a common idea that the sex outside of relationships occurs between people who do not know each other. They actually found that 74% of teenagers engaging in these relations report having sex with a friend. They also found that most teens had sex with partners of the same age. A third of those engaging in non dating sexual relations said these relations made them feel closer to their partner and a third also indicated that they wanted to begin a traditional relationship with their sexual partner.
written by: Brittney Payne
Does how people date effect their alcohol consumption and sexual expectancies?
Pedersen, E. 2009. Gender and Dating Relationship Status Moderate the Association Between Alcohol Use and Sex-related Alcohol Expectancies. Addictive Behaviors. Vol. 34 Issue 9, p786-789 4p 03064603
This article examined alcohol usage by young adults who were actively dating, in serious relationships, or not actively dating and their sexual expectancies based on alcohol usage. They found that when young adults are actively dating they consume more alcohol than those who are in steady relationships or not actively dating. Single (dating) participants of this survey had higher sexual expectancies ((1) I would be a better lover, (2) I would enjoy sex more, (3) I would feel sexier, and (4) It would be easier to act out my fantasies) than those who were relationships or not dating. Men and women had similar sexual expectancies with alcohol whether they were dating or not.
written by: Brittny Payne
This article examined alcohol usage by young adults who were actively dating, in serious relationships, or not actively dating and their sexual expectancies based on alcohol usage. They found that when young adults are actively dating they consume more alcohol than those who are in steady relationships or not actively dating. Single (dating) participants of this survey had higher sexual expectancies ((1) I would be a better lover, (2) I would enjoy sex more, (3) I would feel sexier, and (4) It would be easier to act out my fantasies) than those who were relationships or not dating. Men and women had similar sexual expectancies with alcohol whether they were dating or not.
written by: Brittny Payne
Do women choose men based on attraction or stability?
Vigil, J. 2006. Trade offs in low income women’s mate preferences. Human Nature. Vol. 7 (319-336)
This article assesses differences within the female sex based on mate selection and sexual relationships. When seeking a long term relationship, women prefer attractive, monogamous, financially stable partners that will devote a lot of attention to them and their children, but they will trade off the attractive aspect if need be. Women who are seeking a mate for a short term relationship put a lot of emphasis on only the attractiveness of their mate. Women also differ when it comes to sexual relationships. Women who seek sexual enhancement or pleasure typically engage in nonexclusive and frequent sexual relationships, where as women seeking intimacy engage in long term, exclusive relationships.
written by: Brittney Payne
This article assesses differences within the female sex based on mate selection and sexual relationships. When seeking a long term relationship, women prefer attractive, monogamous, financially stable partners that will devote a lot of attention to them and their children, but they will trade off the attractive aspect if need be. Women who are seeking a mate for a short term relationship put a lot of emphasis on only the attractiveness of their mate. Women also differ when it comes to sexual relationships. Women who seek sexual enhancement or pleasure typically engage in nonexclusive and frequent sexual relationships, where as women seeking intimacy engage in long term, exclusive relationships.
written by: Brittney Payne
Hooking up and forming romantic relationships on Today’s College Campuses
Paula England, Emily Fitzgibbons Shafer, and Alison C. K. Fogarty
Hooking up and forming romantic relationships on Today’s College Campuses.
In England, Shafer’s and Fogarty’s article, Hooking Up and Forming Romantic Relationships On Today’s College Campuses a “hook up” is ambiguous in definition, but generally is referred to as a situation where two people meet up and end up having a sexual encounter. (pg 532). They state that hook ups are gendered in three ways, Initiations, The Orgasm Gap and The Sexual Double Standard. An initiation is when the man will make attempts to initiate sexual activities towards a woman. (pg 535) The Orgasm Gap refers to men reporting having more orgasms during a hook up than females. (pg 535) The Sexual double standard stigmatizes to both men and women. Women who have too many sexual partners are labeled as a ‘slut’ and men being referred to as ‘man whores’. (pg 538) Although our society has had it ‘sexual revolution’ there is still a gendered system that has been left relativity untouched. (pg 544)
written by Mariana Gost
Hooking up and forming romantic relationships on Today’s College Campuses.
In England, Shafer’s and Fogarty’s article, Hooking Up and Forming Romantic Relationships On Today’s College Campuses a “hook up” is ambiguous in definition, but generally is referred to as a situation where two people meet up and end up having a sexual encounter. (pg 532). They state that hook ups are gendered in three ways, Initiations, The Orgasm Gap and The Sexual Double Standard. An initiation is when the man will make attempts to initiate sexual activities towards a woman. (pg 535) The Orgasm Gap refers to men reporting having more orgasms during a hook up than females. (pg 535) The Sexual double standard stigmatizes to both men and women. Women who have too many sexual partners are labeled as a ‘slut’ and men being referred to as ‘man whores’. (pg 538) Although our society has had it ‘sexual revolution’ there is still a gendered system that has been left relativity untouched. (pg 544)
written by Mariana Gost
Perceived Sex Knowledge, Exposure to Eroticism, and Premarital Sexual Behavior: the impact of Dating*
The Sociological Quarterly 17 (spring 1976): 247-261
Perceived Sex Knowledge, Exposure to Eroticism, and Premarital Sexual Behavior: the impact of Dating*
Graham B. Spanier, The Pennsylvania State University.
In Spanier article Perceived Sex Knowledge, Exposure to Eroticism, and Premarital Sexual Behavior: the impact of Dating. His thesis states that a positive relationship exists between perceived sex knowledge, exposure to eroticism, dating experiences and premarital sexual behavior (pg247). There are three hypotheses that he bases his cross sectional research on. Hypothesis one states, the more knowledge about sexual behavior and individual reports having before and during high school, the more premarital heterosexual involvement the individual will report having. (pg249) Hypothesis two states, The greater a person’s exposure to erotic material, the greater the premarital heterosexual involvement the individual will report having. Hypothesis three states that the greater the dating frequency an individual reports during high school and college, the more premarital heterosexual involvement the individual will report having. (pg250). Based on Spainers research he summarizes that the more exposure one has to a number of contributing factors increases their sexual behavior
written by Mariana Gost
Perceived Sex Knowledge, Exposure to Eroticism, and Premarital Sexual Behavior: the impact of Dating*
Graham B. Spanier, The Pennsylvania State University.
In Spanier article Perceived Sex Knowledge, Exposure to Eroticism, and Premarital Sexual Behavior: the impact of Dating. His thesis states that a positive relationship exists between perceived sex knowledge, exposure to eroticism, dating experiences and premarital sexual behavior (pg247). There are three hypotheses that he bases his cross sectional research on. Hypothesis one states, the more knowledge about sexual behavior and individual reports having before and during high school, the more premarital heterosexual involvement the individual will report having. (pg249) Hypothesis two states, The greater a person’s exposure to erotic material, the greater the premarital heterosexual involvement the individual will report having. Hypothesis three states that the greater the dating frequency an individual reports during high school and college, the more premarital heterosexual involvement the individual will report having. (pg250). Based on Spainers research he summarizes that the more exposure one has to a number of contributing factors increases their sexual behavior
written by Mariana Gost
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