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Use of the Bogus Pipeline Increases Sexual Concordance in Women But Not Men
Sexual concordance—the agreement between physiological (genital) and psychological (emotional) sexual arousal—is, on average, substantially lower in women than men. Following social role theory, the gender dif...
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Longitudinal Associations Among Relationship Satisfaction, Sexual Satisfaction, and Frequency of Sex in Early Marriage
The current research used two 8-wave longitudinal studies spanning the first 4–5 years of 207 marriages to examine the potential bidirectional associations among marital satisfaction, sexual satisfaction, and ...
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Gender Roles and Pressure to be Truthful: The Bogus Pipeline Modifies Gender Differences in Sexual but Not Non-sexual Behavior
Previous studies have indicated that the research context has an influence on whether gender differences are found in sexual behavior, likely due to adherence to different gender norms for men and women. The p...
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The Power of Prestige: Why Young Men Report Having more Sex Partners than Young Women
In a survey of 48 men and 61 women from a southwestern US college, the gender difference in reported number of sex partners was mediated by the degree to which individuals felt that men and women who had many ...
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Gender Differences in Response to Sexual Expectancies and Changes in Sexual Frequency: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study of Sexual Satisfaction in Newly Married Couples
This longitudinal study of 72 newlywed couples examined the effects of spouses’ expectancies for their sexual satisfaction and changes in their sexual frequency on changes in their sexual satisfaction over 6 m...
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Sex of Experimenter and Social Norm Effects on Reports of Sexual Behavior in Young Men and Women
Past studies indicate that men generally report having had more sexual experience and sexual partners than women, as well as an earlier age at first intercourse. At least some of these findings may partially r...
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Family communication and the sexual behavior and attitudes of college students
Ninety-five college students and both of their parents completed questionnaires that measured sexual attitudes, sexual behavior, general family communication, and parent-child communication about sex. Generall...
