Extramarital sex: Prevalence and correlates in a national survey

Wiederman, Michael W.

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“…Previous research based on large samples has revealed somewhat lower numbers of women engaging in extradyadic sex. Laumann et al (1994), for instance, found 15% of women to have engaged in extramarital sex, whereas Wiederman (1997) found 12% of women between ages 18 and 59 to have had extradyadic sex. A possible explanation is that our sample included a substantial number of cohabiting and dating women.…”

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Women, Sex and Modern Society: The Sex Lives of Readers of a Dutch Women's Magazine

Dijkstra

Barelds²

2011

Int. J. of Sexual Hlth.

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Women, Sex and Modern Society: The Sex Lives of Readers of a Dutch Women's Magazine

Dijkstra

Barelds²

2011

Int. J. of Sexual Hlth.

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“…Men also report more casual sex partners (Baldwin & Baldwin, 1988;Laumann, Gagnon, Michael, & Michaels, 1994;Townsend, 1995;Traeen & Lewin, 1992) and are more receptive to sexual offers than women (Clark, 1990;Clark & Hatfield, 1989;Greitemeyer, 2005). However, several researchers have noted that it is statistically impossible to have a gender gap between male and female numbers of heterosexual STM-partners (Baumeister, Catanese, & Vohs, 2001;Brown & Sinclair, 1999;Pedersen, Miller, Putcha-Bhagavatula, & Yang, 2002;Wiederman, 1997). Several recent studies support this notion, showing that the gender gap in number of STM-partners is not as universal and robust as previously stated (e.g., Cubbins & Tanfer, 2000;Johnson et al, 2001).…”

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Sex Differences in Short-term Mate Preferences and Behavioral Mimicry: A Semi-Naturalistic Experiment

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Studies on short-term mating (STM) yield sex differences regarding preferences for attractiveness (important to women, very important to men) and social status (very important to women, not to men) in potential mates. Additionally, men generally report a greater desire to engage in STM than women. So far, this evidence is primarily based on studies using vignettes or surveys. The current study extended the findings on sex differences in STM by examining actual behavior and STM-desires towards real people of the opposite sex. It investigated whether (1) sex differences exist in STM-desire, (2) whether this desire was affected by a confederate's attractiveness and status, and (3) if these sex differences were also reflected in interpersonal behavior (mimicry). In a pub-like laboratory, single heterosexual participants performed a task alongside a confederate of the opposite sex, who differed in attractiveness and social status. Mimicry was observed and explicit STM-desire was assessed. Results showed that men only desired STM more than women in the case of an attractive partner. Women's STMdesire did not vary as a function of status or attractiveness of the potential partner. Men's, but not women's, mimicry paralleled these differential STM-desires. These results underline the conditionality of sex differences in STM-desire and provide a useful paradigm to further investigate STM.

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“…suggested that many of these infidelities could be the result of strategic short-term mate poaches. Among more developed societies, the occurrence rate of infidelity-defined as the percentage of people who have ever been unfaithful-is also appreciable and ranges from 20% to 75% depending on age, type of relationship, and relationship duration (Blumstein & Schwartz, 1983;Thompson, 1983;Wiederman, 1997). Infidelity prevalence rates-such as the percentage of people who have been unfaithful in the past year-must by definition be somewhat lower than occurrence rates but are still considerable, ranging between 10% and 25% (Blumstein & Schwartz, 1983;Laumann, Gagnon, Michael, & Michaels, 1994).…”

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Patterns and Universals of Mate Poaching Across 53 Nations: The Effects of Sex, Culture, and Personality on Romantically Attracting Another Person's Partner.

Schmitt

2004

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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and 121 Members of the International Sexuality Description Project As part of the International Sexuality Description Project, 16,954 participants from 53 nations were administered an anonymous survey about experiences with romantic attraction. Mate poachingromantically attracting someone who is already in a relationship-was most common in Southern Europe, South America, Western Europe, and Eastern Europe and was relatively infrequent in Africa, South/Southeast Asia, and East Asia. Evolutionary and social-role hypotheses received empirical support. Men were more likely than women to report having made and succumbed to short-term poaching across all regions, but differences between men and women were often smaller in more gender-egalitarian regions. People who try to steal another's mate possess similar personality traits across all regions, as do those who frequently receive and succumb to the poaching attempts by others. The authors conclude that human mate-poaching experiences are universally linked to sex, culture, and the robust influence of personal dispositions.

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Extramarital sex: Prevalence and correlates in a national survey

Cited by 264 publications

References 27 publications

Women, Sex and Modern Society: The Sex Lives of Readers of a Dutch Women's Magazine

Women, Sex and Modern Society: The Sex Lives of Readers of a Dutch Women's Magazine

Sex Differences in Short-term Mate Preferences and Behavioral Mimicry: A Semi-Naturalistic Experiment

Patterns and Universals of Mate Poaching Across 53 Nations: The Effects of Sex, Culture, and Personality on Romantically Attracting Another Person's Partner.

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