Sex and The Perceived Effectiveness of Short-term Mate Poaching Acts in College Students

Moran, James; Wade, T. Joel

doi:10.22330/heb/323/109-128

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“…Mate poaching is a suite of behaviors used to mate with someone who is already in a relationship (Schmitt & Buss, 2001). Individuals who mate poach may do so by increasing their attractiveness, derogating the individual’s current partner, and using emotional support (Moran & Wade, 2017; Schmitt et al, 2001). However, there are specific factors that the mate poacher must consider when deciding to poach.…”

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Perceptions of a mismatched couple: The role of attractiveness on mate poaching and copying.

Moran¹,

Wade²

2022

Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences

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This research investigated how a couple's discrepancy in attractiveness influences men's decision to mate poach or mate copy. The participants (N ϭ 97 heterosexual men) were presented with 3 photos of a quasi couple in which the woman was consistent, and the 3 men were unattractive, equally, or more attractive than her. This study used ranking questions to assess heterosexual men's perception of a couple.Participants were asked to drag and drop the 3 randomized photos in order of preference for 8 randomized questions regarding mate poaching and mate copying. Eight Friedman tests were conducted and revealed a significant difference between the rankings of the photos for each situation. These findings suggest that there are clear differences between the conditional mating strategies men use. Results revealed that when a woman is more attractive than her mate, men desire to mate poach, and if a woman is less attractive than her partner, men desire to mate copy. Public Significance StatementThis study suggests that straight men base their decision to steal a woman away from their partner for a short-term affair if the man with whom the woman is mated is unattractive. However, men will want to hook up with a woman if she is in a relationship with a more attractive man.

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Section: Mate Poachingmentioning

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Perceptions of a mismatched couple: The role of attractiveness on mate poaching and copying.

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Wade²

2022

Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences

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“…Following methodology used in prior research using the act nomination procedure (Buss, 1988a(Buss, , 1988bBuss & Craik, 1983;Moran & Wade, 2017;Wade, et al, 2009, Wade & Feldman, 2016Wade & Slemp, 2015), the nominated acts were examined by the authors. Consensus nominated acts by participants were retained.…”

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“…Participants were presented with an invitation to take part in the research that included a link to an online questionnaire, which included the demographic questions: age, race, current relationship status, sexual relationship experience, and whether or not they were using hormonal birth control. Following standard act nomination methods used in prior research that set out to determine which actions are engaged in when such actions are not previously known (Buss, 1988a(Buss, , 1988bBuss & Craik, 1983;Moran & Wade, 2017;Wade, Auer & Roth, 2009;Wade & Slemp, 2015;Wade & Feldman, 2016), the next page of the questionnaire contained the following act nomination instructions and 5 numbered blanks for participants to write in their responses:…”

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Women’s Friendship: Allomothering, Cooperative Breeding , and Exogamy as Bases For Effective Strategies For Friendship Formation

Wade¹,

Hompe²

2018

HEB

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Following research examining allomothering, cooperative breeding, and exogamy where women are said to form alliances with other women for enhanced protection for self and offspring, and for reproductive and parenting knowledge transmission, two studies were implemented in order to ascertain how women go about forming friendships with other women. Using a sample of women aged 18 to 69, Study 1 (n = 305) sought to discover the actions that women engage in to form a friendship, and using another sample of women aged 18 to 65, Study 2 (n = 222) sought to determine which actions are perceived as most effective. Women were expected to rate actions that suggest a desire to bond emotionally or actions that allow for emotional bonding to occur as most effective. The results were consistent with the hypotheses and are discussed in terms of prior research.

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“…This methodology has been used in prior research to ascertain the many reasons why men and women have sex ( Meston & Buss, 2007 ). This type of methodology has also been used to understand sexual behaviors in previous studies focusing on love acts, mate poaching, flirting, and reconciliation ( Buss, 1988 ; Moran & Wade, 2017 ; Wade et al., 2009 , 2017 ). We hypothesized that the most popular reasons for having breakup sex would have to do with missing the ex-partner, missing sexual activity more generally, and obtaining closure.…”

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The psychology of breakup sex: Exploring the motivational factors and affective consequences of post-breakup sexual activity

2020

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Popular culture has recently publicized a seemingly new postbreakup behavior called breakup sex. While the media expresses the benefits of participating in breakup sex, there is no research to support these claimed benefits. The current research was designed to begin to better understand this postbreakup behavior. In the first study, we examined how past breakup sex experiences made the individuals feel and how people predict they would feel in the future ( n = 212). Results suggested that men are more likely than women to have felt better about themselves, while women tend to state they felt better about the relationship after breakup sex. The second study ( n = 585) investigated why men and women engage in breakup sex. Results revealed that most breakup sex appears to be motivated by three factors: relationship maintenance, hedonism, and ambivalence. Men tended to support hedonistic and ambivalent reasons for having breakup sex more often than women. The two studies revealed that breakup sex may be differentially motivated (and may have different psychological consequences) for men and women and may not be as beneficial as the media suggests.

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Sex and The Perceived Effectiveness of Short-term Mate Poaching Acts in College Students

Abstract: Schmitt and Buss (2001)

Cited by 10 publications

References 41 publications

Perceptions of a mismatched couple: The role of attractiveness on mate poaching and copying.

Perceptions of a mismatched couple: The role of attractiveness on mate poaching and copying.

Women’s Friendship: Allomothering, Cooperative Breeding , and Exogamy as Bases For Effective Strategies For Friendship Formation

The psychology of breakup sex: Exploring the motivational factors and affective consequences of post-breakup sexual activity

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