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- Title
The Power of Prestige: Why Young Men Report Having more Sex Partners than Young Women.
- Authors
Jonason, Peter; Fisher, Terri
- Abstract
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 sexual partners were prestigious. In addition, men cared about the quantity and quality of their sex partners more than women did and these two factors were also related to reported number of sexual partners. The gender difference in reported sex partners is not veridical; it can be accounted for with attitudinal measures related to status and sex that are more common in men than women. Results are discussed in terms of understanding biased reporting in young American men and women.
- Subjects
PRESTIGE; YOUNG men; YOUNG women; COUPLES; SEX differences (Biology); COLLEGE students' sexual behavior; YOUTHS' sexual behavior; HUMAN sexuality
- Publication
Sex Roles, 2009, Vol 60, Issue 3-4, p151
- ISSN
0360-0025
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11199-008-9506-3