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Evol. psy. Ch. 6
p. 186-95
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| men in most cultures pursue | extramarital sex more than do their wives |
| men, far more than women | solicit prostitutes |
| hooking up | spontaneous sexual interactions with no traditional romantic relationships and no explicit promise of future sex |
| friends with benefits (FWB) | traditional friendship with sex as a benefit |
| male ideal outcome of a hookup | further hookups |
| female ideal outcome of a hookup | traditional romantic relationship |
| men are more likely to construe a relationship as | FWB |
| women are more likely to construe a relationship as | an early stage in a romantic relationship |
| women more likely to report feelings of | being used depressed after one-night-stands |
| clues to ancestral non-monogamous mating | behavioral, physiological, psychological |
| behavioral cues to ancestral non-monogamous mating | extramarital affairs, prostitution, hook-ups, FWB |
| physiological cues to ancestral non-monogamous mating | sperm volume, variations in sperm insemmination |
| psychological cues to ancestral non-monogamous mating | desire to seek sex sooner and variety, lowering standards, minimizing commitment, regret from sex omission, closing time phenomena, sexual fantasies |
| female orgasm | may function to draw sperm into cervical canal and uterus, increasing probability of conception |
| women having affairs more likely | have orgasms with their affair than regular partner |
| 20-50 percent of married women | have affairs in US |
| adaptive benefits to women of short-term mating | resources, genes, mate switching, mate skill acquisition, mate manipulation |
| paternity confusion hypothesis | each man might be willing ton offer some investment in the woman's children on the chance they have their genes |
| consorting with another man | might give a woman added protection |
| temporary liaison with high status man | might elevate her social standing among her peers |
| genetic benefit hypothesis | short-term mate sperm will enhance fertility if mate infertile, high status affair might give better genes, enhance genetic diversity of children |
| mate switching hypothesis | find a better man and have a short-term affair as means of switching mates |
| mate expulsion hypothesis | initiate a breakup with poor, abusive mate, undesirable mate |
| short-term for long-term goals hypothesis | use short-term affair to assess and evaluate her compatibility with man and reveal hidden costs (children, deception) |
| women dislike short-term mate if there are signs of | existing relationship, attribute of promiscuity |
| women may use short-term mating to | hone her skills of attraction and seduction so she can attract long-term mate |
| mate manipulation hypothesis | gain revenge on her husband for infidelity, increase commitment with evidence other man interested |
| women (exclusively) shot-term mating | may be viewed as promiscuous, are at greater risk of physical and sexual abuse, pregnancy without male investment, infanticide |
| unfaithful married women risks | withdrawal of husband's resources, increasing sibling competition, stds |
| accrual hypothesis | women in short-term relationships prize physical attractiveness, immediate resources (extravagant lifestyle) |
| women who have affairs | are less happy with their current partner, emotionally and sexually (mate switching hypothesis) |
| women justify affairs | to get love and emotional intimacy (short-term for long-term goals and mate switching hypotheses) |
| women's benefits of extra pair mating | easier to break with current partner, |
| contexts promoting women's extra pair mating (supporting mate switching hypothesis) | partner's affair or unwilling to have sex, abusive, unwilling to spend time with her, less successful, better financial prospects |
| women highly likely to recieve | resources for sex (dinner, money, jewelry, clothing) |
| men not bothered by women being | already in a long-term relationship |
| reasons for women having affair with male | physically attractive, might lead to something long-lasting |
| good genes hypothesis | highly desirable to other women and more symmetrical man willing to have brief encounter with less desirable women if no entangling commitments |
| women's ovulation preferences | prefer symmetry, masculinity, creative intelligence, direct inter-sexual competitiveness |
| women rate partner low on sexual attractiveness only at | ovulation |
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