Cross-National Variation in the Motivation for Uncommitted Sex: The Role of Disease and Social Risks
Evolutionary psychological meta-theory predicts that interest in “casual” sex should decline with its costs (e.g., acquiring HIV/AIDS or an infectious disease, unwanted pregnancy, loss of spousal commitment). Analyses of Schmitt's (2005) data on sociosexuality in 48 countries (including gender...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2008-04-01
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| Series: | Evolutionary Psychology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/147470490800600203 |