Men's Short Term Mating Preferences Flashcards
What are the costs of ST mating?
Low-quality mates, reputation loss for LT dating in the future, STD/STI, no shared resources, lack of parental investment, violence (cheating), revenge cheating by the mate, few chances to impregnate
What are the benefits of ST mating?
More offspring creation potential, genetic variety
Who is more likely to have extramarital affairs?
Men
Who is more likely to use prostitutes?
Men
What percent of men have used prostitutes and what percent use them regularly?
70% and 15%
What may be the main restrictor of men having ST mates?
Social bias/pressures
What must men do to gain access to a variety of partners?
Lower their standards and be lustier
What standards do men lower in order to ST mate?
Age, personality, promiscuity
What age range do men want for LT and ST mating?
17-25, 16-28
When are women dressed in slutty clothing deemed to be more attractive?
When the man is looking for a ST mate
What is the closing time phenomenon?
When the bar is getting closer to closing, men will rate the same woman as being more attractive than he previously rated her
Who is more likely to take on a ST mating strategy or use it as their only strategy?
Men
Who is more likely to be sociosexually unrestricted?
Men
How many partners do men and women want in their lifetime?
18 and 5-6 respectively
What nationality wants fewer sex partners overall? Why?
Africans, the threat of HIV/AIDS
How soon will men and women consent to have sex?
1 day and 6 months respectively
What nationality of men is unlikely to consent to have sex before one month?
African men
What nationality of women is likely to consent to have sex before one month?
Western Europeans
What were the results when men and women were asked by a total stranger for a date, to come back to their apartment or to have sex with them?
Men = women for saying yes to a date, men > women for going to apartment/having sex
What does perceived attractiveness have to do with the likelihood of ST mating?
Men who perceive themselves to be more attractive are more likely to ST mate
What is the attraction-reduction effect? What does this help with?
Men who ST mate find their partner less attractive once they have had sex with her, it helps him avoid commitment
What is the adaptive function of regret?
It improves our future decision making
What types of sexual acts do men regret?
Acts of omission (not doing something they should have done)
What type of sexual acts do women regret?
Acts of commission (doing something they should not have done)
How do men improve their chances of getting the women pregnant on the first try?
They look for fertility cues, sperm competition
What is the relationship between teste size and promiscuity of animals? Why is this relevant?
More promiscuous animals have larger teste size, they produce more sperm in each ejaculate and therefore are more likely to get the female pregnant on the first try
What does large teste size correlate with in humans?
Increased masculinity, increased sperm production, increased the likelihood to take on ST mating
Why may more masculine men be more likely to engage in ST mating?
They are more successful at it and know this
