Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Human Sexual Activity, Casual Sex, Polyamory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Alvin Segal

Document Summary

As with heterosexual couples, sexual satisfaction is linked with relationship quality. gay male couples are more likely to embrace casual sex outside of the relationship: discuss the evidence on infidelity in committed relationships. Describe the role of oxytocin in promoting fidelity. In married couples, infidelity is termed adultery or extramarital sex, whereas in unmarried, committed couples, it is extradyadic sex. most people view extramarital sex as wrong. However, some couples have consensual extramarital sex, as with open marriages ( polyamory ), both partner is okay to have sex with others. Prevalencerecent surveys suggest that approximately 21% of men and about.