PS307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Casual Sex, Human Sexual Activity
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Report sex as a goal for first dates. People with an unrestricted socio sexual orientation tend to be more. Comfortable having sex without love, commitment, or closeness. Think sex and intimacy have to be connected. Positive outcomes (e. g. , pleasure) associated with sexual behavior reinforce that behavior. Some people (e. g. , women and/or individuals with restricted socio sexual orientations) tend to believe that love comes before sex. Other people (e. g. , men and/or individuals with unrestricted socio sexual orientations) don t. Declines in sexual frequency have more to do with marriage being a longer term relationship between two older people than with marriage itself. Life demands (e. g. , work, children, stress) also contribute to declines in sexual frequency. People tend to have less sex after getting married or being in a relationship for a long time, but the sex itself tends to be more satisfying.
