Why Women Have Sex is the results of a study of 1000 women that was conducted using 237 questions gleaned from earlier research using a female perspective. The two leading psychologists, Cindy Meston and David Buss, professors at the University of Texas at Austin, have written what has been described as rivaling the culture-shifting Kinsey's Sexual Behavior in the Human Female.
Why Women Have Sex Overview
Women are focused on exclusively although men are brought in occasionally by way of contrast.in Why Women Have Sex. In a study conducted in 2009, women were asked whether they had ever had sex for one of the 237 reasons that had emerged from a previous study published as "Why Humans Have Sex" when it appeared in the Archives of Sexual Behavior.
By using the voices of real women, the authors have revealed motivations that guide a women' sexual decisions and explains the deep-seated psychology and biology that unwittingly drive a woman's pursuit of health or pleasure. It also explores that there may be reasons that are dark as well as disturbing.
The research reveals a complex and nuanced portrait of female sexuality and deals with the exploration and complexity of women's sexual psychology.
Women's Reasons for Having Sex
Why Women Have Sex shows that women's reasons for having sex are varied:
- Love
- Pure pleasure
- A sense of duty
- Curiosity
- Curing a headache
- Pleasing a partner
- Evoking jealousy
- Prefer sex with a stranger
- Stealing someone's mate
- A defensive tactic against a mates infidelity
- A ploy to increase self-confidence
- A barter for gifts or favors
Dr. Meston found:
"Many of the women had sex purely because they wanted the experience, they wanted the adventure,pr they wanted to see what is was like to be with different ethnicities. Some women said they wanted more notches on their belt and some wanted to get rid of their virginity."
Negative and Postive Aspects of the Sexual Experience
Sexual experiences can influence a woman's feeling's of self-esteem.
According to Dr. Buss,
"Some sexual experiences that the women in our study reported just had a devastating effects and long-lasting negative effects on their feeling of self worth. But then for others, their sexual experiences provided soaring heights of euphoria and made them feel alive and vibrant."
Sexual Differences Between Men and Women
The factors that make men attractive to women include personality, sense of humor, self-confidence and status which are less important to men in choosing a woman with whom to have sex. In addition, sexual arousal is more complicated in women than for me.
Why Women Have Sex provides a deep psychological understanding of female sexuality and an awareness of a woman's relationship to the sexual experience.
About the authors
Cindy M. Meston is one of the world's leading researchers on women's sexuality and a professor of clinical psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, where she directs the Sexual Psychophysiology Laboratory, a cutting-edge lab on women's sexual experience.
David M. Buss, one of the founders of the field of evolutionary psychology, is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of several books, including the Evolution of Desire and Dangerous Passion.
For more articles about sexuality also read: Sexual Satisfaction and Women and Sex Before Marriage
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