Gender Differences in Receptivity to Sexual Offers: A New Research Prototype
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Tappé, Mercedes
Bensman, Lisamarie
Hayashi, Kentaro
Hatfield, Elaine
Abstract / Description
Among the most cited series of experiments in social and evolutionary psychology are those conducted by Clark and Hatfield (1989, 2003). In these studies, college students served as confederates in a simple field experiment. They approached fellow college students of another gender and asked one of three questions: (a) “Would you go out with me tonight?” (b) “Would you come over to my apartment tonight?” or (c) “Would you go to bed with me tonight?” Men and women differed markedly in their receptivity to casual sexual offers. When asked: “Would you go out with me tonight?” both were equally receptive. Yet, when confederates asked, “Would you come over to my apartment” or “Would you go to bed with me?” gender differences were striking. In the following series of experiments we attempted to develop a pencil and paper method to mirror the procedure of the classic study. We think we succeeded. Although cultural and social considerations may have influenced participants’ tendency to accept or reject sexual offers, as predicted by evolutionary perspectives, in all three experiments men were more likely than women to accept sexual offers. The studies also explored some of the reasons men and women gave for refusing a date, apartment visit, or a sexual encounter. We close by itemizing some questions that, given this new set of research materials, may be worth asking.
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gender casual sex sexual offers receptivity to sexual offersPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2013-12-20
Journal title
Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
Volume
7
Issue
2
Page numbers
323–344
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Tappé, M., Bensman, L., Hayashi, K., & Hatfield, E. (2013). Gender Differences in Receptivity to Sexual Offers: A New Research Prototype. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 7(2), 323–344. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v7i2.121
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Tappé, Mercedes
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Bensman, Lisamarie
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Hayashi, Kentaro
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Hatfield, Elaine
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Date of first publication2013-12-20
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Abstract / DescriptionAmong the most cited series of experiments in social and evolutionary psychology are those conducted by Clark and Hatfield (1989, 2003). In these studies, college students served as confederates in a simple field experiment. They approached fellow college students of another gender and asked one of three questions: (a) “Would you go out with me tonight?” (b) “Would you come over to my apartment tonight?” or (c) “Would you go to bed with me tonight?” Men and women differed markedly in their receptivity to casual sexual offers. When asked: “Would you go out with me tonight?” both were equally receptive. Yet, when confederates asked, “Would you come over to my apartment” or “Would you go to bed with me?” gender differences were striking. In the following series of experiments we attempted to develop a pencil and paper method to mirror the procedure of the classic study. We think we succeeded. Although cultural and social considerations may have influenced participants’ tendency to accept or reject sexual offers, as predicted by evolutionary perspectives, in all three experiments men were more likely than women to accept sexual offers. The studies also explored some of the reasons men and women gave for refusing a date, apartment visit, or a sexual encounter. We close by itemizing some questions that, given this new set of research materials, may be worth asking.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationTappé, M., Bensman, L., Hayashi, K., & Hatfield, E. (2013). Gender Differences in Receptivity to Sexual Offers: A New Research Prototype. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 7(2), 323–344. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v7i2.121en_US
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ISSN1981-6472
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1805
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2171
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v7i2.121
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Keyword(s)genderen_US
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Keyword(s)casual sexen_US
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Keyword(s)sexual offersen_US
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Keyword(s)receptivity to sexual offersen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleGender Differences in Receptivity to Sexual Offers: A New Research Prototypeen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titleInterpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
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Page numbers323–344
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Volume7
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