PSY 455 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Open Marriage, Polyamory, Sexual Intercourse
3 Nov 2016
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Beliefs about sex in dating relationships: sexual standard. As the couple"s relationship progressed from relatively little affection to strong affection, and then to love and engagement, people believed that intercourse was more acceptable: sexual permissive. Although men and women continue to view sex as most appropriate when it occurs between committed relational partners, there is a trend toward greater acceptance of sexual activity in casual dating relationships. The role of biological sex: men tend to hold more permissive or positive attitudes toward uncommitted or casual sexual activity than do women, john roche and thomas ramsbey. Stage 1: dating with no particular affection. Stage 2: dating with affection by not love. Stage 3: dating and being in love. Stage 4: dating one person only and being in love. The role of culture: american students generally were more tolerant of sexual activity between seriously dating, pre-engaged, and engaged partners than were russian and.
