Discuss whether there is any accuracy in the stereotypes that (a) men want more sex than women; (b) men separate sex and love more than women; (c) women's sexuality is more natural than men's; and (d) women tend to restrict sex within a relationship
What will be an ideal response?
• Possible Response Points:
• Men do seem to want more sex than women
• This conclusion rings true across a wide range of samples and a wide range of indices
• Men do not necessarily seem to separate sex and love more than women; while men tend to say that they are more willing than women to accept sex without love, women tend to say that they are more willing than men to accept love without sex.
• Women's sexuality does not appear to be more natural than men's. Indeed, women evince a much higher level of erotic plasticity than do men, shifting their interests and sources of satisfaction in line with the cultural and social meanings of behavior. By contrast, men's sexuality is much more of a constant.
• Women do indeed appear to restrict sex within a relationship. In one study of college students, it was shown that women's readiness to engage in sex was significantly correlated with their sexual behavior, while men's readiness was completely uncorrelated.
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