Why, according to the textbook, don't women engage in casual sex as often as men?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Based in part on research with lesbians, the textbook suggests that women are not concerned about pregnancy. Rather, they tend to shun causal sex because it will not fulfill the goals they have for relationships: love and intimacy.
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A) conservative B) liberal C) irrational D) invalid
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A) dropping a heavy and a light cannon ball from the Leaning Tower of Pisa B) performing a thought experiment C) rolling balls down a series of inclined planes D) both B and C are correct
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a. grave. c. opportune. b. critical. d. sensitive.
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a. more likely to remain quiet in the group. b. less likely to attend group sessions. c. more likely to be nominated as group leaders by their peers. d. less likely to be nominated as group leaders by their peers.