Discuss David Knox's three sexual values that guide college student's sexual behavior

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The student should point out that Knox's research found college students had three sexual values that influenced their behavior. The first was absolutism, those that followed strict sexual codes usually influenced by religious values. Hedonism embraced casual sex; men were six times more likely to endorse hedonism than women. Lastly, relativism identified sexual relations as occurring in the context of a relationship. Most college students were influenced by relativism.

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