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→Casual sex is associated with less depression for men but more depression for women
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To evaluate the differential effects of casual sex on men and women, a sample of 404 undergraduate student at a large public university in the southeastern United States were surveyed. | To evaluate the differential effects of casual sex on men and women, a sample of 404 undergraduate student at a large public university in the southeastern United States were surveyed. It was found that men who engaged in casual sex reported the lowest rates of depression, while women who engaged in casual sex reported the highest rates of depression. Furthermore, depression rates increased for women based on their partner count, such that women who had only 1 partner in the past year had a depression rate of 15.1% while women who had a partner count of 16-28 had a depression rate of 45%. | ||
The authors note that men and women respond to and process casual sexual encounters differently, and that for women, having emotional investment in the encounter tends to make it more rewarding. | |||
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* ''For females, as the number of sexual partners during the past year increased, symptoms of depression also increased. Female participants who had the greatest number of partners had the highest symptoms of depressive pathology.'' | * ''For females, as the number of sexual partners during the past year increased, symptoms of depression also increased. Female participants who had the greatest number of partners had the highest symptoms of depressive pathology.'' | ||
* ''Those who engaged in casual sex and regretted having the encounter had more symptoms of depression.'' | * ''Those who engaged in casual sex and regretted having the encounter had more symptoms of depression.'' | ||
* ''For females, ... emotional investment is far more important, and sexual intercourse is often rewarding in contexts that command intimacy and emotional commitment.'' | |||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''References:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%">'''References:'''</span> | ||
* Welsh DP, Grello CM, Harper MS. 2006. ''No strings attached: the nature of casual sex in college students.'' J Sex Res. 43(3):255-67. [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17599248 Abstract]] | * Welsh DP, Grello CM, Harper MS. 2006. ''No strings attached: the nature of casual sex in college students.'' J Sex Res. 43(3):255-67. [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17599248 Abstract]] | ||
===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">Women feel more "entitlement" to men's bodies for sexual pleasure than vice versa</span>=== | ===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">Women feel more "entitlement" to men's bodies for sexual pleasure than vice versa</span>=== | ||