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A study by Eleftheriou ''et al.'' (2019) consisting of an online questionnaire answered by "480 English-speaking women who have sex with men" who rated the facial attractiveness of 20 men and detailed their willingness to have intercourse with the men without a condom. | A study by Eleftheriou ''et al.'' (2019) consisting of an online questionnaire answered by "480 English-speaking women who have sex with men" who rated the facial attractiveness of 20 men and detailed their willingness to have intercourse with the men without a condom. | ||
They found: | They found: | ||
* The more attractive a man was judged to be, the more likely it was that participants were willing to have sex with him (r = 0.987 p | * The more attractive a man was judged to be, the more likely it was that participants were willing to have sex with him (r = 0.987, p < 0.001) | ||
* Further, the more attractive a man was judged to be, the less likely women were to intend to use a condom during sex (r = -0.552 p | * Further, the more attractive a man was judged to be, the less likely women were to intend to use a condom during sex (r = -0.552, p = 0.007) | ||
* The average perceived STD likelihood for a man had no significant association with his average perceived attractiveness or with participants’ average willingness to have sex with him | * The average perceived STD likelihood for a man had no significant association with his average perceived attractiveness or with participants’ average willingness to have sex with him | ||
* The more attractive a participant judged herself to be, the more she believed that, overall, men are likely to have a STD. | * The more attractive a participant judged herself to be, the more she believed that, overall, men are likely to have a STD. | ||
* Women showed significantly higher condom use intentions with: men who they rated as less attractive (p<0.0005), '''men who they rated as less likely to carry or transmit an STI''' (p<0.0005), men with whom they were less interested in having sex (p<0.0005) and when they estimated that fewer of their peers would also have condomless sex with him (p<0.0005). | * Women showed significantly higher condom use intentions with: men who they rated as less attractive (p < 0.0005), '''men who they rated as less likely to carry or transmit an STI''' (p < 0.0005), men with whom they were less interested in having sex (p < 0.0005) and when they estimated that fewer of their peers would also have condomless sex with him (p < 0.0005). | ||
In other words, whether a man is attractive is the most important predictor of whether women will use a condom during intercourse with him. Furthermore, '''women are less likely to use a condom with a man they judge as being high risk for carrying or transmitting an STD to them.''' | In other words, whether a man is attractive is the most important predictor of whether women will use a condom during intercourse with him. Furthermore, '''women are less likely to use a condom with a man they judge as being high risk for carrying or transmitting an STD to them.''' | ||