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* Fales, M.R., Frederick, D.A., Garcia, J.R., Gildersleeve, K.A., Haselton, M.G. and Fisher, H.E. 2016. ''Mating markets and bargaining hands: Mate preferences for attractiveness and resources in two national US studies.'' [[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282931592 Abstract]] | * Fales, M.R., Frederick, D.A., Garcia, J.R., Gildersleeve, K.A., Haselton, M.G. and Fisher, H.E. 2016. ''Mating markets and bargaining hands: Mate preferences for attractiveness and resources in two national US studies.'' [[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282931592 Abstract]] | ||
* Buss DM, Schmitt DP. 2019. ''Mate preferences and their behavioral manifestations.'' [[https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-010418-103408 Abstract]] | * Buss DM, Schmitt DP. 2019. ''Mate preferences and their behavioral manifestations.'' [[https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-010418-103408 Abstract]] | ||
===A 2015 survey found a large increase in younger women's sex partner count, and a decrease in young men's=== | |||
A recurring government-funded survey concerning the self reported sexual attitudes and experiences of Finns aged 18-79, FINNSEX, found evidence of striking changes in female sexual behaviors across the generations and also strong evidence of increasing female hypergamy, illustrated by the fact that young women (aged 18-24) had approximately double the median number of sex partners than men of the same age, a near reversal of the figures in the earliest FINNSEX survey conducted in 1971. Parity between the sexes was found in the second youngest age group covered by the survey (25-34), with both groups reporting 6 lifetime sexual partners. | |||
It was also found that 35% of women aged 18-24 had reported 2 or more sexual partners within the last year, as compared to 19% of men reporting the same, again representing a trend of women reporting more partners than men in the youngest age group. This finding can only be explained by changes in the distribution in sexual relationships among the younger generation; with more women having essentially polygamous relationships with a shrinking pool of men. Young women having sexual relationships with older men likely also plays a role in mediating the observed skew in median partner count seen in young Finns at the time of the survey. | |||
Other interesting trends revealed by the results of the survey were: | |||
* More men than women now report having been "in love" with their first intercourse partner. 48% of men report being in love with their first intercourse partner vs 38% of women. The amount of men who reported being in love with their first partner stayed steady for men from 1937-2014, with there being a corresponding large decline in women who reported having been in love with their first partner over this period. This decline began in the mid 1960s. | |||
* More young women (18-24) report being willing to engage in sexual intercourse without being in love than men of the same age group. 80% of women (aged 18-24) reported being willing to have sex without love, vs around 72% of men in the same age group. | |||
* There has been a dramatic increase in the amount of women who reported homosexual experiences over the generations. 6% of women in 1992 reported experience with same-sex acts vs 23% of women in 2015. | |||
* Around 26% of young (18-24%) women in the 2015 survey approved of legal prostitution vs around 65% of young men in the same age group. Support for legal prostitution generally declined among older age groups, (for both sexes) in the survey. | |||
* There was a substantial increase in the amount of women who approved of "consensual sadomasochistic sex acts" comparing the 2015 survey results to the 2007 results. Around 75% of young women aged 18-24 approved of such acts, with this figure being fairly steady, but there is a steep decline in approval of these sexual acts noted among women 44 years or older. There was a substantial secular increase in women's approval of such acts from earlier surveys, with this increase being smallest among older (age 55+) women. | |||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''Figures:'''</span> | |||
[[File:1542099410982.jpg|none|thumb|500x500px|The amount of sexually active men aged 18-24 has dramatically decreased. No change for women of the same age. (FINSEX, 2015)]] | |||
[[File:Finnsex1.png|thumb|none|500x500px|Women aged 18-24 report dramatically more sexual partners than men the same age. (FINSEX, 2015)]] | |||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''References:'''</span> | |||
* FINSEX research project. 2015. ''Finnish Sexuality Research Project, 2015 Survey Results.'' [[https://www.vaestoliitto.fi/tieto_ja_tutkimus/vaestontutkimuslaitos/seksologinen_tutkimus/suomalaisten-seksuaalisuus-finse/ FullText]] | |||
===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: normal;" id="Men.27s_social_status_accounts_for_62.25_of_the_variance_of_copulation_opportunities">Men's social status accounts for 62% of the variance of copulation opportunities</span>=== | ===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: normal;" id="Men.27s_social_status_accounts_for_62.25_of_the_variance_of_copulation_opportunities">Men's social status accounts for 62% of the variance of copulation opportunities</span>=== | ||
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