Briffault's law: Difference between revisions

{{quote|If sex is a female resource, then it will ultimately be up to the woman to decide when and whether sexual relations commence. This view of women as sexual gate-keepers was supported by Cohen and Shotland (1996), who  computed  correlations  between  when  people thought  sex  should  start  in  a  given  relationship  and when they actually began having sex. For the hapless men, the correlation was not even significant (r = 19) ,indicating that their wishes and preferences were essentially irrelevant, whereas for women the correlation was very high (r = 88), indicating that sex occurred when they preferred. This study also found that men wanted  sex  to  commence  earlier  than  the  women. Thus,  women  decide  when  sex  commences,  and  the man’s role is to invest time, money, attention, commitment,  and  other  resources  until  the  woman  is  sufficiently satisfied.}}