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* 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), | * 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, | 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.'' | ||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''Discussion:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%">'''Discussion:'''</span> |