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There is evidence that women are mostly the "sexual gate-keeper", i.e. decide when to have sex. For example, McCabe (1987) found that among 25-year-old fresh couples, 28% of men but only 2% of women were "reluctant virgins" who wanted to have sex, but were held back by their partner's waiting. Cohen and Shotland (1996) computed correlations between when people thought sex should start and when they actually began having sex. For the men, the correlation was not significant (r = .19), which implies they had no say, whereas for women the correlation was very high (r = .88). Moreover, women [[#93.25_of_women_preferred_being_asked_out_on_a_date_rather_than_doing_the_asking|rarely initiate, and hence get to choose]]. Hence it is likely that women cause this pattern somewhat more than men. | There is evidence that women are mostly the "sexual gate-keeper", i.e. decide when to have sex. For example, McCabe (1987) found that among 25-year-old fresh couples, 28% of men but only 2% of women were "reluctant virgins" who wanted to have sex, but were held back by their partner's waiting. Cohen and Shotland (1996) computed correlations between when people thought sex should start and when they actually began having sex. For the men, the correlation was not significant (r = .19), which implies they had no say, whereas for women the correlation was very high (r = .88). Moreover, women [[#93.25_of_women_preferred_being_asked_out_on_a_date_rather_than_doing_the_asking|rarely initiate, and hence get to choose]]. Hence it is likely that women cause this pattern somewhat more than men. | ||
Women's waiting and reluctance to mate is called ''coyness''. It has been proposed that women use this behavior to evaluate the man's suitability as provider (McNamara 2008, Wachtmeister 1999), but also to await better mating opportunities that may arise in the meanwhile, | Women's waiting and reluctance to mate is called ''coyness''. It has been proposed that women use this behavior to evaluate the man's suitability as provider (McNamara 2008, Wachtmeister 1999), but also to await better mating opportunities that may arise in the meanwhile, [[female sneakiness|sneakily]] exploiting the [[principle of least interest]] and their role as [[sexual selector]]. | ||
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* | * ''Couples who formed their relationships soon after meeting were more likely to match based on physical attractiveness than those who formed their relationships well after meeting each other.'' | ||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''References:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%">'''References:'''</span> | ||