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JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
Volume 63, Issue 1, Pages 247-264Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2001.00247.x
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gender differences; sexual satisfaction; sexual unions
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This paper uses data from the 1992 National Health and Serial Life Survey to examine emotional satisfaction and physical pleasure from sex in intimate unions for adults in the U.S. Using perspectives from evolutionary biology and rational choice theory, we examine the effects of the following factors on emotional satisfaction and physical pleasure: time horizon expected for the relationship, sexual behavior within the relationship, and sexual exclusivity. We find a significant effect of measures for all 3 of these dimensions on emotional satisfaction with sex. For both men and women, time horizon and sexual exclusively are more strongly tied to Emotional satisfaction than they are to physical pleasure from sex, but sexual behavior has the same impact on Emotional satisfaction as it does on physical pleasure.
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