TY - JOUR PY - 2003// TI - Universal sex differences in the desire for sexual variety: tests from 52 nations, 6 continents, and 13 islands JO - Journal of personality and social psychology A1 - Schmitt, David P. A1 - Alcalay, Lidia A1 - Allik, Juri A1 - Ault, Lara A1 - Austers, Ivars A1 - Bennett, Kevin L. A1 - Bianchi, Gabriel A1 - Boholst, Fredric A1 - Cunen, Mary Ann Borg A1 - Braeckman, Johan A1 - Brainerd, Edwin G. A1 - Caral, Leo Gerard A. A1 - Caron, Gabrielle A1 - Casullo, Maria Martina A1 - Cunningham, Michael A1 - Daibo, Ikuo A1 - De Backer, Charlotte A1 - De Souza, Eros A1 - Diaz-Loving, Rolando A1 - Diniz, Gláucia A1 - Durkin, Kevin A1 - Echegaray, Marcela A1 - Eremsoy, Ekin A1 - Euler, Harald A. A1 - Falzon, Ruth A1 - Fisher, Maryanne L. A1 - Foley, Dolores A1 - Fry, Douglas P. A1 - Fry, Sirpa A1 - Ghayur, M. Arif A1 - Golden, Debra L. A1 - Grammer, Karl A1 - Grimaldi, Liria A1 - Halberstadt, Jamin A1 - Herrera, Dora A1 - Hertel, Janine A1 - Hoffmann, Heather A1 - Hooper, Danica A1 - Hradilekova, Zuzana A1 - Hudek-Kene-evi, Jasna A1 - Jaafer, Jas A1 - Jankauskaite, Margarita A1 - Kabangu-Stahel, Heidi A1 - Kardum, Igor A1 - Khoury, Brigitte A1 - Kwon, Hayrran A1 - Laidra, Kaia A1 - Laireiter, Anton-Rupert A1 - Lakerveld, Dustin A1 - Lampert, Ada A1 - Lauri, Maryanne A1 - Lavallee, Marguerite A1 - Lee, Suk-Jae A1 - Leung, Luk Chung A1 - Locke, Kenneth D. A1 - Locke, Vance A1 - Luksik, Ivan A1 - Magaisa, Ishmael A1 - Marcinkeviciene, Dalia A1 - Mata, André A1 - Mata, Rui A1 - McCarthy, Barry A1 - Mills, Michael E. A1 - Moreira, João A1 - Moreira, Sérgio A1 - Moya, Miguel A1 - Munyae, M. A1 - Noller, Patricia A1 - Opre, Adrian A1 - Panayiotou, Alexia A1 - Petrovic, Nebojsa A1 - Poels, Karolien A1 - Popper, Miroslav A1 - Poulimenou, Maria A1 - P'yatokha, Volodymyr A1 - Raymond, Michel A1 - Reips, Ulf-Dietrich A1 - Reneau, Susan E. A1 - Rivera-Aragon, Sofia A1 - Rowatt, Wade C. A1 - Ruch, Willibald A1 - Rus, Velko S. A1 - Safir, Marilyn P. A1 - Salas, Sonia A1 - Sambataro, Fabio A1 - Sandnabba, Kenneth N. A1 - Schulmeyer, Marion K. A1 - Schütz, Astrid A1 - Scrimali, Tullio A1 - Shackelford, Todd K. A1 - Shaver, Phillip R. A1 - Sichona, Francis A1 - Simonetti, Franco A1 - Sinehsaw, Tilahun A1 - Speelman, Tom A1 - Spyrou, Spyros A1 - Sümer, H. Canan A1 - Sumer, Nebi A1 - Supekova, Marianna A1 - Szlendak, Tomasz A1 - Taylor, Robin A1 - Timmermans, Bert A1 - Tooke, William A1 - Tsaousis, Ioannis A1 - Tungaraza, F. S. K. A1 - Vandermassen, Griet A1 - Vanhoomissen, Tom A1 - van Overwalle, Frank A1 - Vanwesenbeeck, Ine A1 - Vasey, Paul L. A1 - Verissimo, João A1 - Voracek, Martin A1 - Wan, Wendy W. N. A1 - Wang, Ta-Wei A1 - Weiss, Peter A1 - Wijaya, Andik A1 - Woertman, Liesbeth A1 - Youn, Gahyun A1 - Zupanèiè, Agata SP - 85 EP - 104 VL - 85 IS - 1 N2 - Evolutionary psychologists have hypothesized that men and women possess both long-term and short-term mating strategies, with men's short-term strategy differentially rooted in the desire for sexual variety. In this article, findings from a cross-cultural survey of 16,288 people across 10 major world regions (including North America, South America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, Middle East, Africa, Oceania, South/Southeast Asia, and East Asia) demonstrate that sex differences in the desire for sexual variety are culturally universal throughout these world regions. Sex differences were evident regardless of whether mean, median, distributional, or categorical indexes of sexual differentiation were evaluated. Sex differences were evident regardless of the measures used to evaluate them. Among contemporary theories of human mating, pluralistic approaches that hypothesize sex differences in the evolved design of short-term mating provide the most compelling account of these robust empirical findings.
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