Women Like Being Valued for Sex, as Long as it is by a Committed Partner
Women Like Being Valued for Sex, as Long as it is by a Committed Partner
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DOI：
10.1007/s10508-015-0622-1
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发表时间：
2017-02-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Maner, Jon K.
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作者：
Meltzer, Andrea L.;McNulty, James K.;Maner, Jon K.
女性如何应对伴侣对性的重视？尽管支持客体化理论的研究表明，女性对性评价的反应主要是负面的，但另一项独立的研究表明，女性付出了巨大的努力来增强她们的性吸引力。进化论的观点表明，女性对重视她们性行为的伴侣是否满意可能取决于这些伴侣的忠诚度。受到相对不忠诚的伴侣的性重视可能会违背女性避免短期性关系的愿望，因此可能与关系满意度呈负相关。相比之下，高度忠诚的伴侣对性的重视可能会对女性的关系满意度产生积极影响，因为这向她们发出信号，表明她们已经成功吸引了长期关系伴侣。两项针对新婚夫妇的研究支持了这些预测。在研究 1 (N = 109) 中，在认为丈夫高度忠诚的妻子中，丈夫的性评价与婚姻满意度呈正相关，但在认为丈夫相对不太忠诚的妻子中，丈夫的性评价与婚姻满意度呈负相关。研究 2 (N= 99) 揭示了妻子（但不是丈夫）的相同模式，使用了频繁发生性行为的性评价的可能表现。这些发现与其他发现一起表明，人际交往过程并不会对人际关系产生普遍的积极或消极影响；相反，它们的影响取决于它们发生的背景，包括在整个进化史上对生殖有利或代价高昂的背景。
How do women respond to being valued for sex by their partners? Although research supporting objectification theory suggests that women's reactions to sexual valuation are primarily negative, a separate body of research indicates that women expend significant effort to enhance their sexual appeal. Evolutionary perspectives suggest that whether women are more or less satisfied with partners who value them for sex may depend on how committed those partners are. Being sexually valued by a relatively uncommitted partner may violate women's desire to avoid short-term sexual relationships and thus may be negatively associated with relationship satisfaction. In contrast, being sexually valued by a highly committed partner may positively influence women's relationship satisfaction because it signals to them that they have successfully attracted a long-term relationship partner. Two studies of newly married couples supported these predictions. In Study 1 (N = 109), husbands' sexual valuation was positively associated with marital satisfaction among wives who perceived that those husbands were highly committed, but negatively associated with marital satisfaction among wives who perceived that those husbands were relatively less committed Study 2 (N= 99) revealed the same pattern for wives (but not husbands) using a likely manifestation of sexual valuation engaging in frequent sex. These findings join others to demonstrate that interpersonal processes do not have universally positive or negative implications for relationships; rather, their implications depend on the context in which they occur, including contexts that were reproductively beneficial or costly throughout evolutionary history.