Mathes Eugene W, King Christina A, Miller Jonathan K, Reed Ruth M
Psychology Department, Western Illinois University, Macomb 61455, USA.
Psychol Rep. 2002 Jun;90(3 Pt 1):949-56. doi: 10.2466/pr0.2002.90.3.949.
Buss and Schmitt's sexual strategies theory (1993) suggests that short-term mating represents a larger component of men's than women's mating strategies. Assuming this sex difference there is potential for conflict. Symons argued that, because men are more interested in copulation than women, this gives women greater power in establishing conditions (short- vs long-term) under which copulation takes place. The result is that the conflict in sexual strategies is resolved in favor of women's relatively greater interest in long-term sexual strategies. This research tested the hypothesis that across ages men would decrease in desire to employ short-term mating strategies in favor of long-term mating strategies. Specifically, in Study I, men and women in their teens, twenties, and thirties or older were given a measure of desire for a committed relationship. It was predicted that women, regardless of age, would score high on desire for a committed relationship. In contrast, teenage boys would score low on desire for a committed relationship while men in their thirties or older would score as high as the women. In Study II both sexes in their teens, twenties, and thirties or older were given measures of desire for promiscuous sex. It was predicted that the women, regardless of age, would score low on desire for promiscuous sex. In contrast, teenage boys would score high on desire for promiscuous sex while men in their thirties or older would score as low as the women. Support was found for both predictions.
巴斯和施密特的性策略理论（1993年）表明，短期交配在男性的交配策略中所占比重比女性更大。假设存在这种性别差异，就有可能产生冲突。西蒙斯认为，由于男性比女性对性交更感兴趣，这使得女性在确定性交发生的条件（短期与长期）方面拥有更大权力。结果是，性策略中的冲突以有利于女性对长期性策略相对更大的兴趣而得到解决。本研究检验了这样一个假设：在各个年龄段，男性采用短期交配策略的欲望会下降，转而倾向于长期交配策略。具体而言，在研究一中，对十几岁、二十几岁、三十几岁及以上的男性和女性进行了对稳定恋爱关系渴望程度的测量。预计女性无论年龄大小，对稳定恋爱关系的渴望程度得分都会很高。相比之下，十几岁的男孩对稳定恋爱关系的渴望程度得分会很低，而三十几岁及以上的男性得分会与女性一样高。在研究二中，对十几岁、二十几岁、三十几岁及以上的男性和女性进行了对滥交欲望的测量。预计女性无论年龄大小，对滥交的欲望程度得分都会很低。相比之下，十几岁的男孩对滥交的欲望程度得分会很高，而三十几岁及以上的男性得分会与女性一样低。两项预测均得到了支持。
