Sexual Strategies Theory - a Framework
|Sexual Strategies Theory: Summary And Opinion |
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|In this paper I will summarize the Theory of Sexual Strategies and evaluate its theoretical and practical relevance based on the empirical |
|evidence provided by the authors and theories that apply to the same field of research. |
The Sexual Strategies Theory is a new theory which takes multiple aspects into consideration that the current theories on mating have ignored or underspecified. I will start with giving a brief introduction to the shortcomings of the current theories and explaining how these are integrated in the Sexual Strategies Theory. After this introduction I will explain the Sexual Strategies Theory in detail and I will conclude this paper with my opinion about the arguments presented in the SST. So far, most theories concerning mating or sexual strategies have only considered long-term mating. The main reason for this is that short-term mating is hard to research because it happens in utmost secrecy most of the time. Because of this secrecy the test subjects are inclined to give socially desirable answers which negatively influence the validity of the research. In most societies however, it is normal for a man to practice polygamy, or at least to have more than one mate in one’s life (think of divorces, one night stands, and so on). For this reason it is necessary to try to research the phenomenon of short-term mating more extensively.
Next to this shortcoming there are a few limitations in the current theories. The most supported theory in the field
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|In this paper I will summarize the Theory of Sexual Strategies and evaluate its theoretical and practical relevance based on the empirical |
|evidence provided by the authors and theories that apply to the same field of research. |
The Sexual Strategies Theory is a new theory which takes multiple aspects into consideration that the current theories on mating have ignored or underspecified. I will start with giving a brief introduction to the shortcomings of the current theories and explaining how these are integrated in the Sexual Strategies Theory. After this introduction I will explain the Sexual Strategies Theory in detail and I will conclude this paper with my opinion about the arguments presented in the SST. So far, most theories concerning mating or sexual strategies have only considered long-term mating. The main reason for this is that short-term mating is hard to research because it happens in utmost secrecy most of the time. Because of this secrecy the test subjects are inclined to give socially desirable answers which negatively influence the validity of the research. In most societies however, it is normal for a man to practice polygamy, or at least to have more than one mate in one’s life (think of divorces, one night stands, and so on). For this reason it is necessary to try to research the phenomenon of short-term mating more extensively.
Next to this shortcoming there are a few limitations in the current theories. The most supported theory in the field
References: 1. Tesser, A., Martin, L. L. (1996). The psychology of evaluation. In E. T. Higgins & A.W. Kruglanski (Eds), Social psychology: Handbook of basic principles (pp. 400-432). New York: Guilford.