Extraversion, sexual experience, and sexual emotions

Sex differences in motivation and emotional reactions to casual sex suggest that the links to extraversion, constraint, impulsivity-sensation seeking, and sexual behavior differ for men and women. Because both testosterone and dominance, and dominance and number of sex partners appear to correlate i...

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Published in:The Behavioral and brain sciences 1999-06, Vol.22 (3), p.537-537
Main Author: Townsend, John Marshall
Format: Article
Language:English
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Depue & Collins: Neurobiology of personality
Emotions
Motivation
Neurology
Open Peer Commentary
Personality
Sexes
Sexual behavior
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Summary:Sex differences in motivation and emotional reactions to casual sex suggest that the links to extraversion, constraint, impulsivity-sensation seeking, and sexual behavior differ for men and women. Because both testosterone and dominance, and dominance and number of sex partners appear to correlate in men but not in women, it is plausible that testosterone is involved in the creation and maintenance of these sex differences in linkage among the behavioral subsystems involved in sexuality and extraversion.
ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X99422046