Gender and Health
Research results from State University of New York update understanding of gender and health
Published in Women's Health Weekly, December 23rd, 2010
2010 DEC 23 -- According to a study from the United States, "'Hooking-up'' - engaging in no-strings-attached sexual behaviors with uncommitted partners - has become a norm on college campuses, and raises the potential for disease, unintended pregnancy, and physical and psychological trauma. The primacy of sex in the evolutionary process suggests that predictions derived from evolutionary theory may be a useful first step toward understanding these contemporary behaviors."
"This study assessed the hook-up behaviors and attitudes of 507 college students. As predicted by behavioral-evolutionary theory: men were more comfortable than women with all types of...
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