Suchergebnisse

The evolution of sex, sex differences, and human sexuality -- The garden of variety: cross-cultural variation in human sexuality -- Love and maybe marriage: patterns of pair-bonding and romantic love -- Raising human sexuality: processes of sex differentiation and sociosexual expression -- Playing at sex: learning, practicing, and developing sociosexual behavior in context -- Welcome to the party: puberty and adolescent sexual development -- Kinsey takes anatomy class: human reproductive anatomy and physiology within evolutionary perspective -- Turning the key: human sexual response and orgasm -- The evolution of baby-making: mechanisms of fertility,infertility, and variation in fertility outcomes -- Born to be less wild: peripartum shifts in human sexuality -- The sands of time: aging and sexuality -- Sexual revolutions: contemporary human sexual practices

AbstractLittle research has focused on the dating attitudes and behaviors of singles with dependent‐age children. Using data collected from a nationally representative U.S. probability sample of single adults, we provide findings on dating attitudes and behaviors among 747 single parents in the United States, aged 21 years and older, who had one or more children under the age of 18 years. Findings show gender differences between single men and single women concerning how they balance being a single parent and make time for dating. Both single fathers and single mothers considered their child's opinion about their dating life, and most parents involved their child(ren) once they knew they wanted or had established a committed romantic relationship with a new partner.

AbstractWith the increasing prevalence of single adults in the United States, perceptions of marriage as the relationship "gold standard" may be diminishing. In this study (N = 6,576), we explored perceptions of married life in three subgroups of participants: Those who have never married, ever married, and currently married. Across subgroups, most did not perceive married life more positively than single life in external/tangible domains (e.g., more friends), but did in emotional experiences and frame of mind (e.g., contentment). These findings suggest conceptualizations of marriage may be changing to be less positive or less discrepant from conceptualizations of single life. However, these findings also suggest that people continue to view marital relationships as a positive source of emotional experience and support.