Gender And Sexual Attitudes And Behavior - 1520 Words

Abstract A majority of people today believes that in American culture it is certain there are gender dissimilarities in the topic of sexuality. Over time scholarly work has proved an abundant amount of different components correlating to the difference in sexuality resulting in the distinctions of sexual behaviors as well as attitudes among males and females. Difference in sexual attitudes and behavior can be seen between genders across various studies. This research study indicates the differences in sexuality according to gender. It is known that most males, according to todays stereotypes, envision sex as a physical pleasure and believe in â€Å"love em and leave em† or â€Å"Hit it and quit it† clearly expressing no certain emotion. However,†¦show more content†¦Females tend to lean towards quality when it comes to sexuality and search for an emotional based relationship. Women find themselves looking for their soul mate and seek emotional loving thus leaving ph ysical pleasure behind. It could be looked at that females seek â€Å"Mr. Perfect† and do not seek an abundance of many sexual interactions due to the main reason of not wanting to be attacked and called offensive names by their social peers. At most times males are the ones doing the name calling and attacking, even though when males tend to start racking up numbers based on how many different females they have slept with they find themselves getting praised as an almighty hero. Past scholarly works have helped illustrate the different views of sexual manners and performances in males versus females. Major differences that stand out between the two genders tend to be their outlook on weather or not masturbation is practiced, seeking physical satisfaction compared to an emotional attachment, and also evidence on biological and social differences between genders. Biological differences (buss and Schmitt) can have a major role in weather or not which gender would pursue mor e sexual interactions due to the fact that females in fact hold the responsibility of bearing life and raising their own offspring. Males on the other hand do not hold huge