Women regret having one-night stands - but men regret not having more of them
Women might be more sexually liberated than they were in previous centuries – but in terms of casual sex, women have different attitudes than men.
Specifically, women tend to regret one-night stands, while men simply regret not having more of them.
Norwegian researchers followed up an earlier study into differing attitudes to sex – asking American students as well as Norwegians about their attitudes.
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They found that it didn’t make a huge difference where people are from (Norwegians tend to be more sexually liberated than Americans) – but attitudes differed along strict gender lines.
‘The fact that we find this gender difference in both Norway and the United States suggest there is more to the gender difference in sexual behavior than cultural norms and gender roles,’ said Joy Wyckoff from the University of Texas at Austin.
In earlier research, the scientists found that one in three women said they were happy about their casual sex experiences – compared to more than 50% of men.
‘Women regret that they agree to a one-night stand more often than men. Men regret passing up the chance more than women,” says Prof Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology’s (NTNU)..
‘We’re not saying that there aren’t men who regret casual sex. But it is far more common for women to regret saying yes. They are also less unequivocally happy about the experience.
‘Women regretted having a one-night stand the most, but they weren’t sorry about saying no at all.’
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