I en undersøgelse med 303 gifte personer vurderede mænd og kvinder 17 grunde til at retfærdiggøre utroskab. Resultaterne viste, at kvinder favoriserede kærlighedsretfærdiggørelse, mens mænd adskilte sex fra kærlighed. Dette tyder på, at kvinder mener, at kærlighed berettiger seksuel involvering, mens mænd ikke nødvendigvis gør det.
Titel på undersøgelse:
Justifications for extramarital relationships: The association between attitudes, behaviors, and gender.
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Hele abstrakt på originalsprog:
148 male (mean age 40.4 yrs) and 155 female (mean age 36.5 yrs) married persons completed anonymous questionnaires rating the justification for an extramarital relationship for 17 reasons derived from clinical and research literature. Men and women clustered these justifications into 4 factors: sexual, romantic love, emotional intimacy, and extrinsic. Women approved less of sexual and more of love justifications. Attitude–behavior congruence was demonstrated in the link between sexual justification and sexual involvement for both sexes and in the link between love justifications and emotional involvement for men. The data supported the observation that men separate sex and love; women appear to believe that love and sex go together and that falling in love justifies sexual involvement.