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Sexual Desire of Women With Fast and Slow Life History Throughout the Ovulatory Cycle
Findings on female sexual motivation across the ovulatory cycle are mixed. Some studies have reported increased female sexual desire on fertile days or midway through the ovulatory cycle, whereas others have reported increased sexual desire on nonfertile days. We postulated and tested the hypothesis...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10355290/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36604835 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14747049221148695 |
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description | Findings on female sexual motivation across the ovulatory cycle are mixed. Some studies have reported increased female sexual desire on fertile days or midway through the ovulatory cycle, whereas others have reported increased sexual desire on nonfertile days. We postulated and tested the hypothesis that the pattern of the cyclical change of female sexual desire is associated with women's life history. Female participants completed life-history measures and rated their levels of sexual desire on the survey day and reported the first day of their current and subsequent cycle, respectively (Study 1), or recorded their sexual desire throughout an entire cycle by submitting daily reports (Study 2). Results indicate that women with a fast life history experienced peak sexual desire midcycle, whereas women with a slow life history experienced two peaks of sexual desire midcycle and around their menses. These findings suggest that, consistent with the underlying life history, cyclically differential peaking of sexual desire may serve different reproductive functions. |
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spelling | pubmed-103552902023-08-17 Sexual Desire of Women With Fast and Slow Life History Throughout the Ovulatory Cycle Lu, Hui Jing Evol Psychol Original Research Article Findings on female sexual motivation across the ovulatory cycle are mixed. Some studies have reported increased female sexual desire on fertile days or midway through the ovulatory cycle, whereas others have reported increased sexual desire on nonfertile days. We postulated and tested the hypothesis that the pattern of the cyclical change of female sexual desire is associated with women's life history. Female participants completed life-history measures and rated their levels of sexual desire on the survey day and reported the first day of their current and subsequent cycle, respectively (Study 1), or recorded their sexual desire throughout an entire cycle by submitting daily reports (Study 2). Results indicate that women with a fast life history experienced peak sexual desire midcycle, whereas women with a slow life history experienced two peaks of sexual desire midcycle and around their menses. These findings suggest that, consistent with the underlying life history, cyclically differential peaking of sexual desire may serve different reproductive functions. SAGE Publications 2023-01-05 /pmc/articles/PMC10355290/ /pubmed/36604835 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14747049221148695 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Article Lu, Hui Jing Sexual Desire of Women With Fast and Slow Life History Throughout the Ovulatory Cycle |
title | Sexual Desire of Women With Fast and Slow Life History Throughout the Ovulatory Cycle |
title_full | Sexual Desire of Women With Fast and Slow Life History Throughout the Ovulatory Cycle |
title_fullStr | Sexual Desire of Women With Fast and Slow Life History Throughout the Ovulatory Cycle |
title_full_unstemmed | Sexual Desire of Women With Fast and Slow Life History Throughout the Ovulatory Cycle |
title_short | Sexual Desire of Women With Fast and Slow Life History Throughout the Ovulatory Cycle |
title_sort | sexual desire of women with fast and slow life history throughout the ovulatory cycle |
topic | Original Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10355290/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36604835 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14747049221148695 |
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