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The shape of desire

differenceblog Sep 12, 2006 09:20

Baumeister et al (2001) suggest that the sex drive construct is overly generalized to related but separate concepts, such as enjoyment of sex or sexual capacity. While Baumeister et al. found that (true to folk wisdom) men had a higher sex drive, no gender difference on the other measures was reported. Peplau (2003) goes further, suggesting a set ( Read more... )

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