Sex differences in sex drive, sociosexuality, and height across 53 nations: Testing evolutionary and social structural theories

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 631-651

  Lippa, Richard A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BBC Internet study; Evolutionary theory; Sex differences; Sex drive; Social structural theory; Sociosexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MALE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY HEIGHT; CULTURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION AND SEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70349252064     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-007-9242-8     Document Type: Article

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