Receptivity to sexual invitations from strangers of the opposite gender

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 453-458

  Hald, Gert Martin ^a,b   Høgh Olesen, Henrik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Denmark; Gender difference; Invitation; Mating; Sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957728000     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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