Student athletes claim to have more sexual partners than other students

Faurie, Charlotte; Pontier, Dominique; Raymond, Michel

doi:10.1016/s1090-5138(03)00064-3

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“…However, it is assumed than on average, increasing numbers of partners is a reasonable proxy for success in obtaining the partners desired, especially if not accompanied by a reduction in time spent in a steady relationship. Moreover, number of sexual partners is often used as a measure of mating success in studies of this kind (Gangestad et al 2001;Faurie et al 2004). Number of children was also recorded.…”

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Schizotypy, creativity and mating success in humans

2005

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There is an evolutionary puzzle surrounding the persistence of schizophrenia, since it is substantially heritable and associated with sharply reduced fitness. However, some of the personality traits which are predictive of schizophrenia are also associated with artistic creativity. Geoffrey Miller has proposed that artistic creativity functions to attract mates. Here, we investigate the relationship between schizotypal personality traits, creative activity, and mating success in a large sample of British poets, visual artists, and other adults. We show that two components of schizotypy are positively correlated with mating success. For one component, this relationship is mediated by creative activity. Results are discussed in terms of the evolution of human creativity and the genesis of schizophrenia.

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Schizotypy, creativity and mating success in humans

2005

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“…This perception of promiscuity of male athletes appears to be grounded in reality. Athletes, especially males, appear to have more sexual partners than non-participants (Faurie et al, 2004;Nattiv et al, 1997), and high-level athletes (both male and female) reported more sexual partners than low level athletes (Faurie et al, 2004). Why do athletes, especially male athletes, have more sexual partners than non-participants, and why are they thus perceived as more promiscuous?…”

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“…Faurie, Pontier, and Raymond (2004) compared the number of self-reported sex partners by male and female athletes to those of non-athletes. On average, both males and females who participated in sport reported more sexual partners than non-participants.…”

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Sport Participation Influences Perceptions of Mate Characteristics

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Sport provides a context in which mate choice can be facilitated by the display of athletic prowess. Previous work has shown that, for females, team sport athletes are more desirable as mates than individual sport athletes and non-participants. In the present study, the perceptions of males and females were examined regarding potential mates based on sport participation. It was predicted that team sport athletes would be more positively perceived than individual sport athletes and non-participants by both males and females. A questionnaire, a photograph, and manipulated descriptions were used to gauge perceptual differences with respect to team sport athletes, individual sport athletes, and extracurricular club participants for 125 females and 119 males from a Canadian university. Both team and individual sport athletes were perceived as being less lazy, more competitive, and healthier than non-participants by both males and females. Interestingly, females perceived male athletes as more promiscuous than non-athletes, which upholds predictions based on previous research indicating (a) athletes have more sexual partners than non-athletes, and (b) females find athletes more desirable as partners than nonparticipants. Surprisingly, only males perceived female team sport athletes as more dependable than non-participants, and both team and individual sport athletes as more ambitious. This raises questions regarding the initial hypothesis that male team athletes would be perceived positively by females because of qualities such as the ability to cooperate, likeability, and the acceptance of responsibilities necessary for group functioning. Future studies should examine similar questions with a larger sample size that encompasses multiple contexts, taking into account the role of the social profile of sport in relation to mate choice and perception. Sport participation and mate characteristics

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“…Indeed, ritualised competitions, such as tennis, can also be thought of as cultural arenas for male intra-sexual competition. Evidence for sporting performance being important in mate choice comes from FAURIE et al (2004), who found that students who competed in sports had greater mating success than those that did not, as measured by self-reported numbers of sexual partners. Also, performance levels of athletes also positively correlated with mating success (FAURIE et al 2004).…”

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“…Evidence for sporting performance being important in mate choice comes from FAURIE et al (2004), who found that students who competed in sports had greater mating success than those that did not, as measured by self-reported numbers of sexual partners. Also, performance levels of athletes also positively correlated with mating success (FAURIE et al 2004). We therefore predicted that performance in cultural displays of tennis among males would be adversely affected by a transition to marriage.…”

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Marriage affects competitive performance in male tennis players

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2007

Journal of Evolutionary Psychology

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Abstract. Cultural displays, such as art and science, are proposed to be used by males to compete for potential mates. As a result, the desire to engage in such behaviours will diminish following marriage. Male competition in sport can be considered a cultural display for potential mates, therefore male sporting performance will be negatively affected by marriage. Here we show that professional male tennis players perform significantly worse in the year after their marriage compared to the year before, whereas there is no such effect for unmarried players of the same age. Therefore the results suggest that following marriage, males experience an evolved psychological mechanism that leads to less motivation to engage in intra-sexual competition. Fluctuating testosterone (T) levels are discussed as providing the underlying biochemical changes necessary for such mechanisms.

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Student athletes claim to have more sexual partners than other students

Cited by 87 publications

References 22 publications

Schizotypy, creativity and mating success in humans

Schizotypy, creativity and mating success in humans

Sport Participation Influences Perceptions of Mate Characteristics

Marriage affects competitive performance in male tennis players

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