Why do women have sex? (David Buss & Cindy Meston at CASW 2009)

Many of us think we know the answer to that one. Three obvious guesses might be: For pleasure, because theyre in love, or to have children. And we might think of a few more if we worked at it. David Buss and Cindy Meston asked 1,500 women why they had sex, and they came up with a list of 237 different reasons. The research covers sexual attraction, orgasm and pleasure, love and bonding, and such things as sexual competition among women, and effects on social status and reputation.

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• sex
• women
• orgasm
• attraction
• pleasure
• love
• procreation
• evolutionary psychology
• David M. Buss
• Cindy Meston
• UT
• University of Texas
• Austin
• CASW
• NASW

[sylviabombs15]

buss is a boss

if u want to understand human behaviour, study evolutionary psychology

[Defectoboy]

Is it just me, or does the video skip every once in a while?

[pwerplnblak]

@sylviabombs15 evolutionary psych does not have all the answers about human behavior. interesting? yes. all the answers? no. Check out the book Sex at Dawn, blows a lot of preconceptions about human sexuality out of the water.

[darkanj3l]

@coldkittn whats the book/article called?

[blueoctavo]

@Defectoboy .. i think the audio drop-outs begin about 25:00 but get corrected circa 32:00

[coldkittn]

I've read the book they coauthored. It's a very good and easy read. I highly suggest everyone to read it.

[Esoparagon]

All the possible answers for men = Because it's the most enjoyable and pleasurable experience in life and I want to feel the bliss that sex provides.

[Gutsyndicate]

do they had sex, when they were doing research?

[kingrotty]

I'm going to send this one to all my freinds, its really eye opening. I hope more people see it.