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== Sex and sexuality differences == {{Sex differences}} {{Update|section|reason=Most sources here are from the 1990s, please demonstrate what the view is in recent secondary scientific sources|date=September 2023}} Men have been found to have a greater interest in [[Casual sex|uncommitted sex]] compared to women.<ref>Buss, D. M., & Shmitt, D. P. (1993). "Sexual strategies theory: A contextual evolutionary analysis of human mating". ''Psychological Review'': 100, 204β232.</ref> Some research shows this interest to be more sociological than biological.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Conley | first1 = T. D. | year = 2011 | title = Perceived proposer personality characteristics and gender differences in acceptance of casual sex offers | journal = Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | volume = 100 | issue = 2| pages = 309β329| doi=10.1037/a0022152 | pmid=21171789}}</ref> Men have a greater interest in visual sexual stimuli than women. However,<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Ellis | first1 = B.J. | last2 = Symons | first2 = D. | year = 1990 | title = Sex differences in sexual fantasy: An evolutionary psychological approach | journal = Journal of Sex Research | volume = 27 | issue = 4| pages = 527β555 | doi=10.1080/00224499009551579}}</ref> additional trends have been found with a greater sensitivity to [[Social status|partner status]] in women choosing a [[sexual partner]] and men placing a greater emphasis on [[physical attractiveness]] in a potential mate, as well as a significantly greater tendency toward sexual [[jealousy]] in men and emotional jealousy in women.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Wiederman | first1 = M. W. | last2 = Allgeier | first2 = E. R. | year = 1992 | title = Gender differences in mate selection criteria: Sociobiological or socioeconomic explanation? | journal = Ethology and Sociobiology | volume = 13 | issue = 2| pages = 115β124 | doi=10.1016/0162-3095(92)90021-u}}</ref> Bailey, Gaulin, Agyei, and Gladue (1994) analyzed whether these results varied according to [[sexual orientation]]. In general, they found biological sex played a bigger role in the psychology of sexual attraction than orientation. However, there were some differences between homosexual and heterosexual women and men on these factors. While gay and straight men showed similar psychological interest in casual sex on markers of [[Sociosexual orientation|sociosexuality]], gay men showed a larger number of partners in behaviour expressing this interest (proposed to be due to a difference in opportunity). Self-identified lesbian women showed a significantly greater interest in visual sexual stimuli than heterosexual women and judged partner status to be less important in [[Romance (love)|romantic partnerships]]. Heterosexual men had a significantly greater preference for younger partners than homosexual men.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Bailey | first1 = J.M. | last2 = Gaulin | first2 = S. | last3 = Agyei | first3 = Y. | last4 = Gladue | first4 = B. | year = 1994 | title = Effects of gender and sexual orientation on evolutionarily relevant aspects of human mating psychology | journal = Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | volume = 66 | issue = 6| pages = 1081β1093 | doi=10.1037/0022-3514.66.6.1081 | pmid=8046578}}</ref> People who identify as [[Asexuality|asexual]] may not be sexually attracted to anyone. [[Gray asexuality]] includes those who only experience sexual attraction under certain circumstances; for example, exclusively after an emotional bond has been formed. This tends to vary from person to person.
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