{"id":273,"date":"2018-05-28T12:55:42","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T10:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/lepa\/?p=273"},"modified":"2018-05-28T12:55:42","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T10:55:42","slug":"age-limits-mens-and-womens-youngest-and-oldest-considered-and-actual-sex-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/lepa\/2018\/05\/28\/age-limits-mens-and-womens-youngest-and-oldest-considered-and-actual-sex-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"Age Limits: Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Youngest and Oldest Considered and Actual Sex Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #999999\">January 2017<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4>Jan Antfolk<\/h4>\n<p>hereas women of all ages prefer slightly older sexual partners, men\u2014regardless of their age\u2014have a preference for women in their 20s. Earlier research has suggested that this difference between the sexes\u2019 age preferences is resolved according to women\u2019s preferences. This research has not, however, sufficiently considered that the age range of considered partners might change over the life span. Here we investigated the age limits (youngest and oldest) of considered and actual sex partners in a population-based sample of 2,655 adults (aged 18-50 years). Over the investigated age span, women reported a narrower age range than men and women tended to prefer slightly older men. We also show that men\u2019s age range widens as they get older: While they continue to consider sex with young women, men also consider sex with women their own age or older. Contrary to earlier suggestions, men\u2019s sexual activity thus reflects also their own age range, although their potential interest in younger women is not likely converted into sexual activity. Compared to homosexual men, bisexual and heterosexual men were more unlikely to convert young preferences into actual behavior, supporting female-choice theory.<\/p>\n<p>Find the article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/313102236_Age_Limits_Men%27s_and_Women%27s_Youngest_and_Oldest_Considered_and_Actual_Sex_Partners\">ResearchGate<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 2017 Jan Antfolk hereas women of all ages prefer slightly older sexual partners, men\u2014regardless of their age\u2014have a preference for women in their 20s. Earlier research has suggested that this difference between the sexes\u2019 age preferences is resolved according to women\u2019s preferences. This research has not, however, sufficiently considered that the age range of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":406,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/lepa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/lepa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/lepa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/lepa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/406"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/lepa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/lepa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/lepa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions\/274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/lepa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/lepa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/lepa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}