The Effects of Premarital Heterosexual and Homosexual Experience on Dating and Marriage Desirability.

Williams, John D.; Jacoby, Arthur P.

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Publication Date: 1989

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The Effects of Premarital Heterosexual and Homosexual Experience on Dating and Marriage Desirability.

Williams, John D.; Jacoby, Arthur P.

Journal of Marriage and the Family, v51 n2 p489-97 May 1989

Surveyed 365 college students to investigate their attitudes toward the effects of past sexual behavior, both heterosexual and homosexual, on one's acceptability as a dating or marriage partner. Results showed that both men and women prefer partners without previous coital or oral heterosexual experience, and both strongly rejected those with any form of same-sex experience. (TE)

Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Dating (Social), Higher Education, Homosexuality, Interpersonal Relationship, Intimacy, Marriage, Mate Selection, Sexuality, Student Attitudes

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Language: English

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