Article: Preferred level of sexual experience in a date or mate: the merger of two methodologies.

Researchers in the areas of mate selection and interpersonal attraction have conducted numerous empirical investigations in an attempt to delineate the attributes, traits, and characteristics that men and women desire in their romantic partners (e.g., Buss & Barnes, 1986; DeSrochers, 1995; Regan & Berscheid, 1997; Sprecher, 1989; Townsend & Levy, 1990). Such preferences undoubtedly have implications for people's behavior and their relationships with actual and potential mates. For example men and women may actively attempt to initiate relationships with those individuals who possess certain desirable characteristics, and avoid or terminate relationships with individuals ...

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