caa a22 4500 606231897 CHVBK 20210128101223.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10508-014-0408-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10508-014-0408-x The Costs and Benefits of Perceived Sexual Agency for Men and Women [Elektronische Daten] [Janell Fetterolf, Diana Sanchez] Women are less likely than men to engage in sexually agentic behavior (e.g., initiating sexual encounters), despite the benefits associated with sexual agency (Kiefer & Sanchez, 2007). Two studies examined possible explanations, related to person perception, for gender differences in sexually agentic behavior. In Study 1, participants viewed the dating profiles of targets who were either high or low on sexual agency and rated sexually agentic targets as more desirable but also riskier sexual partners (i.e., having more previous sexual partners), as well as more selfish partners overall. Participants believed the agentic female targets to be the most desirable but also to have the highest number of previous sexual partners. In Study 2, female participants weighed the importance and consequences of sexual agency differently than male participants. Based on the two studies, we suggest that although men and women are judged similarly for sexual agency, women may refrain from sexual agency because they view the traits and characteristics that are perceived to go hand in hand with sexual agency more negatively. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014 Sexual agency nationallicence Sexual assertiveness nationallicence Gender differences nationallicence Sexual behavior nationallicence Sexual norms nationallicence Fetterolf Janell Department of Psychology Tillett Hall, Rutgers University, 53 Avenue E, 08854, Piscataway, NJ, USA aut Sanchez Diana Department of Psychology Tillett Hall, Rutgers University, 53 Avenue E, 08854, Piscataway, NJ, USA aut Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/4(2015-05-01), 961-970 0004-0002 44:4<961 2015 44 10508 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0408-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0408-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fetterolf Janell Department of Psychology Tillett Hall, Rutgers University, 53 Avenue E, 08854, Piscataway, NJ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sanchez Diana Department of Psychology Tillett Hall, Rutgers University, 53 Avenue E, 08854, Piscataway, NJ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/4(2015-05-01), 961-970 0004-0002 44:4<961 2015 44 10508