They were also asked to rank the woman’s attractiveness, how likely they would be to use a condom, how many other men like themselves would have unprotected sex with her and the odds of her having an STI.
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Still, the researchers themselves speculate there might be serious evolutionary triggers involved – such as men feeling the inner evolutionary need to copulate with women they find more attractive.
Researchers from the University of Southampton and University of Bristol in the United Kingdom asked 51 straight men about all aspects of their sex lives, such as when their first sexual encounter was (on average, 18) and how many sexual partners they’d had (anywhere from 0 to 60, with the average falling at nine). The researchers also asked the men to estimate how likely each woman was to have a sexually transmitted infection (STI).
When a woman is more attractive, a man is less likely to intend to use a condom during sex with her, a new study finds.
With just a few simple questions, researchers were able to show that due to sexual attraction, men are more likely to have unprotected sex, even though they are aware it is the wrong logical choice.
Turns out, the hotter the babe- the more likely men are to ditch the “Trojan” and roll the dice.
How likely is this woman to have an STI?
“How likely is this woman to have an STI?”
But get this-in a 2012 study that focused on how women practice safe sex, the same two explanations for mens’ actions emerged simultaneously, despite their contradictory nature.
Based on the findings, a one-size-fits-all approach may not work to educate men about condom use, the researchers wrote. A larger, more diverse group of men may result in different findings.
If men believed there was a high chance for a woman to have at least one STI, this fact did not make the woman in any way less attractive. Or, perhaps, it is a mixture of both motivations. In addition, the study focused on whether or not men meant to use a condom during sexual intercourse, but not if they actually did use a condom.
The study sought to better understand the relationship between perceived attractiveness and condom use intentions in a heterosexual male population between ages 18-69. The researchers were building off of previous studies suggesting that the more attractive someone is, the more likely he or she is to be perceived as “healthy”.
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A report published in the UPI News said, “Men shown pictures of women said they were less likely to wear a condom the more attractive they found a woman, regardless of how they perceive the risk of acquiring a disease because of the lack of protection, researchers at the University of Bristol and University of Southampton found in a recent survey”. Naturally, this study has its limitations.
