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Sexual Double Standards: People’s Perception of Unintended Pregnancies in Different Commitments to Relationships

Authors
Chengze Li1, *
1Windermere Preparatory School, Windermere, 34786, USA
*Corresponding author. Email: chengze_li2005@outlook.com
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Chengze Li
Available Online 30 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_331How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Sexual double standards; Person perception; Gender; Unintended pregnancy
Abstract

This research proposal aims to investigate people’s endorsement of sexual double standards (SDS) when they perceive unintended pregnancies in different commitments to relationships. 400 male and female heterosexual students (age: 18–22) from Nanjing Vocational University of Industry Technology in China will be recruited for this study. The experiment will adopt a 2 (gender of the target: males and females) × 2 (scenarios of unintended pregnancies: casual relationships and committed relationships) × 4 (evaluation: value, likability, success, intelligence) mixed design. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of the two scenarios. After reading the scenarios, they will rate both the male and female targets using the Modified Evaluation of People’s Scale from Marks and Fraley (2005). The paired samples t-test will be conducted to compare the male and female targets' mean scores in each scenario. To see the impact of relationship types, independent samples t-test will also be used to compare the mean difference scores in casual and committed relationships. We expect that people endorse SDS when the targets are in a casual relationship but not in a committed one. The expected results will support the sexual strategies theory and help promote gender equality in contemporary society.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
30 December 2022
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978-2-494069-89-3
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2352-5398
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10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_331How to use a DOI?
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