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    Sex Differences in Misperceptions of Sexual Interest Can Be Explained by Sociosexual Orientation and Men Projecting Their Own Interest Onto Women

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    Lee, AJ; Sidari, MJ; Murphy, SC; Sherlock, JM; Zietsch, BP
    Date
    2020-01-23
    Source Title
    Psychological Science
    Publisher
    SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Murphy, Sean
    Affiliation
    Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
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    Lee, A. J., Sidari, M. J., Murphy, S. C., Sherlock, J. M. & Zietsch, B. P. (2020). Sex Differences in Misperceptions of Sexual Interest Can Be Explained by Sociosexual Orientation and Men Projecting Their Own Interest Onto Women. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 31 (2), pp.184-192. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797619900315.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/254025
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    10.1177/0956797619900315
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    http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/30312/1/Misperception%20Full%20Manuscript%20R3.pdf
    Abstract
    Sex differences in misperceptions of sexual interest have been well documented; however, it is unclear whether this cognitive bias could be explained by other factors. In the current study, 1,226 participants (586 men, 640 women) participated in a speed-dating task in which they rated their sexual interest in each other as well as the sexual interest they perceived from their partners. Consistent with previous findings, results showed that men tended to overperceive sexual interest from their partners, whereas women tended to underperceive sexual interest. However, this sex difference became negligible when we considered potential mediators, such as the raters’ sociosexual orientation and raters’ tendency to project their own levels of sexual interest onto their partners. These findings challenge the popular notion that sex differences in misperceptions of sexual interest have evolved as a specialized adaptation to different selection pressures in men and women.

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