Female Sexuality

ATTRACTION, LOVE AND COURTSHIP

Dr. Suzanna Rose

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I. LOVE

A. ATTACHMENT

1. BOWLBY

 

2. TYPES OF ATTACHMENT

• SECURE

 

• ANXIOUS AMBIVALENT

 

• AVOIDANT

B. TYPES OF LOVE

1. FROMM - SELF-ACTUALIZED LOVE

 

2. MASLOW - BEING LOVE (B-LOVE) VS. DEFICIENCY LOVE (D-LOVE)

 

 

3. LEE - LOVESTYLES

• EROS

• MANIA

• LUDUS

• STORGE

• AGAPE

• PRAGMA

 

4. TENNOV -PASSIONATE LOVE/LIMERANCE

 

 

5. RUBIN- LIKING AND LOVING

 

 

6. STERNBERG - COMPONENTS OF LOVE

• INTIMACY

• PASSION

• DECISION/COMMITMENT

 

II. ATTRACTION

A. BERSCHEID & WALSTER-

1. TWO CONDITIONS

• PHYSIOLOGICAL AROUSAL

• SITUATION/CONTEXT - LABEL LOVE

2. EVIDENCE

• LOVE AND ADRENALIN STUDY - SCHACTER & SINGER (1962)

 

 

• FEAR-AROUSING BRIDGE - BERSCHEID & WALSTER

 

 

B. INTERPERSONAL ATTRACTION

1. SIMILARITIES ATTRACT

2. GENDER-BASED CRITERIA FOR HETEROSEXUALS

DATING PARTNER

• MEN

  • PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS

  • GOOD SEX PARTNER

  • MATURE (NOT SMARTER)

• WOMEN

  • ACHIEVEMENT

  • PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS

  • REALISTIC

  • SENSITIVE

• BOTH WOMEN AND MEN

  • SENSE OF HUMOR

  • SIMILAR INTERESTS

  • ENTERTAINING

SPOUSE

• MEN

  • SELF-SUFFICIENT

  • COOKS WELL

• WOMEN

  • INTELLIGENT

  • HANDY AROUND HOUSE

  • GOOD SEX PARTNER

• LESBIANS

  • LIKE HETEROSEXUAL WOMEN

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• GAY MEN

  • LIKE HETEROSEXUAL MEN

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3. PLAYING HARD TO GET

 

4. NONVERBAL COURTSHIP - MOORE

• 200 ADULT WOMEN

• 4 CONTEXTS

• MEASURE: SEXUAL SIGNALS (ROOM ENCOMPASSING GLANCE; SHORT DARTING GLANCE; FIXED GAZE; HEAD TOSS, ETC.)

• NUMBER OF GESTURES IN EACH SETTING/MALE APPROACH

• SINGLES' BAR 706/38

• SNACK BAR 186/4

• LIBRARY 96/4

• WOMEN'S CENTER 47/0

5. LESBIAN COURTSHIP - ROSE & ZAND

• HIGH RELIANCE ON NONVERBAL

 

• FREER TO INITIATE SEX