Gender differences in receptivity to sexual offers
 

Clark & Hatfield (1978)

How do men and women react to different opening lines (propositions) from strangers?

Experimental field study

Large midwestern college campus


Propositions

?I?ve been noticing you around campus.
I find you to be very attractive...

Would you go out with me tonight??

Would you come over to my dorm tonight??

Would you go to bed with me tonight??



Results

?Would you go out
with me tonight??

Women: 50% Yes

Men: 60% Yes



Results

?Would you come over to
my dorm tonight??

Women: 5% Yes

Men: 70% Yes



Results

?Would you go to bed
with me tonight??

Women: 0% Yes

Men: 70% Yes

interesting specs

so men are easy... what didnt we already know?

The 0% success rate on directly asking for sex. Saves the trouble of having to test it out yourself :winkwink:

Usually choice 3 is followed by the proverbial slap!

Matt

lol nothing new there

That was 1978, a lot has changed since the days of bellbottoms and butterly collars.

Life and the world are much different today.

Other questions:

1) How attractive was the guy asking?
2) How attrative were the girls being asked?

Vice versa as well.

They repeated the study in '89, with different people, and got very similar results. Sorry, I'm afraid you really have to change that opening line after all :winkwink:

try a campus at night around 2am at a frat party. of course no girl will say yes just walking to class