Women have more regrets than men over one night stands
By Richard Alleyne
Last Updated: 2:53PM BST 25/06/2008
Women still regret one night stands far more than men, a new study claims.
According to the latest research women have negative feelings after a fling 
and remain unhappy with fleeting sexual encounters.

Researchers said the permissive society sparked during the Sixties was 
supposed to free women to enjoy casual sex just like men but it had failed.

Most women will only embark on a one night stand if they think it will lead 
to a full blown relationship and feel used and ashamed when it goes no 
further.

The findings were part of a project at Durham University led by Professor 
Anne Campbell and published in the June issue of the journal, Human Nature.

According to the survey, eighty per cent of men had overall positive 
feelings about the experience compared to 54 per cent of women.

Men reported feeling greater sexual satisfaction and contentment afterwards, 
as well as a greater sense of well-being and confidence about themselves. 
They were also more likely than women to want their friends to hear about 
it.

Women on the other hand were more likely to feel used and as if they had let 
themselves down.

They were worried about the potential damage to their reputation if their 
friends found out and found the experience less sexually satisfying.

The study concluded women "have not adapted" to meaningless sex because it 
did not suit them at this stage in evolution.

It said men are more likely to reproduce and therefore to benefit from 
numerous short-term partners. For women, however, quality seems to be more 
important than quantity.

Also for women, finding partners of high genetic quality is a stronger 
motivator than sheer number, and it is commonly believed that women are more 
willing to have casual sex when there is a chance of forming a long-term 
relationship.

"In evolutionary terms women bear the brunt of parental care and it has been 
generally thought that it was to their advantage to choose their mate 
carefully and remain faithful to make sure that their mate had no reason to 
believe he was raising another man's child," Prof Campbell said.

A total of 1,743 men and women who had experienced a one-night stand were 
asked to rate both their positive and negative feelings the following 
morning, in an internet survey.

"Avenger"  wrote in message 
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> Women have more regrets than men over one night stands
> By Richard Alleyne
> Last Updated: 2:53PM BST 25/06/2008
> Women still regret one night stands far more than men, a new study claims.
> According to the latest research women have negative feelings after a 
> fling and remain unhappy with fleeting sexual encounters.
>
> Researchers said the permissive society sparked during the Sixties was 
> supposed to free women to enjoy casual sex just like men but it had 
> failed.
>
> Most women will only embark on a one night stand if they think it will 
> lead to a full blown relationship and feel used and ashamed when it goes 
> no further.
>
> The findings were part of a project at Durham University led by Professor 
> Anne Campbell and published in the June issue of the journal, Human 
> Nature.
>
> According to the survey, eighty per cent of men had overall positive 
> feelings about the experience compared to 54 per cent of women.
>
> Men reported feeling greater sexual satisfaction and contentment 
> afterwards, as well as a greater sense of well-being and confidence about 
> themselves. They were also more likely than women to want their friends to 
> hear about it.
>
> Women on the other hand were more likely to feel used and as if they had 
> let themselves down.
>
> They were worried about the potential damage to their reputation if their 
> friends found out and found the experience less sexually satisfying.
>
> The study concluded women "have not adapted" to meaningless sex because it 
> did not suit them at this stage in evolution.
>
> It said men are more likely to reproduce and therefore to benefit from 
> numerous short-term partners. For women, however, quality seems to be more 
> important than quantity.
>
> Also for women, finding partners of high genetic quality is a stronger 
> motivator than sheer number, and it is commonly believed that women are 
> more willing to have casual sex when there is a chance of forming a 
> long-term relationship.
>
> "In evolutionary terms women bear the brunt of parental care and it has 
> been generally thought that it was to their advantage to choose their mate 
> carefully and remain faithful to make sure that their mate had no reason 
> to believe he was raising another man's child," Prof Campbell said.
>
> A total of 1,743 men and women who had experienced a one-night stand were 
> asked to rate both their positive and negative feelings the following 
> morning, in an internet survey.
>
>

Your world-famous researching and logic skills are showing again.

I wonder whether your mental illness affects your agenda or whether
you'd be blind to logic regardless.