Numerous potential methodological flaws of the study are indicated that may have produced this contradictory data, such as women trying to appear socially desirable in their responses see or that participants were too acculturated.
JP and MH designed the analysis with suggestions from MM and AJS.
Another view is that sexual desire is neither a social construction nor a biological drive.
Although both men and women can err in their self-perceived mate value, research shows that men are more likely than women to be overconfident in a variety of domains.
Archives of Sexual Behavior.
According to , it is an existential need based on the sense of incompleteness that arises from the experience of being gendered.