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Originally Posted by rvedd001  I also looked at gender differences in sexual permissiveness. The results supported a significant difference between men and women on sexual permissiveness, indicating that men are more permissive than women. This is much like what past reseach has found with other populations.
In addition, sexual permissiveness was significantly, positively correlated with commitment, r=.22, p<.01, such that low sexual permissiveness scores, which suggest greater sexual permissiveness, were related to lower reports of commitment to one’s primary relationship. As such, the positive correlation demonstrates that individuals who have elevated permissive attitudes towards the sexual experiences of others, tend to have lower commitment to their primary relationship. |
If I read this right, though, when comparing to the General Societal data we have to take into account that the majority of those "sexually permissive" are also cheating, or more prone to cheating. Cheating includes dishonesty and deception. Swingers are not dishonest with each other about sexual fantasies and who they are having sex with outside their relationship. Therefore, I would state that a comparison of this nature - comparing sexually permissive people in supposedly monogamous relationships to sexually permissive people in open relationships - a an inaccurate conclusion. More would have to be explored in respect to swingers attitudes about marriage and commitment to their primary partner.
Mr. WS