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Psicothema, Martin Voracek, Maryanne L. The classic experiments by Clark and Hatfield on sex differences in compliance to offers of dates, apartment visits, and casual sex, and the related informal project of Molzer served as the foundation for the present study.
However, whereas individuals in these previous investigations directly approached opposite-sex participants, our research employed surveys to gauge compliance. The sex of the participant did not significantly effect the results.
Relative to the previous work, the compliance rate of males was overestimated, while that of females was underestimated. Common knowledge suggests that males and females react very differently to sexual offers, especially when the individuals making the offer are unfamiliar. These sex differences in compliance to sexual offers have been documented in a classic series of naturalistic experiments conducted by Clark and Hatfield and Clark Although these studies are well-known and are frequently cited see recollections in Clark and Hatfield, , we have been unable to find any documentation of their scientific replication.
Our search produced only one account, a rather happenstance, Β«real-lifeΒ» informal project conducted by an Austrian magazine Molzer, ; see Voracek, Hofhansl and Fisher, Therefore, the goal of the current study was to further investigate sex differences in hypothesized reactions to sexual offers using the scenarios employed in the Clark and Hatfield studies. Using a written survey method, we asked male and female participants to estimate the rate of consent of a typical man or a typical woman to sexual offers.
