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Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology. Volume 6, Number 1. 2009. 26 1998a 1998b Setting Adequacy Standards: How Governments Define Minimum Incomes. (Bristol: The Policy Press) "Preface," in Hermione Parker, Low Cost but Acceptable: A Minimum Income Standard for the UK: Families with Young Children. (Bristol: The Policy Press): xiii-xiv 2000 "Horses for discourses: poverty, purpose and closure in minimum income standards policy," in David Gordon and Peter Townsend (eds.), Breadline Europe: The Measurement of Poverty. (Bristol: The Policy Press) Walker, R. 1987 “Consensual approaches to the definition of poverty: Towards an alternative methodology.” Journal of Social Policy 16 (2)
Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology. Volume 6, Number 1. 2009. 27 Men’s Exploration of Multiple Sexual Partners: Economic vs. Psychosocial Explanation Shyamal Kumar Das • , Ashraf Esmail •• , and Lisa Eargle ••• Abstract: This paper examines factors influencing the number of female sexual partners for heterosexual men. Men’s pursuit of multiple female sex partners can be measured two ways: the frequency of purchasing sexual services from prostitutes and the maintenance of sexual relationships with multiple women within a short span of time. Factors influencing the number of sexual partners include male differences in resource attainment, conservative versus progressive views about sexual behavior, and beliefs in stereotypes about “expected” behaviors for women. Findings show that (1) male resource attainment positively influences the men’s preference for multiple partners, despite promoting progressive views about sexual behavior and less acceptance of female stereotypes, and (2) conservative sexual views and acceptance of female stereotypes have only indirect effects on men’s preference for multiple partners. The present paper addresses certain factors that determine why some heterosexual men have more female sexual partners than others. Men’s exploration of multiple female sex partners can be measured by their frequency of buying sex services from prostitutes and keeping sexual relationships with multiple women within a short span of time. The paper argues that men’s differential resource attainment, their conservatism or progressivism about sexual behavior in general, and their belief system in regard to stereotypes or myths pertaining certain “expected” behaviors for women may result in some men’s preference for temporary relationships to conventional ones, which ultimately makes differences among men in exploring multiple female sexual partners. In so doing, the paper shows pathways among aforementioned socialpsychological factors. The Social Exchange Theory tells us that sex is a resource for women when men want it, and thus men’s having multiple partners for sex is a mere social exchange (Baumeister and Tice 2001). This perspective does not clearly convey, however, why the demand side of the exchange system has put some men in a more advantageous position than others; that is, to explore more sexual partners from the pool of women in society. Therefore, even when there are demands on men’s side, the question remains: why do some men prefer and explore more temporary sexual relationships while others do not To answer this question, at least partially, we argue that both • Department of Sociology, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina •• Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Southern University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana ••• Department of Sociology, Francis Marion University, Florence, South Carolina
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