sociosexual
- adjective
- /ˌsoʊsiəʊˈsɛkʃuəl/
- Formal
- In modern society, sociosexual attitudes can influence how individuals form relationships and express affection.
- sociosexual orientation
- sociosexual orientation inventory
Examples
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I could go on for the rest of this post, but Dogwoman's argument boils down to this: the West's current sociosexual configuration reflects the laws of nature; beta males are supposed to get screwed over in nature; therefore, they deserve to get screwed over by our society.
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People is a good book for general social skills, but it just doesn't sufficiently cover sociosexual dynamics, particularly gender-specific behavior and preferences.
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The sociosexual dynamics were all different.
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I mean the sociosexual mores have really shifted.
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Whereas, yes, this sort of sociosexual elements of a woman's nature are hidden, much more open to manipulation.
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It seems to me if if you are looking to be successful sociosexually, winning at Fortnite is not the most direct route to go down.
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In this way, love and the "sociosexual" gender relations in which this plays out are just as touched by socioeconomic reality as one's income, job, and whatever other indicators are used to determine such weighty topics as class and economics in our present world.
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Sociosexual Orientation Inventory (SOI; Simpson & Gangestad, 1991).
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All participants completed the sexuality measures (DSFI, Sexual Experiences Inventory, Sociosexual Orientation Inventory) first, followed by the Emotional and Physical Abuse Questionnaire and the Sexual Abuse Questionnaire.
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Unrestricted sexual behavior was scored by summing two behavior items from the Sociosexual Orientation Inventory (Simpson and Gangestad, 1991): "With how many different partners have you had sex in the past year?" and "total number of one-night stands" plus four.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sociosexual combines socio-, the same root as social meaning 'with others', and sexual, from sex meaning 'sex'. So sociosexual describes when social life and sexual life meet, for example attitudes or behaviours between people.