Table : TABLE 4.2 Predict the Responses
Researchers asked samples of U.S. adults whether they agreed or disagreed with the following statements. For each item give your best guess about the percentage who agreed with the statement.
StatementPercentage of males who agreedPercentage of females who agreed
1. If two people really like each other, it’s all right for them to have sex even if they’ve known each other for a very short time.______________
2. I can imagine myself being comfortable and enjoying “casual” sex with different partners.___________
3. Affection was the reason I first had intercourse.____________
4. I think about sex every day, or several times a day._____________
5. Pornography is “morally acceptable.”_________________
Answers: (1) males, 58 percent; females, 34 percent. (2) males, 48 percent; females, 12 percent. (3) males, 25 percent; females, 48 percent. (4) males, 54 percent; females, 19 percent. (5) males, 43 percent; females, 25 percent