Washington, Mar 24 (ANI): Penn State
researchers has found that having sex for the first time can
improve or degrade your self-image depending on whether you are
male or female.
On average, college-age males become more satisfied with their
appearance after first intercourse, whereas college-age females
become slightly less satisfied.
"We're not talking about 12-year-old girls having sex, so it's
striking that even among these young women-who are 17 or older when
they first had sex-their images of themselves went down," said Eva
S. Lefkowitz, associate professor of human development and family
studies.
"If on average they're feeling worse about themselves, it says
something about their development of healthy sexuality and healthy
sense of self and being."
Overall the researchers found that women became happier with
their physical appearance from first to fourth year in college, and
men became less satisfied with their appearance over the same time
period.
However, the researchers found the opposite directly after
students had sex for the first time-males were more satisfied with
their appearance and females were less satisfied.
The researchers reported their results in the current issue of
the Journal of Adolescence. (ANI)
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