Publications by authors named "Jim Crowther"

Psychology research on men studies, attractiveness, and partner preferences has evolved from the influence of sociobiological perspectives to the role of interactions in shaping election toward sexual-affective relationships and desire toward different kinds of masculinities. However, there is a scientific gap in how language and communicative acts among women influence the kind of partner they feel attracted to and in the reproduction of relationship double standards, like the myth of the "warrior's rest" where female attractiveness to "bad boys" is encouraged or supported. Some women imitate "the warrior" behavior of men by choosing dominant traditional masculinities (DTM) to have "fun" with and oppressed traditional masculinities (OTM) for "rest" after the "fun" with DTM-choosing an OTM for a stable relationship, but perhaps without passion, while also feeling attraction toward DTM, a response which perpetuates the chauvinist double standard that the feminist movement has condemned when men behave in this sexist way.

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