Resumen de Do men overperceive women's sexual interest?
Carin Perilloux, Robert Kurzban
Substantial evidence comparing men�s perceptions of women�s sexual intentions with women�s own reports of their sexual intentions has shown a systematic pattern of results that has been interpreted as support for the idea that men overestimate women�s true sexual intentions. However, because women�s true sexual intentions cannot be directly measured, an alternative interpretation of the existing data is that women understate their sexual intentions and that men�s assessments of women�s intentions are generally accurate. In three studies, we (a) replicated the typical sex difference in sexual-intent ratings, (b) showed that men maintain their ratings of women�s sexual intentions even when incentivized to tell the truth, and (c) showed that women believe that other women are understating their sexual intentions in self-report measures. Taken together, these results imply that men might be accurate in perceiving and reporting women�s sexual intentions and that men might be managing errors through biased behavior rather than biased beliefs.
