From an evolutionary perspective, the perception and interpretation of sexual advances depend on sex-specific mechanisms, individual differences in the perceivers’ mating strategies, and the actor’s attractiveness. In two studies ( N = 1516), participants evaluated hypothetical situations of sexual advances from a coworker varying in attractiveness (study 1) and physical appearance or status (study 2). In both studies, men perceived sexual advances as less negative than women, especially when the advances arise from a (physically) attractive actor. Furthermore, the higher the sociosexual orientation of the participants, the less harmful these sexual advances are perceived. Finally, the same behavior from an attractive or physically attractive actor is perceived as less harmful than from an unattractive actor. Results are discussed from an evolutionary perspective on the perception of sexual advances.

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压迫还是机会？性策略与性进步知觉

从进化的角度来看，性进步的感知和解释取决于性别特定的机制，知觉者交配策略的个体差异以及演员的吸引力。在两项研究中（N = 1516），参与者评估了同事吸引力或研究对象（表1）和外表或状态（研究表2）不同时性进步的假想情况。在这两项研究中，男性都认为性进步比女性差得多，特别是当这种进步来自（身体上）有吸引力的演员时。此外，参与者的社会性取向越高，这些性行为的危害就越小。最后，与没有吸引力的演员相比，有吸引力的或身体上有吸引力的演员的相同行为被认为危害较小。