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May 08, 2007 |
The conclusion of the Sex ID Internet survey conducted by BBC revealed sex differences in people's mental abilities, sexual behavior and physical characteristics.
The extensive BBC research together United Kingdom and American scientists has become a part of TV documentary Secrets of the Sexes. More than 250,000 people irrespective of their sexual orientation from around the world took part in the survey from the initial three months and the overall study took more 2 years.
The results were published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior.
Preferences of the partner
Traits that most people seek in a partner are honesty, intelligence, humor, kindness, attractiveness and communication skills. However, men ranked attractiveness higher that women who put such values as sense of humor, honesty and kindness in the first place.
Sex drive
Woman high libido would be equally attracted towards same and the opposite sex partners. For a man high sex drive means the attraction towards one or another sex only.
Brain
Mental abilities are prone to decline with the age that refers to men to a greater degree than women, which means it's more likely for women's mental functioning stay keener with the age.
Men would also show better results on mental rotation tests, while women are good at word fluency and have better memory on object location.
Homosexual men and lesbian women are likely to have visual spatial abilities that would resemble the opposite sex's abilities: homosexual men like women and lesbian like men's mental skills.
Sexual orientation and control handedness
It was found that there is a certain link between the handedness and sexual orientation. Those who considered themselves bisexual happened to be ambidextrous(having both hands dominating).
