Men are genetically programmed to seek multiple sexual partners more than women
Evolutionary psychology and sexual strategies theory support the premise that men evolved a greater inclination toward short-term mating and partner novelty due to differential parental investment.
The claim is a specific, testable hypothesis grounded in evolutionary psychology and sexual strategies theory. Multiple retrieved papers support the theoretical framework and empirical findings that men exhibit a greater tendency toward short-term mating strategies and a preference for partner novelty compared to women, driven by lower obligatory parental investment. No papers refute the claim.
D M Buss, D P Schmitt. Sexual strategies theory: an evolutionary perspective on human mating.. 1993. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295x.100.2.204
Sexual strategies theory posits that men and women evolved distinct psychological mechanisms and preferences for short-term and long-term mating contexts.
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Heather Morton, Boris B Gorzalka. Role of Partner Novelty in Sexual Functioning: A Review.. 2015. https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623X.2014.958788
Evidence suggests that sexual desire and arousal increase in response to partner novelty, an effect that tends to be more pronounced in men.
A Troisi. Sexual disorders in the context of Darwinian psychiatry.. 2003. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12834022/
Parental investment theory predicts that men are more prone to a promiscuous mating strategy while women are more discriminative.
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