Men more than women frame sex as a power contest

Evidence

Finally, I would also point out the difference in opinion on item 8. While my female students basically rejected the “power” analysis of sexual relations, men were more likely to see sex as a matter of “who controls whom.” — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 2496

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The original sexual contest need not have resolved in man’s favor — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 58; The erotic struggle is a game for man but destiny for woman — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 398; Women fuse male sexual vigor and social success into one myth of sovereignty — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1760