EXTRAMARITAL COITUS: PROPORTION OF TOTAL OUTLET
The proportion of total sexual outlet constituted by extramarital coitus with companions is ordinarily less than one tenth. Indeed, in only four groups did the proportions exceed this in any of the age-periods, and in two of these the percentages are 11 and 12 per cent.
General trends are difficult to discern and it is apparent that various groups responded differently to different factors. For instance, the prison group seems to carry over into marriage some premarital promiscuity and then gradually “settle down” to marital fidelity. On the other hand, the control-group individuals—rather restrained sexually before marriage—seem gradually to depend more and more upon extramarital coitus, the proportion of total outlet rising from 1 per cent in youth to 7 per cent in their fifties. Still others, such as the exhibitionists and the homosexual offenders vs. minors, maintain essentially uniform proportions throughout life. Some fluctuate inexplicably in response to what are probably fortuitous circumstances. Lastly, the incest offenders vs. minors and adults display increased proportions of extramarital orgasm as they reach the years (36-40 and 41-45) when their daughters attain the age required by our definitions.
The proportion of total outlet of married males derived from extramarital coitus with prostitutes is usually trivial; few groups exceed 1 per cent, and none exceed 3 prior to age fifty. Such coitus was quantitatively more important to the prison group and to the exhibitionists than to others. Since we know that exhibitionists prefer to exhibit to strange women rather than to their wives or female friends, this preference may account for a mild predilection for prostitutes (i.e., strangers). Concerning the prison group, one feels that their emphasis on prostitution is simply a by-product of their social milieu and style of life rather than any evidence of social adjustment or emotional status.
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