ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on sex differences in sexual evaluations, particularly those created by date initiation. It considers sex differences in attitudes toward casual sex, sexual evaluations following date initiation, and the enactment of intimacy on first dates. The chapter attempts to place these data within a broader explanatory framework-specifically, Burgoon's expectancy violation theory. It considers the issue of sex differences and/or similarities and suggests several directions for future research. As a consequence, Mongeau and Carey asserted that Burgoon's expectancy violation theory provides an interesting theoretical perspective from which to view the first date initiation and enactment process. The primary goal of this chapter is to briefly review EVT and show the relevance theory has for first dates. The woman's role as a high-CRV partner has important implications for the man's evaluation of her first date behavior. From a gender-based perspective, the differences discussed in this chapter reflect cultural expectations of what it means to be masculine and femi-nine.
