Refer to the Figure

question 13

Multiple Choice

Refer to the figure.
The bar graph shows the percentage of women and men born between 1943 and 1952 who said they had had more than one new sex partner at different life stages. The blue (left-most) bars show data from before marriage. The orange dotted (center) bars show data during marriage, and the purple striped (right-most) bars show data after marriage. Assuming these data reflect the general population, what conclusion can be drawn from this data?

• A) Women are less likely than men to be monogamous throughout their lives.
• B) Both men and women have more sex partners before their first marriage than after their first marriage.
• C) Neither men nor women are virgins when they get married.
• D) Men and women engage in extra-pair sex at the same rate.
• E) More men than women engage in non-monogamous relationships.

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