Are men likely to lie to appear socially desirable when answering questions about their sexuality and fear of intimacy?

Introduction

Men likely to lie to appear socially desirable when answering questions about their sexuality and fear of intimacy. In this research, men are asked questions regarding their sexual behavior such as fear of intimacy. In this regard, men are used as subjects and their answers are utilized to investigate socially desirable behavior. However, the subjects are likely to lie to appear socially desirable when answering questions (Paulhus & Reid, 2011).

It is not agreeable that the men who respond as expected might be socially desirable. This is because most of the men give responses that would be approved by the society. Most of the responses that they might give might not reflect their true feelings, because they might not have socially desirable behaviours (Paulhus & Reid, 2011).  . Moreover, most of them would answer falsely to avoid being seen as people who suffer from fear of intimacy, which is not a desirable trait in men.

According to Paulhus & Reid (2011), one can consider such a person to be socially desirable. However, it is not appropriate to take this as evidence that a participant may be responding in a socially desirable direction. This is because this procedure does not control the transparency of the subject pool or put into consideration the response differences that may occur.

In conclusion, carrying out this research is likely to bear no results because participants are likely to lie in order to appear socially desirable. This result is expected unlike in situations when personal questions are involved. Notably, every one desires to be socially desirable, and can lie to appear when answering such questions.

References

Paulhus, D. L., & Reid, D. B. (2011). Enhancement and denial in socially desirable responding.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72(2), 307-317.