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SEX and the City may have it wrong. According to new research, men still find one-night stands far more gratifying than women do.

A quarter of a century after author Erica Jong wrote candidly about women's desire for brief and anonymous sexual encounters, a new study has found almost half of the women surveyed had negative feelings after a one-night stand.

Anne Campbell from Durham University in Britain, surveyed 1743 men and women in an online interview about their feelings the morning after a one-night sexual encounter.

The results, published in the June issue of the journal Human Nature, suggest that the daughters of the sexual revolution still feel somewhat ambivalent about fleeting sexual affairs, The Australian reports.

Professor Campbell found that while 80 per cent of men had positive overall feelings about their experiences after a one-night stand, only 54 per cent of women surveyed felt the same way.

Men were more likely than women to want to brag to friends about the "notch on their belt", and they reported having a greater sense of confidence and wellbeing after the event, Professor Campbell said.
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Women, on the other hand, were far more likely to report feeling "used" or disappointed with themselves the morning after.

Professor Campbell found that women generally found the experience less sexually satisfying than men, and many of the women surveyed still said they were concerned the one-night affair would do damage to their reputation.

But the women surveyed did not seem to view taking part in casual sex as a prelude to a long-term relationship.

The results of the study suggest many women have not adapted to fleeting sexual encounters the way popular programs such as Sex and the City would have you think.

Jo Joseph, a 28-year-old marketing co-ordinator from North Ryde in Sydney's northwest, said shows like Sex and the City portrayed one-night stands as a sign of sexual liberation, which was not always true for many women.