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"Sex and America" survey reveals surprising opinions

Esquire senior editor Richard Dorment and Cosmo executive editor Leslie Yazel talks about the different responses to a massive survey
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A new survey called "Sex and America" exposes just how differently men and women view sex. Two-thousand people shared their opinions on everything from first-date etiquette to sexual assault. The findings appear in the April issues of both Esquire and Cosmopolitan magazines.

Here are some of the notable findings:

Fifty-two percent of men, compared to 48 percent of women, said under certain circumstances, most men are capable of rape.

"To read that and to see that's how American men are thinking is really shocking," Esquire senior editor Richard Dorment said Wednesday on "CBS This Morning."

Cosmopolitan executive editor Leslie Yazel said that statistic reflects acknowledgement from women that there isn't one archetype of a rapist.

"Because of the headlines we've seen lately women understand that a rapist could be a friend, it could be someone in your social circle, it could be a date," she said Wednesday on "CBS This Morning."

Dorment said men's answers could reflect reactions to recent news.

"Over the past year we've seen too many men behaving very, very badly toward too many women, so I think that may color it as well," Dorment said.

Fifty-nine percent of men, compared to 53 percent of women, believed going home together after the first or second date entails sex later that night.

"There really is this fact that when it comes to sex on the first or second date, there is a lot or agreement," Dorment said.

Of course, that's not always the case. If either partner wants to go home with the other, but doesn't want to haves sex, Dorment said communication is key.

Fifty-one percent of women, compared to 36 percent of men, have sent naked selfies.

"I wasn't that surprised in a relationship because people have long-distance relationships; they're doing it as sort of foreplay like, 'See you later, check me out,'" Yazel said.

When asked to whom they sent that naked selfie, more women responded it was for their partner.

"I was shocked that 26 percent of men send a naked selfie to a crush, so someone they're trying to woo," Yazel said.

What did the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts think about these numbers? Watch the video in the player above.

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