Coital Experience and Definition of Masculinity and Femininity by College Students

Kallen, David J.; Moore, De Wayne; Stephenson, Judith J.

doi:10.2466/pr0.1980.47.3f.1307

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“…Little prior research has examined how individuals understand the composition of gender/sex categories, and to what extent those understandings might be heterogeneous. While there is evidence of considerable cross-cultural variation in the meanings attached to gender/sex categories, particularly femininity/masculinity and womanhood/manhood (Jandt & Hundley, 2007; Tan, Shaw, Cheng, & Kim, 2013; Williams & Best, 1990), only a few studies have explored variation within a single cultural context by examining personal definitions of these concepts (Hoffman et al, 2005; Hunter & Davis, 1994; Kallen, Moore, & Stephenson, 1980; Myers & Gonda, 1982). However, these studies all have suggested considerable heterogeneity in personal definitions of gender/sex categories, particularly femininity/masculinity.…”

Section: Individuals’ Definitions Of Gender/sex Categoriesmentioning

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Individual variation in gender/sex category definitions.

Schudson

Beischel

Anders

2019

Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

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Our research investigated variation in how individuals define 6 gender/sex categories (woman, man, feminine, masculine, female, and male). Evidence suggests that, contemporary understandings of gender/ sex are less static and less binary than they have been in the past. However, questions remain about exactly how diverse these understandings are, how that diversity might be reflected in how people define and use gender/sex-related language, and whether understandings of gender/sex are linked to social location, particularly gender/sex or sexual minority/majority status. To further explore how individuals understand gender/sex categories, we administered a brief online survey to a sample diverse by gender/sex and sexual minority/majority status (N ϭ 307) in which participants provided their own definitions of the 6 aforementioned gender/sex terms. We coded participants' definitions for a range of sociocultural and biological content, and for how complex each definition was. We found that participants defined feminine/masculine primarily with sociocultural content, female/male primarily with biological content, and woman/man with intermediate amounts of each, notably contrasting popular perceptions of female/male and woman/man as interchangeable. Cisgender sexual majority individuals included more biological content and less sociocultural content in their definitions of woman/man and female/male than transgender individuals. Cisgender individuals also had less complex definitions of woman/man than transgender individuals. We concluded that contemporary understandings of gender/sex exhibit a degree of heterogeneity that is partially structured by social location via sexuality and gender/sex. Public Significance StatementOur research showed that people define "woman" and "man" using both biological and sociocultural content, but define "feminine" and "masculine" with mostly sociocultural content, and define "female" and "male" using mostly biological content. And, people defined these categories with differing content and levels of complexity depending on their own gender identities and sexual orientations.

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Section: Individuals’ Definitions Of Gender/sex Categoriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Individual variation in gender/sex category definitions.

Schudson

Beischel

Anders

2019

Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

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The need to know: Recalled adolescent sources of sexual and contraceptive information and sexual behavior

Kallen

Stephenson

Doughty

1983

The Journal of Sex Research

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The Relationship of First Intercourse to Later Sexual Functioning Concerns of Adolescents

Koch

1988

Journal of Adolescent Research

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First intercourse is often viewed as a pivotal behavior. The present study was designed to examine the relationship of factors from the first inter course experience to later sexual functioning concerns of adolescents. The sample was composed of college-aged women (N = 412) and men (N = 261) who completed a comprehensive, self-report questionnaire. Chi-square analysis indicated that trends in adolescent sexual behavior identified in the 1960s and 1970s were continuing, if not accelerating, in the 1980s. Gender convergence was found for many aspects of first coitus. An increase in reported sexual functioning concerns of young people was also found. Analysis of covariance indicated that factors representing the affective dimensions of first intercourse (i.e., relation ship with partner, major reason for engaging in coitus, and evaluation of experience) were significantly related to more sexual functioning con cerns than the structural factor of age at first coitus.

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Coital Experience and Definition of Masculinity and Femininity by College Students

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Individual variation in gender/sex category definitions.

Individual variation in gender/sex category definitions.

The need to know: Recalled adolescent sources of sexual and contraceptive information and sexual behavior

The Relationship of First Intercourse to Later Sexual Functioning Concerns of Adolescents

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