Cultural Suppression of Female Sexuality

Baumeister, Roy F.; Twenge, Jean M.

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“…Our data also add context to a growing body of literature documenting the importance of men's emotional connection to their sexual partners 13,14 and women's experiences of sexual desire and sexual pleasure. 41 Pertinent to the latter, we found that all motivations exerted a stronger influence on partnered behavior for women as compared to men, particularly in terms of a woman's wanting to have sex or perceiving that her partner wanted to have sex. These findings parallel recent qualitative work demonstrating the variance of gendered sexual scripts in relationship and individual contexts.…”

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Daily diary study of adult men’s and women’s event-level sexual motivations and sexual behaviour

Hensel

Harezlak

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Sex. Health

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IntroductionAs they move from adolescence into emerging and early adulthood, men and women continue to be at elevated risk for the adverse outcomes associated with sexual activity. 1 Traditional public health prevention approaches to this risk typically focus on changing an individual's behaviors (e.g. reducing sexual activity or consistent condom and contraceptive use). 2 A significant limitation of this focus, however, is that it obscures how the context of a given romantic/sexual relationship precedes and organizes the decisions people make about sex. 3,4 Many public health agencies now recognize that advancing sexual health requires greater attention to the partnership factors that are associated with STI risk and protection behaviors. [3][4][5] Part of this attention includes examination of how personal-and partner-specific affect motivates individuals to choose, exclude and/or combine specific behaviors as part of their sexual repertoire. 9,10 Background Gender Differences in Sexual MotivationsOver the past two decades, literature has documented a wide range different factors men and women cite as motivations for sexual activity. Some of these studies support gender differences in these motivations, suggesting that physical desirability, sexual pleasure or power, such as feeling "horny," wanting physical release or stress relief, are cited by more men as reasons to have sex, whereas the perceived emotional benefits of sex, such as psychological closeness, bonding, intensify commitment, love or affection, factor more prominently for women. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Other work has found gender similarities in sexual motivations for sex, with many young and adult men report enjoying close emotional ties to sexual partners, 13,14 and many women pursuing specific sexual activities in response to sexual desire specific sexual activities 15,16 Additionally, in a sample of young and emerging adults, 17 both men and women endorse satisfying sexual desires as a primary reason, and feeling in love with a boy/girlfriend as secondary reason, to have sex. 17 Emotional motivations for sex are similarly reported by both men and women. 6,18 Linking Sexual Motivations to Sexual BehaviorsLess is known about how specific sexual motivations link to specific sexual behaviors. In general, studies show that having sex for pleasure is typically associated with more penetrative sexual behaviors, such as men's receiving oral sex, or participating in vaginal or anal sex, whereas endorsing love, intimacy or other emotional reasons for sex is associated with lighter behaviors, such as kissing, genital touching, massage or a woman's receiving oral sex. [18][19][20] Other research has suggested that having sex for intimacy reasons may also be associated with more frequent sex. 18,21,22 Gender differences may exist in these patterns. For example, in a sample of college students, women reporting higher levels of emotional motives, including love and commitment, during sexual interactions involving only oral sex only, or during sexual inter...

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Daily diary study of adult men’s and women’s event-level sexual motivations and sexual behaviour

Hensel

Harezlak

et al. 2017

Sex. Health

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“…Este aspecto es importante ya que existe un debate entre investigadores sobre si la doble moral tiene su origen en las actitudes de los varones o de las mujeres. Desde el enfoque que defiende que las mujeres tienen mayor adhesión a la doble moral se afirma que éstas tendrían mayor poder sobre la relación, pero lo utilizarían para evitar la actividad sexual (Baumeister y Twenge, 2002). Prueba de ello, es que las mujeres, con alta adhesión a la doble moral, con mayor frecuencia se mantienen abstinentes sexualmente y son más reacias a hablar de aspectos relacionados con la sexualidad (Jackson y Cram, 2003;Leftkowitz, Boone y Shearer, 2004).…”

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Construcción de un índice de riesgo para la infección por el VIH y su relación con la doble moral y el poder diádico en adolescentes

2013

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Resumen: El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la relación entre el poder sobre la relación de pareja y la doble moral, y su influencia en la predicción del riesgo de infección de VIH en adolescentes colombianos. La muestra fue de 599 adolescentes (entre 12 y 18 años), de ambos sexos, estudiantes de secundaria de colegios públicos y privados. Para construir el índice de riesgo se utilizaron las siguientes variables (preguntando siempre sobre el período de los últimos 12 meses): Uso consistente del preservativo, núme-ro de parejas sexuales, tener relaciones sexuales bajo los efectos de alguna droga, haber utilizado la píldora del día después, e iniciativa en el uso del preservativo. Los predictores fueron el poder en la relación de pareja y la doble moral. Se obtuvo que las mujeres tienen un mayor poder en sus relaciones de pareja y menor adhesión a la doble moral. La baja adherencia a la doble moral se relacionó con un mayor poder en la relación y éste predijo un menor riesgo de infección por VIH (la doble moral no se relacionó directamente con riesgo de infección de VIH). En varones la adherencia a la doble moral predice un mayor riesgo de infección. Palabras clave: Relaciones de poder en la pareja; doble moral; VIH; adolescentes.Title: Construction of a risk index of HIV infection and its relation to double morale and dyadic power in adolescents Abstract:The current study aimed to analyze the link between power over couple relationship and double morale, and its influence on the prevention of HIV infection risk in Colombian adolescents. The sample was composed of 599 adolescents, males and females aged between 12 and 18 studying in public or private schools. In order to construct the risk index the following variables were used: Consistent condom use, Number of sexual partners, having sexual intercourse under the effects of some drug, Having used the morning-after pill and Self-initiative in condom use. Predictors were power over couple relationship and double morale. Results indicated that women had more power in their couple relationships and lower adherence to double morale. Low adherence to double morale was related to more power in the relationship, which predicted less risk of HIV infection. Double morale was not directly associated with risk of HIV infection. In men, adherence to double morale predicted an enhanced risk of infection. Key words: Power relationships in couple; double morale; adolescents. IntroducciónUn gran número de estudios sobre el uso consistente del preservativo en adolescentes concluyen que las mujeres informan de un menor uso del mismo Fagan y McDonell, 2010;Gayet, Juárez, Pedrosa y Magis, 2003;Gurman y Borzekowski, 2004; Teva, Bermúdez y BuelaCasal, 2009). Una posible explicación a este hecho es que las mujeres tienen menor poder en sus relaciones de pareja (Fernández-Esquer, Atkinson, Diamond, Useche y Mendiola, 2004;Harvey, Beckman, Browner, y Sherman, 2002). A su vez, este bajo poder en las relaciones se explica por el hecho de que, en sociedades patriarcales, se espera que ...

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“…On the other hand, the need of belongingness can just be meeting in pleasant or satisfactory relationships. Baumeister and Twenge [3] also claim that, belongingness positively affects the health and well-being. Physical and psychological problems are commonly seen in the case of unsatisfied need of belongingness.…”

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“…Baumeister and Twenge [3] suggest that need to belong is a very powerful motive which leads people to have social attachments and to form and maintain enduring interpersonal relationships. Having a long-term intimate relationship generally produces positive emotions.…”

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Cultural Suppression of Female Sexuality

Cited by 287 publications

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Daily diary study of adult men’s and women’s event-level sexual motivations and sexual behaviour

Daily diary study of adult men’s and women’s event-level sexual motivations and sexual behaviour

Construcción de un índice de riesgo para la infección por el VIH y su relación con la doble moral y el poder diádico en adolescentes

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