Exploring Heterosexual Adults’ Endorsement of the Sexual Double Standard among Initiators of Consensually Nonmonogamous Relationship Behaviors

Thompson, Ashley E.; Hart, Jocelyn; Stefaniak, Sarah; Harvey, Carissa A.

doi:10.1007/s11199-017-0866-4

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“…Previous studies have shown a more negative assessment toward men (vs. women) when they expressed assertive sexual behavior [37]. In contrast, the manifestation of sexual initiative has been more favorably evaluated in women than in men [38]. These results may, at least in part, be determined by current media pressure and due to the emerging awareness against men's gender violence toward women.…”

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Invariance of the Sexual Double Standard Scale: A Cross-Cultural Study

Sánchez-Fuentes

Moyano

Berrocal

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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The Sexual Double Standard (SDS) is an instrument used to judge sexual behavior, in which men are usually granted greater sexual freedom, while the same sexual behavior is condemned in women. Culture can be a relevant variable for the SDS. Therefore, we have examined the measurement invariance of the Sexual Double Standard Scale (SDSS) across the Spanish and Colombian populations, comparing this phenomenon by country and gender. The scale comprises two factors: sexual freedom and sexual shyness. The sample consisted of 1832 heterosexual adults (46.3% men, 53.7% women), 54.3% of whom were Spanish and 45.7% Colombian. Strong invariance was found. The reliability values were good for country and gender. Men and women from both countries supported greater freedom for themselves compared to the other gender. Furthermore, Spanish women, unlike their Colombian counterparts, supported greater sexual shyness for men. Thus, what some authors have labeled as a "reverse sexual double standard" seems to emerge.

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Section: Emergence Of a Reverse Form Of The Sexual Double Standardmentioning

confidence: 92%

Invariance of the Sexual Double Standard Scale: A Cross-Cultural Study

Sánchez-Fuentes

Moyano

Berrocal

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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“…As a result of the empowerment of women and their growing concern about, and awareness of, sexual violence, woman-favorable SDS has emerged (Kettrey, 2016;Milhausen & Herold, 2002), which is the opposite to man-favorable SDS. Indeed woman-favorable SDS defends more sexual freedom for women than for men (Álvarez-Muelas et al, 2019;Papp et al, 2015;Sakaluk & Milhausen 2012;Sánchez-Fuentes et al, 2020;Thompson et al, 2018). To date, studies have not yet examined either the prevalence of this SDS typology or its relation with sexual health (e.g., with sexual aggression/ victimization).…”

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Typologies of Sexual Double Standard Adherence in Spanish Population

Álvarez-Muelas

Berrocal

Sierra

2020

The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

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Sexual double standard (SDS) involves evaluating the same sexual behaviors in men and women using different criteria. The support for man-favorable SDS is related to sexual aggression and sexual victimization. Yet to date, studies have not examined the prevalence of SDS adherence. This study aims to identify the prevalence per gender and age of the Spanish population who adheres to the SDS typologies (man-favorable, woman-favorable, egalitarian, ambivalent) by considering sexual freedom and sexual shyness areas. A sample of 2,002 Spanish heterosexual adults (50% men, 50% women), distributed into four age groups (18-25, 26-35, 36-55 and over 55 years old), answered the Sexual Double Standard Scale. The results showed differences in the prevalence of SDS typologies by gender and age. By gender, a higher prevalence of the man-favorable typology was observed in men and a higher prevalence of the egalitarian typology and the woman-favorable typology was observed in women. By age groups, significant differences in man-favorable and womanfavorable typologies were found in both men and women. Based on the evidence of four adherence to SDS typologies, it is recommended studying the relation of these typologies with sexual aggression/victimization to design more efficient programs for prevention and intervention of sexual violence.

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“…This application of the normalization thesis to sexual practice is significant because it provides a conceptual account of shifting norms of sexuality that recognizes the increasing prevalence and growing acceptance of some sexual practices (such as non-marital and same-sex sexual activity) while also accounting for the structural limitations of these changes and the continuation of harmful sexual practices (e.g., Jamieson, 1999; Thompson et al, 2018; Webster et al, 2018), as the normalization thesis has previously provided for changes in attitudes and practices surrounding recreational drug use. That is, while liberalization is a persuasive explanation for some social trends, it does not account for some of the substantive critiques regarding the limits of positive social trends in other aspects of sexual life (e.g., Jackson & Scott, 2004; van Hoof, 2016)—an issue the normalization thesis has accounted for in relation to problematic drug use.…”

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“…Evidence remains limited regarding how consensual behaviors such as BDSM are perceived by the general public or, indeed, the extent to which they are engaged in by the general public (Wignall, in press). A further limit to sexual liberalization is the continued perpetration of sexual violence (Webster et al, 2018) and the persistence of sexual double standards, where women are stigmatized for engaging in casual sex while men are praised (Thompson et al, 2018). Thus, even as consent becomes increasingly central to moral norms of sexuality in Western societies, there remain significant issues with how it is discussed (Wignall, Stirling, & Scoats, 2020) and areas where it is not practiced which point to the limits of liberalization.…”

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The Normalization of Leisure Sex and Recreational Drugs: Exploring Associations Between Polydrug Use and Sexual Practices by English Festival-Goers

McCormack

Measham

Wignall

2021

Contemporary Drug Problems

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The relationship between drug use and sexual practice is complex. Significant focus has been placed on risky practices, yet the broader associations between drug use and sexual activities remain elusive outside such contexts. This is despite similar trends of liberalizing attitudes and practices being identified in each area, theorized as the normalization of recreational drug use and the liberalization of consensual sexual practice. In this article, we draw on convenience sample surveys of 966 festival-goers at an English music festival in 2016 and 2019 to assess prevalence of polydrug use and to examine whether people who consume illicit drugs are more likely to engage in sexual behaviors considered more liberal than the traditional norm. We show that people who reported polydrug use in the last 12 months were significantly more likely to engage in non-traditional sexual behaviors, including sex with a friend and anal sex, in that same time period. In combining and comparing two usually distinct discourses, this exploratory study suggests that the normalization of drugs and the liberalization of consensual sexual practices are related and can be conceptualized as part of a broader societal acceptance and cultural accommodation of illicit drug use and particular sexual practices as leisure activities, despite markedly different policy and legal contexts for each activity. We conclude that the concept of “normalization” may be more appropriate to understanding changes in sexuality than “liberalization” in the context of “leisure sex” and call for further cross-disciplinary research on drugs and sex using this approach.

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Exploring Heterosexual Adults’ Endorsement of the Sexual Double Standard among Initiators of Consensually Nonmonogamous Relationship Behaviors

Cited by 26 publications

References 49 publications

Invariance of the Sexual Double Standard Scale: A Cross-Cultural Study

Invariance of the Sexual Double Standard Scale: A Cross-Cultural Study

Typologies of Sexual Double Standard Adherence in Spanish Population

The Normalization of Leisure Sex and Recreational Drugs: Exploring Associations Between Polydrug Use and Sexual Practices by English Festival-Goers

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