Gender differences in affective reactions to first coitus

Guggino, Julie M.; Ponzetti, James J.

doi:10.1006/jado.1996.0076

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“…Girls in the U.S. often describe first vaginal sex as something that Bjust happened ( Tolman 2002, p. 2; see also Mitchell and Wellings 1998), implying a passive role in which female sexual desire and pleasure were, at most, peripheral. Likewise, in U.S. samples of adolescents and young adults, men report greater desire for first vaginal sex than women (Michels et al 2005), and men are more likely to report pleasure from first vaginal sex (Guggino and Ponzetti 1997;Sprecher et al 1995). In contrast, young women report greater emotional discomfort than men, including guilt (Guggino and Ponzetti 1997;Sprecher et al 1995).…”

Section: Compliant Casual Sex and First Partnered Sexmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Likewise, in U.S. samples of adolescents and young adults, men report greater desire for first vaginal sex than women (Michels et al 2005), and men are more likely to report pleasure from first vaginal sex (Guggino and Ponzetti 1997;Sprecher et al 1995). In contrast, young women report greater emotional discomfort than men, including guilt (Guggino and Ponzetti 1997;Sprecher et al 1995). Yet despite relative gender differences in desire or pleasure, young women often report some degree of desire and pleasure associated with first vaginal sex (Tanner et al 2010), and young men often report performance anxiety (Michels et al 2005;Sprecher et al 1995).…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Sexual desire involves Bbeing in the mood^due to sexual interest (Peterson and Muehlenhard 2007, p .78). Pleasure includes positive feelings of satisfaction, love, and romance, whereas emotional discomfort includes feelings of sadness, embarrassment, guilt, and tension (Guggino and Ponzetti 1997). Both male and female adolescents whose first partnered experiences involved high personal desire and pleasure and low discomfort may perceive such feelings as necessary in future sexual interactions.…”

Section: Compliant Casual Sex and First Partnered Sexmentioning

confidence: 99%

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(Hetero)sexual Compliance with Unwanted Casual Sex: Associations with Feelings about First Sex and Sexual Self-Perceptions

Katz

Schneider

2015

Sex Roles

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Sexual compliance involves willing consent to unwanted sex. The current study examined experiences and correlates of compliant sex with casual partners. Guided by sexual script theory, feelings about first partnered sex and sexual self-perceptions were identified as possible correlates of compliance. Potential moderating effects of gender also were explored. Sexually active heterosexual undergraduates (N=258) in the northeastern U.S. responded to self-report measures of desire, pleasure, and emotional discomfort associated with first partnered sex, sexual self-awareness, sexual refusal efficacy, and compliance with vaginal and oral sex. About a third of the sample reported complying with casual sex at least once. Overall, very few participants who complied with a casual partner also complied with a committed partner. More women than men complied with giving oral sex to a casual partner; there were no gender differences in compliance with either vaginal sex or receiving oral sex. Emotional discomfort with first partnered sex was positively associated with compliant casual sex only among women. Although women reported less desire and pleasure associated with first partnered sex than men, neither desire nor pleasure from first sex were associated with casual compliance for either gender. Refusal efficacy was negatively associated with compliant casual sex for both women and men. The implications of these findings for future research and educating college students about compliance and its correlates are discussed.

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Section: Compliant Casual Sex and First Partnered Sexmentioning

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Section: Compliant Casual Sex and First Partnered Sexmentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Compliant Casual Sex and First Partnered Sexmentioning

confidence: 99%

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(Hetero)sexual Compliance with Unwanted Casual Sex: Associations with Feelings about First Sex and Sexual Self-Perceptions

Katz

Schneider

2015

Sex Roles

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“…It may be that sexually active adolescents are more likely to think a female who has had vaginal intercourse is still a virgin after having vaginal intercourse but a male is not given previous research indicating that males are more likely to achieve orgasm at first intercourse than females. 7,8 In terms of abstinence, the results from logistic regressions indicated that most of the significant differences occurred with respect to respondents' sexual experience and age. As with virginity, sexually-experienced youth were more likely to say that an individual was still abstinent; however, these differences were confined to genital touching and oral sex, whereas they extended to vaginal intercourse and anal intercourse when assessing virginity.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Defining Virginity and Abstinence: Adolescents’ Interpretations of Sexual Behaviors

Bersamin

Fisher

Walker

et al. 2007

Journal of Adolescent Health

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Purpose-The current study examined adolescent conceptualizations of virginity and abstinence and whether differences in adolescent definitions of these terms differed by age, gender, ethnicity, and sexual experience.Methods-A series of logistic regressions were conducted to examine whether gender, age, ethnicity and sexual experience predicted whether adolescents believed that an individual was still a virgin or abstinent after engaging in genital touching, oral sex, vaginal intercourse, or anal sex.Results-Findings indicated that loss of virginity was linked primarily with vaginal and anal intercourse. While greater proportion of adolescents attributed a loss of abstinence to lower genital touching and oral sex behaviors as well, significant variability emerged in how abstinent behavior was defined. Sexual experience was the strongest predictor of how adolescents defined virginity and abstinence.Conclusions-Significant differences exist in youths' definitions of abstinence and virginity. This suggests that additional attention is needed to ensure a common understanding of these terms in order to achieve successful sexual education and prevention programs. KeywordsAdolescence; virginity; abstinence In light of the increased attention given to virginity pledges and abstinence programs aimed at delaying adolescent vaginal intercourse, understanding adolescents' conceptualizations of sexual behavior has become increasingly important. Do adolescents who pledge to remain a virgin believe that behaviors other than vaginal intercourse are acceptable and outside the scope of their pledges? Does abstinence include touching a partner's genitals and/or participating in oral sex? It is unknown whether adolescents may be engaging in non-coital sexual behaviors such as oral sex more frequently than vaginal intercourse because they believe they will remain virgins, or alternatively, because they believe they are engaging in abstinent behavior. The current study is a first step at understanding adolescent sexual behavior by assessing how adolescents define a range of sexual behaviors in terms of virginity and abstinence.Previous studies addressing conceptualizations of virginity and abstinence have been conducted primarily among young adults. 1,2 For example, one study asked college students to indicate whether each of 11 different sexual behaviors would be considered "having sex" if it was the most intimate behavior one engaged in with a partner. The items included deep kissing, oral (mouth) contact with breasts or nipples, and penile-anal intercourse. The results indicate that few college students considered deep kissing as sex (2%) whereas almost all considered penile-vaginal intercourse as having sex (99.5%). Interestingly, 60% did not think that oral-genital contact constitutes having sex whereas 81% believed that penile-anal intercourse does count as having sex. 1 Males were more likely than females to indicate that less risky sexual behaviors (e.g., genital touching) counted as having sex, although there were few...

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“…Although our sample size was larger than were those of previous studies, we nonetheless derived our data entirely from college students, a population relied on too heavily in studies of affective sexual experiences among young people. 37,39,42,48,53 Young people who do not attend college are likely to vary in significant ways from university students, and such social privilege differences are likely to influence sexual experiences and well-being. We encourage researchers conducting future studies of sexual satisfaction to explore whether similar findings would emerge from more representative samples.…”

Section: Limitationsmentioning

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Sexual Satisfaction and Sexual Health Among University Students in the United States

Higgins¹,

Mullinax²,

Davidson³

et al. 2011

Am J Public Health

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Gender differences in affective reactions to first coitus

Cited by 56 publications

References 17 publications

(Hetero)sexual Compliance with Unwanted Casual Sex: Associations with Feelings about First Sex and Sexual Self-Perceptions

(Hetero)sexual Compliance with Unwanted Casual Sex: Associations with Feelings about First Sex and Sexual Self-Perceptions

Defining Virginity and Abstinence: Adolescents’ Interpretations of Sexual Behaviors

Sexual Satisfaction and Sexual Health Among University Students in the United States

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