Has the Double Standard Disappeared?: An Experimental Test

Sprecher, Susan; McKinney, Kathleen; Orbuch, Terri L.

doi:10.2307/2786887

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“…Only one study reported analyses based on target age; both target age and its interaction with target sex were significant (Sprecher et al, 1987). Seven reported analyses based on relationship stage; of these seven, three reported overall evidence of double standards.…”

Section: Summary and Critique Of Experimental Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, it is unclear that there is social consensus about the meaning of sexuality-laden terms. Researchers may only believe they know what students mean when they respond to targets described as "sexually permissive/restrictive" or relationships described as "steady/casual" (Sprecher et al, 1987).…”

Section: Summary and Critique Of Experimental Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Evidence of double standards exists if women are evaluated differently than men for engaging in comparable levels of sexual activity under the same conditions. Sprecher, McKinney, and Orbuch (1987) had 233 male and 320 female undergraduates (race and ethnicity unidentified) read a questionnaire ostensibly completed by another student. The questionnaire included manipulations for target sex, age at first coitus (16 or 21), and relationship stage at first coitus (a steady dating relationship that had lasted almost a year or a casual one that had lasted one week).…”

Section: Between-subjects Designs: Measures Of Societal Double Standardsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sexual double standards: A review and methodological critique of two decades of research

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2003

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Sexual double standards: A review and methodological critique of two decades of research

Crawford¹,

Popp²

2003

Journal of Sex Research

643

541

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“…Equally unremarkable was our finding that men tended to describe themselves as more promiscuous (or less exclusive) than women did. This was to be expected, given that men are often rewarded for promiscuity in North American culture, whereas women are often punished for similar desires and behaviors-a consequence of the sexual double standard (Sprecher, McKinney, & Orbuch, 1987). …”

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Are Sexual Promiscuity and Relationship Infidelity Linked to Different Personality Traits Across Cultures? Findings from the International Sexuality Description Project

Schmitt¹

2002

Online Readings in Psychology and Culture

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“…Sexual intercourse outside marriage was acceptable for men but not for women according to the old, traditional double standard, whereas sex outside of marriage is somewhat tolerated for both men and women according to a new, conditional double standard [12]. With this in mind, the question is now concerned with the extent of the idea of the double standard followed by young people of today.…”

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Late Adolescents’ Perception of their Peers Who Report a Large Number of Sex Partners

Choi¹,

Yang²,

Youn

2015

PBS

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Abstract:What is the reason for gender discrepancy in reporting lifetime sex partners (SPs) when people are asked for the number of SPs they have had? Based on the idea of the sexual double standard, men might over-report while women might under-report the number of SPs. The purpose of this study was to identify whether this gender discrepancy could be explained by the sexual double standard or not. Late adolescents were asked to report the number of their lifetime SPs and to assess how they perceive sexual behaviors of an imaginary peer who reports a large number of SPs. Data were collected through a one-toone interview sessions (over 90% of the sample). The lifetime number of SPs for men was almost 6 times higher than that for women. Men showed more envious attitudes and assessed the peer's report as less factual when the peer man had more SPs. Women were not willing to accept the man as their prospective partner if he had many SPs. Also, the sexual behavior of the peer woman with many SPs was deemed undesirable by women. The findings imply that men might inflate their reports of the number of lifetime SPs, supporting the old sexual double standard. The findings also imply that women might under-report their lifetime SPs, and seemed to be somewhat ambivalent about the topic of the sexual double standard.

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Has the Double Standard Disappeared?: An Experimental Test

Cited by 85 publications

References 20 publications

Sexual double standards: A review and methodological critique of two decades of research

Sexual double standards: A review and methodological critique of two decades of research

Are Sexual Promiscuity and Relationship Infidelity Linked to Different Personality Traits Across Cultures? Findings from the International Sexuality Description Project

Late Adolescents’ Perception of their Peers Who Report a Large Number of Sex Partners

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