Men's Compliance with a Woman's Resistance to Unwanted Sexual Advances

The Use and Acceptance of Sexually Aggressive Tactics in College Men

“…Intimacy level and dating stage also act as influencing factors in how a man reacts to a woman's refusal to engage in sexual intercourse (Quinn, Sanchez-Hucles, Coates & Gillen, 1991). Specifically, data indicated that as the level of previous intimacy increases, the man's use of threats or force and verbal persuasion also increased (Quinn et al, 1991).…”

“…Intimacy level and dating stage also act as influencing factors in how a man reacts to a woman's refusal to engage in sexual intercourse (Quinn, Sanchez-Hucles, Coates & Gillen, 1991). Specifically, data indicated that as the level of previous intimacy increases, the man's use of threats or force and verbal persuasion also increased (Quinn et al, 1991). With regard to dating stages, those men who had been with their partners for longer periods of time and were more romantically involved were more likely to respect the woman's refusals and stop their advances (Quinn et al, 1991).…”

“…Specifically, data indicated that as the level of previous intimacy increases, the man's use of threats or force and verbal persuasion also increased (Quinn et al, 1991). With regard to dating stages, those men who had been with their partners for longer periods of time and were more romantically involved were more likely to respect the woman's refusals and stop their advances (Quinn et al, 1991). Consistent with these findings, Craig et al (1989) found that men in steady dating situations were less willing to engage in verbal coercion, less likely to view having sex as achieving a goal, and reported more guilt over engaging in verbal coercion than men with first/second dates or acquaintances.…”

Priming of Consensual and Nonconsensual Sexual Scripts: An Experimental Test of the Role of Scripts in Rape Attributions

“…The normative script of sexual interactions for many individuals is male-initiated and male-dominant, and often involves the use of persuasion tactics by men to obtain sex (Byers & Wilson, 1985;Muehlenhard, Andrews, & Beal, 1996;Quinn, Sanchez-Hucles, Coates, & Gillen, 1991). In addition, due to the stigma attached to overtly sexual women, women's resistance to sex is at times regarded as token, or not genuine, and women's indirect behaviors are taken as indications of sexual interest (e.g., kissing a man, drinking alcohol, letting a man pay for a date (Abbey, 1982;Frith & Kitzinger, 2001;Kowalski, 1993;Muehlenhard et al, 1996).…”

The relationship of male self-report of rape supportive attitudes, sexual fantasy, social desirability and physiological arousal to sexually coercive stimuli

“…This finding concurs with research that investigated heterosexual relationships and the man's reaction to his date's refusal of unwanted sexual advances. Results of this study indicated that while many men would comply with a date's refusal for sexual activity, a notable percentage would employ coercion to continue advances after a woman refused (Quinn, Sanchez-Hucles, Coates & Gillen, 1991). However, social desirability differences did not hold true for subjective report of arousal.…”