Men's Intentions to Have Sex With a New Partner: Sexual and Emotional Responding, Alcohol, and Condoms

Abstract

Findings regarding the relation between alcohol and intentions to have sex have been mixed, and little research has examined the role of condom availability on intentions to have sex. Sexual and emotional responding may influence subsequent sexual decisions. Thus, a better understanding of sexual and emotional responding combined with situational factors such as condom presence could help explain the discrepancies in findings regarding alcohol’s effect on intentions to have sex. The effects of alcohol and condom presence on men’s intentions to have sex were examined using an experimental paradigm involving an alcohol administration study and a second-person eroticized scenario. The effects of sexual and emotional responding were also examined in relation to intentions to have sex. It was found that alcohol increased positive mood, which was associated with higher intentions to have sex. In addition, condom presence was directly associated with higher intentions to have sex. More sexual desire was related to increased likelihood of sexual intentions. These findings increase understanding of mechanisms underlying the relation between alcohol and intentions to have sex.

Alcohol Use and Sexual Violence among Nursing Students in Catalonia, Spain: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study

“…Alcohol intake is the most important risk factor for non-consensual sexual relations and forced touching [ 17 , 18 ], although its consumption affects men and women differently: in women, the capacity to react to alarm signals is reduced, i.e., protective behavioural strategies are undermined [ 19 ], whereas in men, impulses are disinhibited and aggressiveness increases [ 20 ]. Alcohol also heightens sexual arousal and desire, in turn increasing interest in sex and fostering other risky behaviours [ 21 , 22 , 23 ]. Drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA) is a term used to describe sexual intercourse with someone who is partially or fully incapacitated (and so unable to grant consent) due to the effects of the involuntary consumption of alcohol/drugs [ 24 ].…”