Sexual semantics: The meanings of sex, virginity, and abstinence for university students

Barnett, Michael D.; Fleck, Lyndsey K.; Marsden, Arthur D.; Martin, Kelly J.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2016.11.008

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“…Old virgin is a common stigma for single women (Wang & Abbott, 2013). Virginity refers to sexual intercourse activities (Barnett et al, 2017) and is related to the biological function of sex: procreation. On the other hand, productivity seems to be the determinant of stigmatization of single men.…”

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The Single’s Struggle: Discovering Involuntary Singleness in Indonesia Through Gender and Religious Perspectives

Himawan

2020

The Family Journal

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Singleness emerges as a theme in studies on contemporary relationships across societies, including in Indonesia. While in most Western societies, singleness reflects an individual’s personal preference, marriage is viewed as cultural imperative in Indonesia, and being single is often held involuntarily by most never-married adults. This study outlines the reasons of why Indonesian individuals remain involuntarily single. The interviews of 40 never-married adults aged 27–52 years ( M age = 33.14; SD = 4.04) revealed that gender and religious differences regarding marriage expectation are central themes in understanding involuntary singleness. The study particularly revealed four gender-specific reasons for why individuals remained involuntarily single: obtaining a career, having an incompatible marriage expectation, having dependent family members, and having temporal perspectives of singleness. Two themes emerged regarding the religious perspective of singleness: religious interpretations about singleness and religion-related coping ways of being involuntarily single. The themes suggest that marriage is not a mere personal fulfillment as cultural and religious values determine individuals’ marriage feasibility. While offering a new perspective of involuntary singleness from non-Western perspective, the results inform strategies to cope with unwanted singleness, particularly in the marriage- and religion-preoccupied societies.

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confidence: 99%

The Single’s Struggle: Discovering Involuntary Singleness in Indonesia Through Gender and Religious Perspectives

Himawan

2020

The Family Journal

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“…Sexual abstinence remaja merupakan suatu sikap untuk menghindari semua hubungan badan (sexual intercourse) yang dilakukan secara sengaja untuk mengendalikan hasrat seksual remaja (Barnett M, 2017). Pada masa remaja, remaja akan mengalami perubahan fisik, psikologi dan sosial.…”

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Hubungan Pengetahuan, Sikap Dan Self Efficacy Dengan Sexual Abstinence Pada Remaja

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Kusumaningrum²

2022

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Remaja lebih rentan terhadap perilaku seksual berisiko, sehingga penting untuk memikirkan cara peningkatan rasa kemampuan diri untuk tidak melakukan perilaku seks pranikah. Pantang seksual dapat dipengaruhi oleh pengetahuan, sikap, dan self-efficacy seseorang tentang perilaku seksual pranikah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis hubungan antara pengetahuan, sikap dan self-efficacy dengan sexual abstinence pada remaja. Metode: Jenis penelitian ini adalah observasional analitik dengan pendekatan cros-sectional. Penelitian ini dilakukan pada satu SMP di Surakarta dengan sampel 117 siswa kelas 8 dan 9. Pengambilan sampel secara proportional random sampling. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan platform survey online. Hasil: Analisis data dengan uji Fisher's Exact Test dengan hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tidak ada hubungan antara pengetahuan (p-value = 0,327), sikap (p-value = 0,166) dan ada hubungan antara self-efficacy (p-value = 0,001) dengan sexual abstinence. Simpulan: Diperlukan informasi tentang bagaimana bernegosiasi atau menolak ketika ada ajakan untuk melakukan perilaku seksual berisiko.

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“…In sum, people’s experiences of both internal and external sexual consent can depend on the type of sexual behavior they are engaging in. Research to date has only examined sexual consent as it relates to a handful of sexual behaviors—primarily those that fit within general conceptualizations of having had “sex” ( Barnett et al, 2017 ; Sanders et al., 2010 ). However, people are much more diverse in their sexuality ( Herbenick et al, 2017 ).…”

Section: Sexual Consentmentioning

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Sexual Consent Across Diverse Behaviors and Contexts: Gender Differences and Nonconsensual Sexual Experiences

Willis

Smith

2021

J Interpers Violence

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Sexual consent refers to people’s internal willingness to engage in sexual activity with another person—as well as their external communication of that willingness. Internal and external sexual consent can vary by type of sexual behavior; however, previous research on sexual consent has primarily only assessed “typical” sexual behaviors such as genital touching, oral sex, and vaginal–penile sex without providing further context or acknowledging people’s sexual diversity. Therefore, we provided an initial account of people’s sexual consent—and lack thereof—for a broader array of sexual behaviors and contexts in which they occur. Using an online cross-sectional survey of participants in the United Kingdom and the United States ( N = 658, 50.5% women), we examined event-level internal and external sexual consent for 20 sexual behaviors or contexts. Women reported significantly lower levels of sexual consent feelings than men for 12 of the 20 sexual behaviors and lower levels of active consent communication for 7 of them. Almost a third of participants (31.0%) had experienced at least one of the listed sexual behaviors against their will. Of those, participants on average reported nonconsensual experiences with 3.1 of the 20 types of sexual behavior listed, ranging from 1 to 11. More women reported at least one nonconsensual experience with one of the sexual behaviors assessed compared with men (47.9% versus 22.3%, respectively). We discussed several behavior-specific findings regarding sexual consent and the lack thereof. We also made recommendations for initiatives aimed at promoting healthy sexual consent practices: embrace sexual diversity, emphasize sexual agency, and encourage active consent communication.

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Sexual semantics: The meanings of sex, virginity, and abstinence for university students

Cited by 21 publications

References 22 publications

The Single’s Struggle: Discovering Involuntary Singleness in Indonesia Through Gender and Religious Perspectives

The Single’s Struggle: Discovering Involuntary Singleness in Indonesia Through Gender and Religious Perspectives

Hubungan Pengetahuan, Sikap Dan Self Efficacy Dengan Sexual Abstinence Pada Remaja

Sexual Consent Across Diverse Behaviors and Contexts: Gender Differences and Nonconsensual Sexual Experiences

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