The impact of culture and gender on sexual motives: Differences between Chinese and North Americans

Tang, Nu; Bensman, Lisamarie; Hatfield, Elaine

doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.12.013

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“…45–46), prioritizing individual autonomy and self-expression in relationships (Yeung & Hu, 2016) and seeking a high-quality sex life (Zhang & Beck, 1999). Moreover, Chinese people are willing to please a partner and maintain a relationship by having sex, and when engaging in sex, both Chinese and American young people reported that they hope to please their partner and maintain their relationship (Tang et al, 2012).…”

Section: Implicit Theoriesmentioning

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Sexual destiny and growth beliefs, yuan beliefs, approach sexual motives, and sexual communication in Chinese heterosexual adults

Wu¹,

Zheng

2021

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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The current research examined the relationships between sexual implicit (destiny and growth) beliefs and yuan beliefs. This research also examined the association between sexual implicit beliefs and sexual communication satisfaction through the mediating role of sexual communal motives and motivation to express emotional value for a partner during sex. Results showed that sexual destiny and growth beliefs were positively related to yuan beliefs. Sexual destiny and growth beliefs were also associated with sexual communication satisfaction through the mediating effects of sexual communal motives and the motivation to express emotional value for a partner during sex. Specifically, high levels of sexual destiny and growth beliefs were associated with high levels of motivation to fulfill a partner’s sexual needs and high levels of inclination to emphasize/express emotional value for a partner during sex; these were also associated with high levels of sexual communication satisfaction. The findings suggest that sexual implicit beliefs may overlap with yuan beliefs, and sexual implicit beliefs and approach sexual motives are important for sexual communication in romantic relationships.

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Section: Implicit Theoriesmentioning

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Sexual destiny and growth beliefs, yuan beliefs, approach sexual motives, and sexual communication in Chinese heterosexual adults

Wu¹,

Zheng

2021

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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“…By college, many American students have engaged in sexual intercourse while few Chinese students have done so (Feigenbaum, Weinstein, & Rosen, 1995;Li et al, 2006;Tang et al, 2012). (2) Chinese couples tend to start dating when they are much older and are less likely to develop sexual relationships with their dates than are their American counterparts.…”

Section: Differences In Sexuality Between America and Chinamentioning

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Culture and Sexual Self-Disclosure in Intimate Relationships

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Sexual self-disclosure is one of the most intimate forms of self-disclosure. Yet, there is surprisingly little research on this topic compared to the voluminous research that exists on self-disclosure (in general). This is particularly surprising since sexual self-disclosure has been found to be correlated with sexual and marital satisfaction (Byers & Demmons, 2010). Conversations about sex have also been found to be critical in preventing HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, expressing sexual consent, and sexual desires and satisfaction (Faulkner & Lannutti, 2010). Nor have scholars investigated the impact of culture on people's willingness to engage in sexual self-disclosure. In this paper, we will review current theorizing as to the extent to which culture and gender might be expected to influence young people's willingness to sexually self-disclose, and suggest possible directions that future research might take.

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“…Cultures differ markedly in what are considered to be "appropriate" reasons for seeking out (or abstaining from) sexual activities (see Francoeur, 1999Francoeur, -2002Hatfield & Rapson, 2005;Jankowiak, 1995, andTang et al, 2012, for a summary of this research). The Silwa, in Aswan, Egypt, for example, disapproved of young men and women even talking about sex, much less engaging in it (Ammar, 1954).…”

Section: Cultural Perspectivesmentioning

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A Brief History of Attempts to Measure Sexual Motives

Hatfield

Luckhurst

Rapson

2012

IJPR

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Artists, creative writers, and musicians have long been interested in the complex motives that spark passionate love, sexual desire, and sexual behavior. Recently, scholars from a variety of disciplines have begun to investigate two questions: "Why do men and women choose to engage in sexual liaisons?" "Why do they avoid such encounters?" Theories abound. Many theorists have complained that there exists a paucity of scales designed to measure the plethora of motives that prompt people to seek out or to avoid sexual activities. In fact, this observation is incorrect. Many such scales of documented reliability and validity do exist. The reason that few scholars are familiar with these scales is that they were developed by psychometricians from a variety of disciplines and are scattered about in an assortment of journals, college libraries, and researchers' desk drawers, thus making them difficult to identify and locate. This paper will attempt to provide a compendium of all known sexual motives scales, hoping that this will encourage scholars to take a multidisciplinary approach in developing typologies of sexual motives and/or in conducting their own research into the nature of sexual motives.

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The impact of culture and gender on sexual motives: Differences between Chinese and North Americans

Cited by 26 publications

References 38 publications

Sexual destiny and growth beliefs, yuan beliefs, approach sexual motives, and sexual communication in Chinese heterosexual adults

Sexual destiny and growth beliefs, yuan beliefs, approach sexual motives, and sexual communication in Chinese heterosexual adults

Culture and Sexual Self-Disclosure in Intimate Relationships

A Brief History of Attempts to Measure Sexual Motives

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