Reactions to First Postpubertal Female Same-Sex Sexual Experience in the Kinsey Sample: A Comparison of Minors with Peers, Minors with Adults, and Adults with Adults

Background Behavioural and other aspects of sexuality are not always consistent. This study describes the prevalence and overlap of same-sex and other-sex attraction and experience and of different sexual identities in Australia. Methods: Computer-assisted telephone interviews were completed by a representative sample of 20 094 men and women aged 16–69 years recruited by landline and mobile phone random-digit dialling with a response rate (participation rate among eligible people) of 66.2%. Respondents were asked about their sexual identity (‘Do you think of yourself as’ heterosexual/straight, homosexual/gay, bisexual, etc.) and the sex of people with whom they had ever had sexual contact and to whom they had felt sexually attracted. Results: Men and women had different patterns of sexual identity. Although the majority of people identified as heterosexual (97% men, 96% women), women were more likely than men to identify as bisexual. Women were less likely than men to report exclusively other-sex or same-sex attraction and experience; 9% of men and 19% of women had some history of same-sex attraction and/or experience. Sexual attraction and experience did not necessarily correspond. Homosexual/gay identity was more common among men with tertiary education and living in cities and less common among men with blue-collar jobs. Many gay men (53%) and lesbians (76%) had some experience with an other-sex partner. More women identified as lesbian or bisexual than in 2001–02. Similarly, more women reported same-sex experience and same-sex attraction. Conclusion: In Australia, men are more likely than women to report exclusive same-sex attraction and experience, although women are more likely than men to report any non-heterosexual identity, experience and attraction. Whether this is a feature of the plasticity of female sexuality or due to lesser stigma than for men is unknown.

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A Cross-Sectional Evaluation of Cigarette Smoking in the Brazilian Youth Population

Frontiers in Public Health ◽

10.3389/fpubh.2021.614592 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

Author(s):

Emerson Silveira Brito ◽

Marina Bessel ◽

Thayane Dornelles ◽

Flávia Moreno ◽

Gerson Pereira ◽

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Keyword(s):

Elementary Education ◽

Cigarette Smoking ◽

Tobacco Use ◽

Skin Color ◽

Sexual Experience ◽

Education Level ◽

Same Sex ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Social Transformations ◽

Youth Population

Introduction: The transition from adolescence to adulthood involves a variety of physical, behavioral, and social transformations, often including tobacco use. Because understanding smoking at this stage is important for tobacco control, we aimed to analyze the prevalence of cigarette smoking in the Brazilian youth population.Methods: This study included participants aged 16–25 years from all Brazilian capitals. A standardized questionnaire was administered by trained healthcare professionals to collect information about sociodemographic status, sexual behavior, and tobacco use. The samples from each capital were weighted by age range and sex.Results: Of the 8,581 participants, 15.1% were current smokers, and 20.0% were former smokers; the average age at first tobacco use was 15.5 years. The prevalence of smoking in men was higher than that in women (20.1 vs. 10.3%, p < 0.01). Education level was associated with current smoking and former smoking. Participants with an elementary education level had a higher smoking prevalence (PR: 5.84, 95%, CI: 4.29–7.95) than those with a secondary education (PR: 2.19, 95% CI: 1.63–2.93) and those with higher education. Those without current partners (PR: 1.27, 95% CI: 1.03–1.56) also had a higher prevalence of smoking than those with partners, and participants who had a previous same-sex sexual experience smoked more (PR: 2.29, 95% CI: 1.78–2.96) than those who did not. In addition, regular use of alcohol was associated with higher prevalence of cigarette smoking (PR: 5.65, 95% CI: 4.03–7.90) than a lack of alcohol consumption. Skin color and socioeconomic class did not exhibit significant relationships with tobacco use patterns.Conclusions: Smoking was associated with education level regardless of social class, and some specific behaviors associated with a same-sex sexual experience were associated with a higher prevalence of smoking. These findings are important for formulating policies and directing actions to combat and prevent smoking among young populations.

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A Decade of Stability and Change: Review of U.S. Adolescents' Sexual Behavior and Contraceptive Use 2006-2017

10.31235/osf.io/rb2he ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Laura Lindberg ◽

Lauren Firestein ◽

Cynthia Beavin

Keyword(s):

Sexual Behavior ◽

Sexual Behaviors ◽

Contraceptive Use ◽

Sexual Experience ◽

Adolescent Females ◽

Same Sex ◽

Stability And Change ◽

Changes Over Time ◽

Over Time ◽

Sex Partner

This study examines changes over time, and demographic differentials, in the prevalence of select sexual behaviors and contraceptive use measures in a national sample of US adolescents. We used data on female and male adolescents aged 15-19 from the 2006-2010 (N=4,662), 2011-2015 (N=4,134), and 2015-2017 (N=1,810) National Survey of Family Growth. Logistic regression was used to identify differences between periods by gender, and for some measures by age, in sexual behaviors (penile-vaginal intercourse (PVI), oral or anal sex with an opposite-sex partner, sexual experience with a same-sex partner), contraceptive use and condom consistency. We estimated probabilities of age at first PVI with Kaplan-Meier failure analysis and tested for changes over time and differences by gender. Over half of all adolescents have engaged in at least one of the sexual behaviors measured. Between 2011-2015 and 2015-2017, males age 15-17 reported significant declines in all but same-sex partners, while the prevalence of sexual behaviors among older males and adolescent females overall remained generally stable. In each period, females were more likely than males to report a same-sex partner. Age of first PVI increased, but by age 17 the difference between time periods is minimal. Adolescent females report increases in the use at last sex of long-acting reversible contraceptive methods (3% to 18%) and multiple methods (27% to 41%). The condom use measures did not change over time. These findings identify components of both stability and change in adolescent sexual and contraceptive behavior in the last decade. Implications This analysis contributes a timely update on trends in adolescent sexual behavior and contraceptive use, showing that adolescents’ behaviors are complex and evolving. Sexual health information and services must be available so that young people have the resources to make healthy and responsible choices for themselves and their partners.

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Virginity beliefs in lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals experiencing same- and different-sex “first” times

The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality ◽

10.3138/cjhs.2021-0029 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Coady Babin ◽

Terry Humphreys

Keyword(s):

Sexual Experience ◽

Qualitative Interviews ◽

Future Research ◽

Sexual Experiences ◽

Same Sex ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Significant Drop ◽

First Sex ◽

The Gift ◽

And Bisexual

The purpose of the current study was to explore first sex experiences in lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals (LGB) using the Virginity Beliefs Framework ( Carpenter, 2001 ; Humphreys, 2013 ; Eriksson & Humphreys, 2014 ). The specific focus was on LGB individuals who have had both a sexual experience with a member of a different sex and a member of the same sex. This phenomenon is what the current study is defining as second virginity loss. Participants consisted of 275 self-identified LGB individuals; the sample was approximately half women (57%) between the ages of 18 and 56. Further, six semi-structured interviews were conducted to gain a clearer understanding of LGB individuals first sex experiences. Two primary research questions were proposed: (1) how do the virginity belief frames map onto the two “first” sexual experiences of LGB individuals? and (2) are there differences in the virginity belief frames between the two “first” times? Results found that LGB individuals hold stronger process beliefs than gift or stigma beliefs for both of their “first” times. The qualitative interviews suggested that the process of understanding virginity was enmeshed with a larger exploration, and eventual validation, of sexual identity. There was also a significant drop in the strength of some of the gift, process, and stigma beliefs from different-sex experience to same-sex experience for many in the gay and bisexual samples, but not in the lesbian sample. The current study is the first to explore the phenomenon of second virginity loss in LGB individuals and could be used as a foundation for future research on LGB first sexual experiences.

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The Relationship Between Same‐Sex Sexual Experience, Sexual Distress, and Female Sexual Dysfunction

Journal of Sexual Medicine ◽

10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02538.x ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 198-206 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Andrea Burri ◽

Qazi Rahman ◽

Pekka Santtila ◽

Patrick Jern ◽

Timothy Spector ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sexual Dysfunction ◽

Female Sexual Dysfunction ◽

Sexual Experience ◽

Same Sex ◽

Sexual Distress ◽

The Relationship

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Precarious Sexuality: How Men and Women Are Differentially Categorized for Similar Sexual Behavior

American Sociological Review ◽

10.1177/0003122418759544 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 83 (2) ◽

pp. 305-330 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Trenton D. Mize ◽

Bianca Manago

Keyword(s):

Sexual Behavior ◽

Sexual Orientation ◽

Sexual Experience ◽

Sexual History ◽

Heterosexual Men ◽

Sexual Encounter ◽

Same Sex ◽

Heterosexual Woman ◽

Men And Women ◽

Survey Experiments

Are men and women categorized differently for similar sexual behavior? Building on theories of gender, sexuality, and status, we introduce the concept of precarious sexuality to suggest that men’s—but not women’s—heterosexuality is an especially privileged identity that is easily lost. We test our hypotheses in a series of survey experiments describing a person who has a sexual experience conflicting with their sexual history. We find that a single same-sex sexual encounter leads an observer to question a heterosexual man’s sexual orientation to a greater extent than that of a heterosexual woman in a similar situation. We also find that a different-sex sexual encounter is more likely to change others’ perceptions of a lesbian woman’s sexual orientation—compared to perceptions of a gay man’s sexual orientation. In two conceptual replications, we vary the level of intimacy of the sexual encounter and find consistent evidence for our idea of precarious sexuality for heterosexual men. We close with a general discussion of how status beliefs influence categorization processes and with suggestions for extending our theoretical propositions to other categories beyond those of sexual orientation.

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