Policies on Consensual Sexual Activity in State Prisons

2020 ◽  
pp. 088740342092409
Author(s):  
Sarah Gross ◽  
Ben Stickle
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Sexual Activities ◽  
State Prisons ◽  
Prison Systems ◽  
Research And Policy

During times of imprisonment, inmates have limited opportunities to relieve sexual urges. Nearly all sexual behaviors (e.g., coerced, consensual, masturbation) are restricted or outright banned in most prison systems. The restriction on sexual behavior is implemented, in part, to maintain control and limit possible violence. However, the policies set forth by prisons restricting sexual behavior do not remove sexual urges and, by some estimates, between 2% and 60% of inmates engage in consensual sexual activities during incarceration. This study explores 51 Department of Correction (DOC) policies on sexual behavior in prisons and examines how DOCs define and punish consensual sexual activity. Findings indicate that most DOCs have policies, which do not differentiate between consensual and nonconsensual behaviors and allow for the punishment of consensual and nonconsensual sexual activity with the same penalties. These findings are evaluated considering current research, and policy implications are discussed.

scholarly journals The Effects of Morphine Dependence and Detoxification with Methadone and Buprenorphine on Sexual Behavior and Sex Hormones

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Moinaddini ◽  
Tahereh Haghpanah ◽  
Mohsen Abedini Esfahlani ◽  
Maryam Amirinejad ◽  
Seyed Noureddin Nematollahi-Mahani
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Sex Hormones ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Opiate Dependence ◽  
Morphine Dependence ◽  
Sexual Activities ◽  
Ejaculation Latency ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
The Impact

Background: Opiate dependence, a great worldwide obstacle, is regularly treated by detoxification via opioid agonists and antagonist administration. However, different effects and severity of detoxification on the male reproductive system have not been evaluated so far. Objectives: Thus, the present study intended to investigate the impact of morphine dependence and detoxification with methadone and/or buprenorphine on sexual behavior and sex hormones in an animal model of opiate dependence. Materials and Methods: sixty-six adult male mice were randomly allocated into six groups of control (ctl40), morphine-dependent (Mrph40) (which received morphine for 40 days), another control (Ctrl80), morphine-dependent (Mrph80) (which received morphine for 80 days), methadone (Mtdn) detoxified, and buprenorphine (Bprn) detoxified groups (n = 11). Different aspects of sexual activities and Sex hormones were assessed at the end of the treatment period. Data were analyzed by ANOVA test and chi-squared test using SPSS version 16 software for Windows. Results: Testosterone level significantly decreased in all treated groups compared with its level in the Ctl40 group. Detoxification with buprenorphine was reduced following 80 days of treatment, the level of testosterone significantly reduced in all treated groups compared to its level in the Ctrl80 group. The highest and lowest levels of FSH were observed in the Bprn group and in the Mrph40 group, respectively, even lower than that of the Mrph80 and Mtdn groups. Either of the treatments has decreased the level of LH when compared with its level in the controls. Various sexual behaviors were differently disturbed in the treated groups. Duration of sexual activity, Mount frequency, ejaculation latency, and sexual activity duration was higher in the Bprn group than the Mtdn group, but the rate of pregnancy was much higher in the Mtdn group. Conclusions: Either Short or long-term dependence on morphine affects the sex hormones and activities. Following detoxification with methadone and/or buprenorphine, various aspects of sexual behaviors were differently altered, which could alert clinicians in detoxification programs.

scholarly journals Sexual Health in Spanish People with Intellectual Disability: the Impact of the Lockdown due to COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Dolores Gil-Llario ◽  
Irene Díaz-Rodríguez ◽  
Vicente Morell-Mengual ◽  
Beatriz Gil-Juliá ◽  
Rafael Ballester-Arnal
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
The People ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Technological Improvements ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Introduction The lockdown due to COVID-19 affected the sexual health of the people with intellectual disabilities by differentially modifying the frequency and characteristics of people’s sexual activity depending on whether or not they lived with a partner during this period. The aim of this study was to analyze the extent to which the sexual behavior of people with intellectual disabilities (with and without a partner) was affected during the lockdown. Methods The sample consisted of 73 people with intellectual disabilities between 21 and 63 years old (M = 39.63; SD = 10.11). The variables analyzed were the physical, social, and technological environment during the lockdown, sexual appetite, sexual behavior, online sexual activity, and sexual abuse. The data were collected between the months of May and June of 2020. Results The lockdown increased the sexual appetite of a third of the sample (38%), especially the youngest participants. Sexual activity focused on autoeroticism and online behavior, particularly sending nude images of oneself (88%) and viewing pornography (83.6%). Rates of sexual abuse during this period were relatively high (6.8%). Conclusions The sexual activity of people with ID was important during the lockdown, and they had to adapt to the circumstances of isolation in a similar way to the general population. Technological improvements in terms of devices and connection quality at home allowed their sexual behavior to be reoriented, opening the door to new risks for the sexual health of people with ID. Policy Implications Cybersex and the increase in sexual abuse due to confinement are aspects that should be included in programs to improve the sexual health of this group.

Addictive Sexual Behavior

1994 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 1159-1182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne A. Myers
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Attention Deficit Disorder ◽  
Antidepressant Medication ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Regulatory Function ◽  
Sexual Activities

Case material is presented from two patients suffering from addictive sexual behavior. The term addiction is used because of the intense, driven quality of the behavior and because of its mood-elevating effects. Psychodynamically, the patients’ sexual acts helped to undo feelings of rejection at the hands of their mothers and to enhance feelings of lovability and of self-esteem. The behavior also helped to neutralize powerful feelings of rage toward the mother. In one patient, the acts also helped to ease inner turmoil related to an underlying attention deficit disorder. I speculate that some adults with addictive sexual behavior may have underlying attention deficit disorders. In both my patients, the sexual behaviors served the self-regulatory function of alleviating inner feelings of anhedonia and depression. When they decreased their sexual activities during the course of the treatment, they required adjunctive antidepressant medication. The underlying meaning of the medication and countertransference attitudes toward such patients are explored.

scholarly journals A Qualitative Study of Sexual Behavior among Indonesian Married Men with Migrant Worker Wife

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Rifai ◽  
Alfid Tri Afandi ◽  
Kresna Ade Saputra
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Sexual Activities ◽  
Related Risk ◽  
Married Men ◽  
Other Woman

In Indonesian context, a formal sexual activity is legal only for those who are married. Married men which their wife work as migrant worker cannot obtain their sexual need properly.Thiscircumstanceleadsthemtoaccomplishtheirneedinrisksexualbehavior. With a large number of international female labors from Indonesia and inadequately information on the HIV-related risk behavior among married men with migrant worker wife in Indonesia, more research is necessary to better understand in the sexual behaviorcontext.ThisstudyaimstoexplorehowIndonesianmarriedmenwithmigrant worker wife behave for their sexual activities to meet their sexual needs. This study used qualitative semi-structured interviews, exploring participants’ experience of their sexual behavior. Participants are married men and their wife work as migrant worker and assigned for at least six months. Purposive sample techniques used to reach the participant. Data were analyzed using Colaizzi’s phenomenological method. The study emerged three themes: sexual needs completion, safe sexual behavior, and sexual needs management. Peer invitation and sexual desire were the primary reasons to visit female sex workers. Condom use was not continuously applied for every sexual activity. Self-management is needed for individual who consider of not doing sexual activity with other woman instead of his wife.AknowledgeofHIVwasdiscussedwithin the article briefly. The findings suggest that self-management is fundamental role in how MILW performing sexual behavior. HIV-related health education and safe sexual behavior need to be provided for this group.

scholarly journals Adolescent Sexual Behavior Patterns in a British Birth Cohort: A Latent Class Analysis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yin Xu ◽  
Sam Norton ◽  
Qazi Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Latent Class Analysis ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
High Intensity ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Sexual Activities ◽  
Low Intensity ◽  
Adolescent Sexual Behaviors

AbstractThis study examined adolescent sexual behaviors patterns, and the consistency between sexual behavior and sexual orientation, in a prospective birth cohort. We used data on 5150 young people from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Sexual orientation was assessed using a 5-point scale of sexual attraction at 15.5 years. Fourteen sexual activities were assessed using the Adolescent Sexual Activities Index at 13.5 and 15.5 years. Latent class analysis suggested four subgroups of adolescent sexual behaviors at 13.5: a “high-intensity sexual behaviors exclusively with other-sex, no same-sex intimacy” group (3.87%); a “moderate-intensity sexual behaviors exclusively with other-sex, no same-sex intimacy” group (16.57%); a “low-intensity sexual behaviors exclusively with other-sex, no same-sex intimacy” group (34.21%); and a “no sexual behavior” group (45.35%). There were five subgroups at 15.5 where four of them (23.42%, 18.37%, 28.12%, and 24.52%, respectively) were interpreted the same as at 13.5 years and a new “high-intensity sexual behaviors, some same-sex intimacy” subgroup (5.57%). Latent transition analysis showed approximately half the adolescents moved toward greater engagement in higher intensity sexual activities with other-sex at 15.5. Boys and girls who were in groups without same-sex intimacy were predominantly attracted to the other-sex, whereas there were moderate consistencies between same-sex intimacy and same-sex attraction for boys and low consistency for girls. Findings suggest that it may be important to include low-intensity sexual behaviors when assigning adolescents to sexual orientation groupings (via sexual behaviors) in order to reduce selection biases and increase statistical power via the increase in sample size.

scholarly journals La frecuencia de las actividades sexuales como variable mediadora de la satisfacción sexual en mujeres jóvenes. (Frequency of sexual activities as a mediator of sexual satisfaction among young women.)

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adelaida Irene Ogallar Blanco ◽  
Débora Godoy Izquierdo ◽  
Mª Luisa Vázquez Pérez ◽  
Juan Francisco Godoy García
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Sexual Satisfaction ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Cognitive Predictors ◽  
Sexual Activities ◽  
Probable Effect ◽  
The Relationship

<p>The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship among several social-cognitive predictors of sexual behavior (beliefs, knowledge, attitudes and values), sexual behaviors, the frequency of sexual activities and different dimensions of sexual satisfaction (individual/with the partner and current/desired). A mixed-method study was conducted. The data were collected using a semi-structured interview specially designed for this study, which was administered to 14 to 20 years old young women. Correlation analyses revealed that the expected direct associations between the explored social-cognitive predictors, sexual behavior and sexual satisfaction were not established, so we examined possible indirect effects. The results of the mediational model that better fitted the data indicated that sexual behavior is related with (current) sexual satisfaction, not only directly but also indirectly, through the frequency of sexual activities in a (probable) effect of partial mediation. These findings have interesting applications in terms of sexual education and sexual health promotion among young women.</p>

scholarly journals A Qualitative Study of Sexual Behavior among Indonesian Married Men with Migrant Worker Wife

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Rifai ◽  
Alfid Tri Afandi ◽  
Kresna Ade Saputra
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Sexual Activities ◽  
Related Risk ◽  
Married Men ◽  
Other Woman

Background: In Indonesian context, a formal sexual activity is legal only for those who are married. Married men which their wife work as a migrant worker cannot obtain their sexual need properly. This circumstance leads them to accomplish their need in risk sexual behavior.WithalargenumberofinternationalfemalelaborsfromIndonesiaand inadequately information on the HIV-related risk behavior among married men with migrant worker wife in Indonesia, more research is necessary to better understand in the sexual behavior context. Objectives: This study aims to explore how Indonesian married men with migrant worker wife behave for their sexual activities to meet their sexual needs. Methods: This study used qualitative semi-structured interviews, exploring participants’ experience of their sexual behavior.Participantsaremarriedmen and their wife work as migrant worker and assigned for at least six months. Purposive sample techniques used to reach the participant. Data were analyzed using Colaizzi’s phenomenological method. Results: The study emerged three themes: sexual needs completion, safe sexual behavior, and sexual needs management. Peer invitation and sexual desire were the primary reasons to visit female sex workers. Condom use was not continuously applied for every sexual activity. Self-management is needed for individual who consider of not doing sexual activity with other woman instead of his wife. A knowledge of HIV was discussed within the article briefly. Conclusions: The findings suggest that self-management is a fundamental role in how MILW performing sexual behavior. HIV-related health education and safe sexual behavior need to be provided for this group.  

scholarly journals Online erotica usage as a mediator between internet addiction and engagement in risky online sexual behaviors

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Drouin ◽  
Daniel A. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Online Chat ◽  
Sexual Activities ◽  
Internet Chat ◽  
Sexually Explicit ◽  
Internet Sex ◽  
The Relationship

In this study, we examined the links between Internet addiction, engagement in online erotica (including pornography usage and usage of sex-based Internet chat sites), and engagement in risky online sexual behaviors, in this case, sending sexually-explicit pictures to those known only online (i.e., sexting) and expecting to engage in offline sex with those known only online. In our sample of 276 U.S. adults, men engaged in most of these online sexual activities significantly more than women, but women were just as likely as men to send sexually-explicit pictures to online chat partners, and they were also just as likely as men to demonstrate signs of internet addiction. More importantly, using pornography and sex site usage were sequential mediators in the relationship between Internet addiction and engagement in risky online sexual activities. Moreover, whereas pornography viewing alone was not a predictor of risky online sexual activities, when the behavior escalated to engaging in Internet sex chat sites it did predict engagement in sexting or expectations of offline sex with those known only online. Based on these findings, we suggest that although these behaviors might be considered under one umbrella of online sexual activity, it might be useful from an intervention and treatment standpoint to target specific online sexual activities (e.g., sex site usage).

Risky Business: Misperceived Norms of Sexual Behavior Among College Students

NASPA Journal ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Lynch ◽  
Rebecca Mowrey ◽  
Gordon Nesbitt ◽  
Daniel F O'Neill
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Social Marketing ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Alcohol Prevention ◽  
Dramatic Difference ◽  
Unsafe Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Risky Business

Do students accurately perceive the sexual behavior of their peers? The results of this study indicate a dramatic difference between students’ self-reported sexual behavior and their perceptions of peer sexual behavior. Specifically, students tend to overestimate the potentially risky sexual activity of their peers. The data also challenge popular myths regarding the sexual behavior of Greek and athlete populations. As with alcohol prevention efforts, the disparity between behavior and perception raises the question of whether social marketing strategies may be effective in lowering the incidence of unsafe sexual behaviors among college students.

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