scholarly journals Study of Sexual Satisfaction in Different Typologies of Adherence to the Sexual Double Standard

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Álvarez-Muelas ◽  
Carmen Gómez-Berrocal ◽  
Juan Carlos Sierra
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Sexual Satisfaction ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Social Dominance Orientation ◽  
Double Standard ◽  
Sexual Double Standard ◽  
Sexual Freedom ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Personal Variables

The sexual double standard (SDS) refers to the acceptance of different criteria to assess the same sexual behavior in men and women. To date, the few studies that have addressed the relationship between SDS and sexual satisfaction have obtained inconclusive results. In addition, no study has analyzed sexual satisfaction in people who maintain different forms of adherence to the SDS. This study establishes three SDS typologies of adherence (man-favorable, woman-favorable, egalitarian) in two areas of sexual behavior (sexual freedom and sexual shyness) to examine the predictive capacity of personal variables (age, social dominance orientation, propensity for sexual excitation/inhibition), interpersonal variables (relationship satisfaction) and social variables (gender norms about sexual behaviors) in sexual satisfaction. A sample of 1194 heterosexual adults (51.1% men, 48.8% women) aged between 18 and 87 years (M = 40.63; SD = 15.67), who had been in a relationship for more than 6 months, was evaluated. In men, the highest sexual satisfaction levels were obtained in the egalitarian typology in the sexual freedom area. In women, no significant differences were found between the typologies of adherence to the SDS. Regression models showed that relationship satisfaction was the main predictor of sexual satisfaction in all the typologies in both men and women. In addition, the predictive relationship of personal variables with sexual satisfaction varied according to gender and the SDS adherence type. The results show the importance of studying sexual satisfaction by taking into account not only the differences between men and women. Furthermore, it is essential to consider other differences between people; for example, the difference that derives from the way of psychologically internalizing attitude toward the SDS.

scholarly journals Invariance of the Sexual Double Standard Scale: A Cross-Cultural Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 1569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria del Mar Sánchez-Fuentes ◽  
Nieves Moyano ◽  
Carmen Gómez-Berrocal ◽  
Juan Carlos Sierra
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Double Standard ◽  
Sexual Double Standard ◽  
Sexual Freedom ◽  
Relevant Variable ◽  
Standard Scale ◽  
Cross Cultural Study ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Spanish Women ◽  
And Gender

The Sexual Double Standard (SDS) is an instrument used to judge sexual behavior, in which men are usually granted greater sexual freedom, while the same sexual behavior is condemned in women. Culture can be a relevant variable for the SDS. Therefore, we have examined the measurement invariance of the Sexual Double Standard Scale (SDSS) across the Spanish and Colombian populations, comparing this phenomenon by country and gender. The scale comprises two factors: sexual freedom and sexual shyness. The sample consisted of 1832 heterosexual adults (46.3% men, 53.7% women), 54.3% of whom were Spanish and 45.7% Colombian. Strong invariance was found. The reliability values were good for country and gender. Men and women from both countries supported greater freedom for themselves compared to the other gender. Furthermore, Spanish women, unlike their Colombian counterparts, supported greater sexual shyness for men. Thus, what some authors have labeled as a "reverse sexual double standard" seems to emerge.

scholarly journals Climax as Work: Heteronormativity, Gender Labor, and the Gender the Gap in Orgasms

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Andrejek ◽  
Tina Fetner ◽  
Melanie Heath
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Double Standard ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Sexual Double Standard ◽  
Representative Survey ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Depth Interview

Gender scholars have addressed a variety of gender gaps between men and women, including a gender gap in orgasms. In this mixed-methods study of heterosexual Canadians, we examine how men and women engage in gender labor that limits women’s orgasms relative to men. With representative survey data, we test existing hypotheses that sexual behaviors and relationship contexts contribute to the gender gap in orgasms. We confirm previous research that sexual practices focusing on clitoral stimulation are associated with women’s orgasms. With in-depth interview data from a subsample of 40 survey participants, we extend this research to show that both men and women engage in gender labor to explain and justify the gender gap in orgasms. Relying on an essentialist view of gender, a narrow understanding of what counts as sex, and moralistic language that recalls the sexual double standard, our participants craft a narrative of women’s orgasms as work and men’s orgasms as natural. The work to produce this gendered narrative of sexuality mirrors the gender labor that takes place in the bedroom, where both women and men engage in sexual behaviors that emphasize men’s pleasure to a greater extent than women’s.

scholarly journals DUPLO PADRÃO SEXUAL E CONTRACEÇÃO NOS ADOLESCENTES

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 359
Author(s):  
Ana Frias
Keyword(s):  
School Environment ◽  
Female Sexuality ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Double Standard ◽  
Sexual Double Standard ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Standard Scale ◽  
Biological Substrate ◽  
Female Teenagers ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract:SEXUAL DOUBLE STANDARD AND CONTRACEPTION IN ADOLESCENTSSeveral areas of knowledge have exploited differences/similarities between men and women and the reflexes that these aspects have in the sexuality experience. Human cultures, structured and shaped on the basis of sexual differences, separate roles, tasks and privileges between both sexes, emerging sexual patterns characterized in each eco-cultural space. Some authors say, female sexuality formula have a higher dose of culture regarding the biological substrate facet, than male sexuality. Objectives: 1) Characterize the trends of teens about sexual double standard; 2) Characterize adolescents attitudes in relation to the use of contraception; 3) Relate sexual double standard trends with contraceptive attitudes. Methodology: Current research is quantitative and exploratory in nature. In a group of 351 adolescents in school environment the relationship between the double standard and contraceptive attitudes were studied, using Double Standard Scale (Caron et al., 1993) and the Contraceptive Attitude Scale (Kyes 5, s.d.). The data analysis was performed using SPSS- 19 program. Results: A double-standard tend liberal was identified mainly in girls, not being influenced by age when considering the total of the subjects. However, double standard was inversely related to age in the girls subgroup. Favorable attitudes were identified in relation to contraception, not influenced by age, noting the girls awareness. Double standard is more liberal in individuals predisposed to use contraception. Conclusions: Sexual double standard and attitudes related to contraception are important aspects to work when you intend to study sexuality in adolescence, to the extent that can increase knowledge of health technicians, particularly nurses, and promote change. Aware of this, it is appropriate to continue to perform studies that characterize male and female teenagers according to contraceptive attitudes.Keywords: Adolescence; sexuality; double standard; contraception.Resumo:Várias áreas do conhecimento têm explorado as diferenças/semelhanças entre homens e mulheres e os reflexos que esses aspetos têm na vivência da sexualidade. As culturas humanas, são estruturadas e moldadas na base de diferenças sexuais, separando papéis, tarefas e privilégios entre os dois sexos, surgindo os padrões sexuais caracterizados em cada espaço eco-cultural. Segundo alguns autores, a fórmula da sexualidade feminina têm uma maior dose de cultura relativamente à faceta do substrato biológico, que a sexualidade masculina. Objetivos: 1) Caracterizar as tendências dos adolescentes quanto a duplo padrão sexual; 2) Caracterizar as atitudes dos adolescentes face ao uso de contraceção; 3) Relacionar as tendências do duplo padrão sexual com as atitudes contracetivas. Metodologia: A pesquisa atual é de natureza quantitativa e de carácter exploratório. Estudou-se num grupo de 351 adolescentes, em meio escolar, as relações entre o duplo padrão e as atitudes contracetivas. Utilizou-se a escala de Duplo Padrão (Caron, Davis, Halteman. & Stickle, 1993) e a escala de Atitudes Contracetivas (Kyes, s.d.). O tratamento dos dados foi efetuado no programa SPSS-19. Resultados: Identificou-se um duplo padrão tendencialmente liberal, mais sublinhado nas raparigas, não sendo influenciado pela idade ao considerar o total dos sujeitos. Contudo o duplo padrão mostrou-se inversamente relacionado com a idade no subgrupo das raparigas. Identificaram-se atitudes favoráveis face à contraceção, não influenciadas pela idade, constatandose contudo maior sensibilização das raparigas. Observou-se que o duplo padrão é mais liberal nos indivíduos mais predispostos ao uso de contraceção. Conclusões: O duplo padrão sexual e as atitudes face à contraceção são aspetos importantes a trabalhar quando se pretende estudar a sexualidade na adolescência, na medida em que podem aumentar o conhecimento dos técnicos de saúde, nomeadamente dos enfermeiros, e promover mudanças. Conscientes desta problemática, sugerese- nos adequado continuar a realizar estudos que caracterizem os adolescentes masculinos e femininos face a atitudes contracetivas.Palavras-Chave: Adolescência, sexualidade, duplo padrão, contraceção.

scholarly journals Sexual and Marital Relationship Satisfaction in Parents of Children With Disabilities

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Remigiusz Kijak
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Sexual Satisfaction ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Marital Relationship ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
The Family

The purpose of this study was to determine the level of sexual satisfaction and type of relationship between spouses, and then to determine the correlation between these variables and independent variables. These include: disability type of the child, the number of children in the family, and the gender of the parents. The hypothesis was that ‘the level of sexual satisfaction in parents is significantly related to the type of disability possessed by their children’ and similarly it was found that disability type significantly affects the type of relationship between parents. The research was conducted using the Matched Marriage Questionnaire (MMQ) and the Sexual Satisfaction Scale (SSS). The data obtained in the study showed that most spouses experience high and average sexual satisfaction and no particular differences between men and women were observed. The differences appeared when analyzing parents of a child with autism. In this group the results were more diverse in the detailed descriptions of the scale. The results obtained regarding marital relationship satisfaction indicate a not very favorable picture of the relationships of the surveyed subjects.

scholarly journals Not One Sexual Double Standard but Two? Adolescents’ Attitudes About Appropriate Sexual Behavior

2020 ◽  
pp. 0044118X2095792
Author(s):  
Maud Hensums ◽  
Geertjan Overbeek ◽  
Terrence D. Jorgensen
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Female Sexuality ◽  
Measurement Equivalence ◽  
Double Standard ◽  
Sexual Double Standard ◽  
Double Standards ◽  
Female Sexual Behavior ◽  
Male Sexual Behavior ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Sexual Double Standards

Popular belief holds that sexual behavior is evaluated more liberally for males than females. However, the assessment of this “sexual double standard” is controversial. Therefore, we investigated measurement equivalence of commonly used items to assess sexual double standards in previous research. Based on established measurement equivalence, we investigated whether adolescents endorsed a sexual double standard. Using data from 455 adolescents ( Mage = 14.51, SD = 0.64), confirmatory factor analyzes showed that the sexual double standard concept was measurement equivalent across sex, and partly across evaluations of the same and opposite sex. Factor analyzes demonstrated that there was not one, but two sexual double standards. Male adolescents evaluated male sexual behavior more liberally than female sexual behavior, but female adolescents evaluated female sexual behavior more liberally than male sexual behavior. This contradicts the traditional notion of the existence of one sexual double standard that favors male and suppresses female sexuality.

Sexual double standard and affective-sexual behaviors in adolescence

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Otília Brites Zangão ◽  
Maria Margarida Sim-Sim
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Double Standard ◽  
Sexual Double Standard ◽  
Executive Council ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Ethical Component

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the perception of young people in relation to the Sexual Double Standard in the context of emotional-sexual experiences. Method: this is about a descriptive study from quantitative approach. Data were collected in a Secondary School in the Alentejo region in 2007, authorization was requested by the Executive Council, mindful of the ethical component of data collection with humans. The study population was the student of the school has been chosen by a random sample of 288 students. The data were collected through self-completion questionnaire, being treated with SPSS version 18.0. Results: boys are more conservative than girls, and according to the data, older people are more conservative, as well as those who have more experiences of intercourse. The study results portray how teenagers live their sexuality, girls who “promise but does not" and the boys with his way of showing their excessive sexuality. However we found that overall the sample is more liberal than traditionalist. Conclusion: the boys differ significantly from that for girls, the differences between attitudes and sexual behaviors according to gender support the permanence of the sexual double standard. Descriptors: gender identity; sexual double standard; sexuality; adolescent; sexual behavior.RESUMOObjetivo: identificar a percepção dos jovens em relação ao Duplo Padrão Sexual no contexto das vivências afetivo-sexuais. Método: estudo descritivo, com abordagem quantitativa. Os dados foram colhidos numa Escola Secundária da região Alentejo/Portugal em 2007, foi solicitada autorização ao Conselho Executivo, tendo presente a componente ética de recolha de dados com seres humanos. A população em estudo foi a dos alunos da instituição escolar tendo-se optado por uma amostra acidental de 288 alunos. Recolheram-se os dados através de questionário de auto-preenchimento, sendo tratados no programa SPSS versão 18.0. Resultados: os rapazes são mais conservadores do que as moças e de acordo com os dados, os mais velhos são mais conservadores, assim como aqueles que têm mais experiencias de coito. Os resultados do estudo retratam a forma como os adolescentes vivem a sua sexualidade, as moças que “promete mas não dá” e os rapazes com a sua forma excessiva de demonstrar a sua sexualidade. No entanto verificámos que no geral a amostra é mais liberal do que tradicionalista. Conclusão: os rapazes diferem significativamente das moças pelo que, as diferenças entre as atitudes e os comportamentos sexuais segundo o gênero apoiam a permanência do duplo padrão sexual. Descritores: identidade de gênero; duplo padrão sexual; sexualidade; adolescente; comportamento sexual.RESUMEN Objetivo: identificar la percepción de los jóvenes en relación con la doble moral sexual en el contexto de las experiencias afectivo-sexual. Método: estudio descriptivo con enfoque cuantitativo. Los datos fueron recolectados en una escuela secundaria en la región de Alentejo en 2007, la autorización fue solicitada por el Consejo Ejecutivo, teniendo en cuenta el componente ético de la recopilación de datos con los seres humanos. La población de estudio fue el estudiante de la escuela ha sido elegida por una muestra aleatoria de 288 estudiantes. Los datos fueron recolectados a través de cuestionario de auto-realización, siendo tratado con el programa SPSS versión 18.0. Resultados: los niños son más conservadoras que las niñas, y de acuerdo a los datos, las personas mayores son más conservadores, así como aquellos que tienen más experiencias de las relaciones sexuales. Los resultados del estudio describen cómo los adolescentes viven su sexualidad, las niñas que "promete, pero no" y los chicos con su manera de mostrar su sexualidad excesiva. Sin embargo, encontramos que, en general la muestra es más liberal que tradicionalista. Conclusión: los niños difieren significativamente de las niñas, las diferencias entre las actitudes y los comportamientos sexuales de acuerdo a apoyar la incorporación de la permanencia de la doble moral sexual. Descriptores: identidad de género; doble estándar sexual; sexualidad; adolescente; conducta sexual.

Feminism Between the Sheets: Sexual Attitudes Among Feminists, Nonfeminists, and Egalitarians

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laina Y. Bay-Cheng ◽  
Alyssa N. Zucker
Keyword(s):  
Condom Use ◽  
Sexual Satisfaction ◽  
Sexual Attitudes ◽  
Safer Sex ◽  
Double Standard ◽  
Sexual Double Standard ◽  
Sexual Norms ◽  
Sexual Stimuli ◽  
Undergraduate Women ◽  
Feminist Identification

To better understand the relation of feminist identification to sexuality, we compared the attitudes of feminist, egalitarian, and nonfeminist undergraduate women ( N = 342) in five domains: (a) erotophilia (one's positive affective or evaluative responses to sexual stimuli), (b) sexual assertiveness, (c) perceived self-efficacy for safer sex, (d) sexual satisfaction, and (e) support of the sexual double standard. Significant results of ANOVA analyses included: Feminists were more erotophilic than egalitarians and nonfeminists, egalitarians were the most confident in their ability to be assertive with a partner regarding condom use, and egalitarians and nonfeminists were more supportive of a traditional sexual double standard than feminists. Consistent with Zucker (2004) , we argue that a distinctive characteristic of egalitarians is that their acceptance of feminist values with regard to their own sexual lives does not translate into a critique of gendered sexual norms for other women.

Double Standard/Double Bind: The Sexual Double Standard and Women's Communication about Sex

1991 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 447-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlene L. Muehlenhard ◽  
Marcia L. McCoy
Keyword(s):  
College Women ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Double Standard ◽  
Double Bind ◽  
Sexual Double Standard ◽  
Sexually Active ◽  
Sexual Freedom ◽  
Communication About Sex ◽  
Do So ◽  
The Way

We tested the hypothesis that the sexual double standard, which gives more sexual freedom to men than women, might in some situations make women reluctant to acknowledge their desire for sexual intercourse. We asked 403 college women whether they had been in situations in which (a) they were with a man who wanted to have sexual intercourse, and they wanted to have sexual intercourse with him, but they indicated that they did not want to do so (scripted refusal); and (b) they were in the same situation, but they openly acknowledged their willingness to have sexual intercourse (open acknowledgment). If they had been in either or both of these situations, they were asked to complete a scale measuring acceptance of the sexual double standard, first the way they believed their partner would have completed it, and next the way they would have completed it. As expected, women in scripted refusal situations believed that their partners accepted the double standard more than did women in open acknowledgment situations. Consistent with theories emphasizing proximal determinants of gender-related behavior, scripted refusal provides sexually active women with a socially acceptable way of dealing with the sexual double standard.

scholarly journals Sexual Double Standards: Contributions of Sexual Socialization by Parents, Peers, and the Media

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joyce J. Endendijk ◽  
Maja Deković ◽  
Helen Vossen ◽  
Anneloes L. van Baar ◽  
Ellen Reitz
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Music Videos ◽  
Double Standards ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Media ◽  
Sexual Double Standards ◽  
Opposite Gender

Abstract(Hetero)sexual double standards (SDS) entail that different sexual behaviors are appropriate for men and women. There is large variation in whether people endorse SDS in their expectations about the sexual behavior of women and men (i.e., SDS-norms). To explain these individual differences, we examined associations between SDS-norms of Dutch adolescents (aged 16–20 years, N = 566) and what parents, peers, and the media teach adolescents about appropriate sexual behavior of boys and girls (i.e., SDS-socialization). Adolescents completed an online survey at school. Regarding SDS-socialization, more traditional SDS-norms conveyed by the media and peers, but not of parents, and less perceived sexual activity of female peers, were associated with more traditional SDS-norms. Only for boys, exposure to sexy girls/women on social media and sexual music videos of female artists were associated with more traditional SDS-norms. Thus, SDS-socialization by peers and the media and opposite gender models (for boys) are important in light of adolescents’ SDS-norms.

Protocol for a Systematic Review of Masculinity and Relationship Satisfaction Among Men and Women

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Sexual Satisfaction ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Male Partners ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Relationship Outcomes ◽  
Traditional Masculinity ◽  
The Relationship

Previous research has examined the relationship among masculinity and relationship outcomes and generally have found support that masculinity is related to lower relationship satisfaction. More specifically, men who adhere to traditional masculinity or who endorse traditional masculinity report lower relationship and sexual satisfaction, and women whose male partners adhere to and endorse more traditional masculinity also have lower relationship satisfaction. However, neither a meta-analysis nor a systematic review of how studies have operationalized and measured both masculinity and relationship satisfaction have been performed on this relationship. In addition, little is known whether studies using dyadic or individual participants are systematically different. To address these issues, a systematic review will be conducted examining the role of masculinity (adherence or endorsement) on relationship satisfaction for men and women. The implications of these findings will be addressed.

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