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Sexual Aversion, Disgust, and Fear of Intimacy: A Comprehensive Case History Using a Multimodal Therapeutic Approach.

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2024-11-29 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-024-03044-8

Helen Thai, Charmaine Borg, Yitzchak M Binik, Marco Sinai

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Biodevelopmental Correlates of Sexual Orientation in Men: Evidence from a Polish Sample 男性性取向的生物发育相关性：来自波兰样本的证据

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2024-11-25 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-024-03018-w

Monika Folkierska-Żukowska, Wojciech Ł. Dragan

{"title":"Biodevelopmental Correlates of Sexual Orientation in Men: Evidence from a Polish Sample","authors":"Monika Folkierska-Żukowska, Wojciech Ł. Dragan","doi":"10.1007/s10508-024-03018-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-03018-w","url":null,"abstract":"Biological mechanisms proposed to play a role in the development of sexual orientation in men include hormonal, genetic, and immunological factors. The posited roles of these factors are not mutually exclusive; instead, they may be at play to different degrees in different individuals. Direct measurement of these influences is challenging; thus, researchers rely on putative markers. We collected data on five well-established markers in a sample of gay and heterosexual men. We then (1) compared the levels of those markers in gay and straight men, (2) identified latent profiles based on those markers, and (3) compared the proportions of gay and straight men within the profiles. Gay men reported less gender conformity in childhood, a higher proportion of older brothers, were more right-handed, had more non-heterosexual relatives, and had more feminized digit ratios. Of the six identified profiles, the most numerous, containing a significantly higher proportion of straight men, had masculine digit ratios, masculine behavior in childhood, and was the most right-handed. Proportions of gay and straight men did not differ in the profile with the most feminine digit ratio, the profile associated with the highest proportion of older brothers, and the profile associated with left-handedness. Two remaining profiles, associated with familiality, and the most feminine childhood gender behaviors, consisted predominantly of gay men. The study suggests that further investigations of differences within sexual orientation categories are warranted.","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"183 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142697052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Nature and Effects of Climate in 2SLGBTQ+ Leisure Spaces: A Mixed Methods Study 2SLGBTQ+ 休闲场所气候的性质和影响：混合方法研究

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2024-11-22 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-024-03037-7

Tin D. Vo, Steven Lam

{"title":"Nature and Effects of Climate in 2SLGBTQ+ Leisure Spaces: A Mixed Methods Study","authors":"Tin D. Vo, Steven Lam","doi":"10.1007/s10508-024-03037-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-03037-7","url":null,"abstract":"The climate within 2SLGBTQ+ leisure spaces plays a key role in shaping the experiences of diverse individuals who frequent them. Yet, the nature and effects of such spaces remain under-researched. In a mixed methods study, 548 diverse individuals completed a survey, and 22 respondents participated in a follow-up interview. Latent profile analysis of the quantitative data revealed three distinct typologies characterizing the climate of 2SLGBTQ+ leisure spaces: contentious, ambivalent, and welcoming. Notably, the contentious climate was linked to low sense of belonging and satisfaction, whereas the welcoming climate was associated with higher scores across the same outcomes. Additionally, specific social identities were predictive of membership in these climate profiles; individuals identifying as transgender/gender nonconforming and disabled were more likely to encounter contentious and/or ambivalent environments compared to welcoming climates, primarily due to limited options for welcoming climates. Intersectional analysis of the qualitative data illustrated that experiences of discrimination, particularly cisgenderism, racism, and ableism, contributed to poor social outcomes. These findings highlight that 2SLGBTQ+ leisure spaces may not translate into inclusive environments for everyone. The typologies developed could serve as a valuable tool to reflect on the ambiance of 2SLGBTQ+ leisure spaces and work toward welcoming climates.","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"181 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142684352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Consent Norms in the BDSM Community: Strong But Not Inflexible BDSM 社区中的同意规范：强而不僵

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2024-11-22 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-024-03038-6

Hannah L. Tarleton, Taylor Mackenzie, Brad J. Sagarin

{"title":"Consent Norms in the BDSM Community: Strong But Not Inflexible","authors":"Hannah L. Tarleton, Taylor Mackenzie, Brad J. Sagarin","doi":"10.1007/s10508-024-03038-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-03038-6","url":null,"abstract":"The BDSM community is generally regarded as having strict consent practices, such as safewords and explicit negotiations. However, no research to date has examined the flexibility of norms around these consent practices. The present study was designed to investigate the nuances of consent communication norms among BDSM practitioners, specifically the degree to which relationship context impacts the depth and nature of consent negotiations. A total of 202 BDSM practitioners (89 women, 64 men, and 49 gender expansive individuals) between the ages of 18 and 83 years (M = 40.2, SD = 13.2) recruited from the Science of BDSM Research Team newsletter rated the acceptability of consent communication practices in the context of either pick-up play (BDSM activities conducted between people who have just met) or scenes in romantic relationships (BDSM activities conducted between romantic relationship partners). Participants generally endorsed stringent consent communication but showed greater flexibility in consent communication practices in longer-term relationships than short-term relationships. Additional results demonstrated that although intoxication was generally considered unacceptable during consent communication, intoxication during consent communication was considered more acceptable in existing relationships than new relationships and for non-BDSM sexual activities than for BDSM activities. Results demonstrate nuance based on context within strong consent norms in the BDSM community.","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142684353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Cohort Study of Indecent Exposure in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2020: Incidents, Perpetrators, Victims, and Trends over Time 2012 至 2020 年荷兰猥亵暴露队列研究：事件、犯罪者、受害者和随时间变化的趋势

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2024-11-22 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-024-03034-w

Nina M. ten Hoor, Wineke J. Smid, Maaike van Dooren, Willemijn Matthijssen, Vivienne de Vogel, Jan Hendriks

{"title":"Cohort Study of Indecent Exposure in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2020: Incidents, Perpetrators, Victims, and Trends over Time","authors":"Nina M. ten Hoor, Wineke J. Smid, Maaike van Dooren, Willemijn Matthijssen, Vivienne de Vogel, Jan Hendriks","doi":"10.1007/s10508-024-03034-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-03034-w","url":null,"abstract":"Indecent exposure is often regarded as a nuisance offense and detailed studies into this topic are relatively rare. However, there is consensus that relatively high recidivism rates and risk of escalation to more severe offenses can be of serious concern among these perpetrators. This cohort study aims to increase our general knowledge on the basic characteristics of these offenses and includes all registered police cases of indecent exposure in the Netherlands between 2012 and 2020, including 6741 incidents, involving 4663 suspects and 3808 registered victims. This first study of a large cohort over a long period of time describes the basic characteristics of these incidents, the perpetrators and their victims, and visualizes the results to explore trends over time. Results show that a modal indecent exposure incident is perpetrated by a 25-year-old male, on foot, on a public road, on a Wednesday afternoon in July, masturbating and directing his genitals intentionally toward a 13-year-old girl. The age distribution of victims shows remarkable similarity to victims of sexual assault. Compared to the first year of the period studied, the number of annually reported incidents gradually declined to half in the last year of the study. Findings are discussed in light of the most prominent theories on exhibitionism. Issues and suggestions relevant to apprehension and treatment of perpetrators are identified and discussed.","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142690777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Sexual Assault Gossip: Who Do We Share with and Why? 性侵犯八卦：我们与谁分享，为什么？

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2024-11-18 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-024-03045-7

Emma M Walquist, Christina Byrd, Domenic P Roberto, Melissa M McDonald

{"title":"Sexual Assault Gossip: Who Do We Share with and Why?","authors":"Emma M Walquist, Christina Byrd, Domenic P Roberto, Melissa M McDonald","doi":"10.1007/s10508-024-03045-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10508-024-03045-7","url":null,"abstract":"Despite its bad reputation, gossip plays an important role in communicating and policing the social norms, morals, and values of a community. People are likely to be particularly attuned to gossip that helps solve recurrent adaptive challenges. Among women, sexual assault is a pervasive threat to reproductive choice that exacts serious costs on women's reproductive fitness. Research has demonstrated that women fear sexual assault and are motivated to engage in behaviors to reduce the threat of being victimized. Here we propose that women may gossip about sexual assault as a means of protecting themselves and others. Participants read a series of vignettes describing instances of sexual assault of a female victim and were asked to indicate how likely they would be to share that information with a variety of recipients, and what factors motivated their sharing intentions. Results indicated that, overall, sexual assault gossip was especially likely to be shared with proximal female family and friends, as well as authority figures. Women were more likely to share sexual assault gossip than men, and this gender effect was strongest when sharing gossip with female family and friends. The strongest motivations for sharing gossip were to warn the recipient, damage the reputation of the perpetrator, and check agreement with the recipient, with women being more motivated to damage the perpetrator's reputation than men were. Women who expressed a greater fear of rape were more likely to share the information with all recipients except proximal male friends, and reported stronger motivations to share in order to damage the perpetrator's reputation and check agreement with the recipient. Results are consistent with the idea that women may use gossip to create a whisper-network of information exchange that helps women protect themselves and others.","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142666790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Perspectives of Young People on Social Media-Based Sexuality Education Using a Feminist Approach in China: A Qualitative Study. 中国年轻人对基于社交媒体的女性主义性教育的看法：定性研究。

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2024-11-18 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-024-03015-z

Yexuan Ma, Sikky Shiqi Chen, Holroyd Eleanor, William Chi Wai Wong

{"title":"Perspectives of Young People on Social Media-Based Sexuality Education Using a Feminist Approach in China: A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Yexuan Ma, Sikky Shiqi Chen, Holroyd Eleanor, William Chi Wai Wong","doi":"10.1007/s10508-024-03015-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10508-024-03015-z","url":null,"abstract":"The feminist approach to sexuality education challenges and changes power dynamics and inequalities embedded within sexuality, while social media serves as a tool for building online communities and raising awareness about feminist issues. Adopting a feminist approach to sexuality education, particularly through social media platforms, remains largely unexplored and underdeveloped. In China, where traditional sex education is often limited and stigmatized, sexuality has been influenced by a complex interplay of traditional gender norms, evolving social attitudes, and state intervention. The aim of this study was to evaluate both sex educators and their online followers' perceptions of the implementation of social media-based sexuality education using a feminist approach in China. Semi-structured online interviews were carried out with 10 educators and 18 young followers, followed by thematic analysis using NVivo. The findings indicated that social media-based sexuality education using a feminist approach might be used to help disrupt oppressive norms about gender and sexuality and foster a positive attitude toward women's sexuality. Chinese online sex educators strategically avoided the term \"feminism\" and creatively evaded censorship and spread their messages in alignment with government policies while advocating for gender equality. However, participants also highlighted the existence of barriers, including internal conflicts, gender imbalances, social stigmatization, and political constraints, which needed to be addressed in order to effectively implement this approach.","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142666788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Stigma and Sexual Dissatisfaction in Middle-Aged and Older Sexual Minorities 中老年性少数群体的耻辱感和性不满意度

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2024-11-15 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-024-03036-8

Michael T. Vale, Toni L. Bisconti

{"title":"Stigma and Sexual Dissatisfaction in Middle-Aged and Older Sexual Minorities","authors":"Michael T. Vale, Toni L. Bisconti","doi":"10.1007/s10508-024-03036-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-03036-8","url":null,"abstract":"High sexual quality and activity predict psychological well-being in heterosexual middle-aged and older adults; however, these associations have not been documented in sexual minorities, who have faced lifelong stigma concerning their sexuality. This paper presents data from two secondary studies that explored the benefits of being sexually active and satisfied and the role of internalized homonegativity in a sample of middle-aged and older sexual minorities. Study 1 was a cross-sectional survey collected on 91 sexually active sexual minorities (ages 40–80) in same-sex relationships. Study 2 was a cross-sectional survey collected on 235 single and partnered sexual minorities (ages 40–90), which included sexually active (N = 101) and inactive (N = 134) participants. In Study 1, sexual satisfaction was associated with higher psychological well-being and dissatisfaction was more prominently associated with lower psychological well-being. In Study 2, we found that the sexually active participants had higher levels of psychological well-being, in addition to corroborating the Study 1 findings. Additionally, we also determined that sexual dissatisfaction was a mediator between internalized homonegativity and psychological well-being. These findings accentuate the benefits of retaining high sexual quality and activity for middle-aged and older sexual minorities. Although there are apparent advantages of being sexually satisfied, the relationship to psychological well-being is stronger and more of a concern for those who are dissatisfied, which is rooted in internalized homonegativity. These results can guide practitioners working with middle-aged and older sexual minorities to help them achieve successful aging trajectories by reducing their internalized homonegativity and promoting higher sexual quality.","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142637507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Correction: To Improve Sex Research, Don’t Suppress Ideas You Dislike: Reply to Walters et al. (2024) 更正：要改进性研究，不要压制你不喜欢的观点：回复 Walters 等人（2024）。

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2024-11-14 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-024-03047-5

J. Michael Bailey

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Theorizing the Role of Sex Educators in the Resistance and Reification of Epistemic Injustices Related to the Sexual Expression of People with Intellectual Disability. 性教育工作者在抵制和纠正与智障人士性表达相关的认识论不公正中的作用理论化。

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2024-11-14 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-024-03039-5

Sarah L Curtiss, Melissa Stoffers

{"title":"Theorizing the Role of Sex Educators in the Resistance and Reification of Epistemic Injustices Related to the Sexual Expression of People with Intellectual Disability.","authors":"Sarah L Curtiss, Melissa Stoffers","doi":"10.1007/s10508-024-03039-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-03039-5","url":null,"abstract":"People with intellectual disability face a variety of epistemic injustices-systems of knowledge and educational inequality-related to their access to sex education and perceptions of their sexuality. Sex educators are in a position to address these injustices; however, they may not be fully aware of their own epistemic ethics. Furthermore, there is little theoretical understanding of how sex educators provide instruction within an environment that exhibits hostility toward the sexual expression of those with intellectual disability. This grounded theory study of interviews with 58 people who taught sex education to people with intellectual disability sought to understand the role of educators in perpetuating and resisting epistemic injustice by utilizing sex education to either facilitate or restrict the sexual expression of people with disabilities. We identified four micro-contexts: centralizing capacity to consent, emphasizing risk, desexualizing (through) sex education, and acknowledging gender identity. In each micro-context, we explore mechanisms of how educators were either allied in support of autonomy (person-centered values, expertise, access to curricular resources, self-advocates as teachers and partners, subversiveness, and de-problematizing normative sexual behavior) or reified sexual stigmas (fear of sexual abuse and sexual perpetration, conscripting to asexuality, the paternalistic service system, and complex ethical dilemmas) in the context of hostility to sex education and sexual expression. These findings have implications for promoting prosocial sexual expression and access to sex education for people with intellectual disability.","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142613960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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