{"title":"Watching Porn, (Un)Doing Gender? Young People’s Experiences and Understandings of Online Porn","authors":"Claire Meehan","doi":"10.1007/s10508-024-03076-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10508-024-03076-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The social construction of gender and pleasure is a dominant discourse that is historically entrenched within New Zealand society. Like elsewhere, New Zealanders have seen an exponential rise in the availability and accessibility of online porn in the past few decades, yet a gap in the literature remains around how young people perform gender while engaging with porn. Drawing on qualitative small friendship group interviews with 106 cis gender young people in three New Zealand schools, I explore the ways in which young people “do” gender while watching and talking about porn. I found that the young people both conformed and diverged from traditional constructions of gendered pleasure and sexual expressions. It was clear through an analysis of these data that the structural context and dominant discourses impacted the meanings young people attached to their experiences with porn and interactions with peers about porn.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"54 2","pages":"721 - 732"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10508-024-03076-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143405214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Changing Needs of Peer Support Among Gay Men Living with HIV in Australia: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis","authors":"Neil Lucas, Glen Bates, Simone Buzwell","doi":"10.1007/s10508-024-03079-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10508-024-03079-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Despite a significant decline in HIV transmission in Australia, many people living with HIV continue to face stigma and discrimination. For gay men, historically at high risk for HIV, peer support programs are essential to improve psychosocial outcomes. Peer support is known to reduce stigma demonstrably, improve well-being, increase medication adherence, and connect participants to broader HIV services. While peer support is known to be important within the HIV care continuum, there is little research on factors associated with engagement with peer support and no Australian study has examined determinants of involvement. This study focused on Australian gay men living with HIV for at least five years to understand the factors impacting engagement, retention, and attrition. Twenty participants with 5–36 years of lived experience participated in semi-structured interviews. Reflexive thematic analysis revealed four key themes: (1) shared experiences, (2) confidentiality and trust, (3) changing needs with aging, and (4) inclusion and collaboration. The themes highlight the importance of fostering connection, trust, program adaptability, and agency. Barriers to engagement included problems with online support access due to cost, limited technological proficiency, and concerns about program relevance for aging men who have extensive HIV lived experience. The findings underscore the need for consistent funding to support well-defined program scopes that cater to diverse and changing needs. Such enhanced program support is crucial to address the specific requirements of men with long-term experience of living with HIV as they age through the HIV care continuum.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"54 3","pages":"1165 - 1179"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143393017","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}
Peter K. Jonason, Francesca Tobaldo, Ronja Zannoni, Katja Seiffert
{"title":"Feeling Love and Lust: An Examination of Individualistic and Mutualistic Erotic Talk","authors":"Peter K. Jonason, Francesca Tobaldo, Ronja Zannoni, Katja Seiffert","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03082-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10508-025-03082-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>While for some (maybe even most), the act of sex may be a rather silent affair, others may communicate their needs, fantasies, and pleasure to their partners. However, research on this topic has several methodological and conceptual shortcomings. In heterosexual participants (<i>N</i> = 433; <i>M</i><sub>Age</sub> = 30.97, SD = 9.22, range = 18–73), who spoke German (20%; 28 men), Italian (41%; 88 men), or English (39%; 118 men), we examined the expected amounts (i.e., affective forecasting) of feeling loved and sexually aroused in response to two kinds of erotic talk in men and women, in the context of committed (i.e., long-term) and casual (i.e., short-term) relationships, and in relation to love styles. While participants expected mutualistic talk (e.g., feedback) to generally be more enjoyable than individualistic (e.g., dominance) talk, it was especially appealing in the long-term, romantic relationship context, whereas arousal was expected to be more evocative in the short-term, casual sex than the long-term context, and men expected more enjoyment than women in response to individualistic than mutualistic talk. In addition, erotic talk appears to be part of a game-playing and manic love style, but much more about arousal than love responses in the short term than the long term. Our study provides new information about two classes of erotic talk, responses to that talk, and gender differences and contextual associations therein.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"54 3","pages":"1093 - 1103"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143393016","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}
{"title":"Effect of Transcutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation in Multiparous Egyptian Women with Vaginal Laxity: A Randomized Controlled Trial","authors":"Doaa A. Abdel Hady","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03093-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10508-025-03093-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Vaginal laxity (VL) is a common symptom of pelvic floor disorder, an underreported condition, and has a substantial impact on women's sex lives and relationships. The study aimed to determine the effect of transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (TTNS) on women with VL. Fifty women with vaginal laxity were chosen from an outpatient clinic in Egypt. They were randomly split into two equal categories (A and B). Group A (<i>n</i> = 25) received pelvic floor exercises (PFE), while Group B (<i>n</i> = 25) received TTNS and PFE. Every week, both groups performed three sessions for three months. The outcomes were evaluated both before and following treatment using ultrasound imaging to assess pelvic floor muscle (PFM) function and the Female Sexual Function Index to measure sexual function. Vaginal Laxity Questionnaire (VLQ) were used to examine vaginal looseness. The analysis demonstrated a significant improvement in vaginal laxity in both groups. Post-treatment comparisons revealed a statistically significant difference in VLQ scores and PFM strength between Groups B and A. These findings indicate that TTNS is notably more effective in improving PFM activity and VLQ scores in women with vaginal laxity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"54 3","pages":"1121 - 1128"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10508-025-03093-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143385099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vítor Blanco-Fernández, Ṣikemi Akinmade, María T. Soto-Sanfiel
{"title":"Representation of Young Non-Binary Characters in Mainstream Fiction","authors":"Vítor Blanco-Fernández, Ṣikemi Akinmade, María T. Soto-Sanfiel","doi":"10.1007/s10508-024-03074-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10508-024-03074-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study characterizes the depiction of young non-binary characters in mainstream fiction. It presents the results of a close-reading analysis of four non-binary characters from different cultural contexts that appeared in Netflix’s English-language catalog in November 2023: Cal from <i>Sex Education</i> (UK), Darren from <i>Heartbreak High</i> (Australia), Syd from <i>One Day at a Time</i> (USA), and Yael from <i>Degrassi: Next Class</i> (Canada). The analysis observed aspects of their identity, embodiment, attitude, context, social interactions, and development. The findings reveal patterns that confirm the existence of non-binary stereotypes in the media, as well as divergent features that could be considered manifestations of diversity across Western contexts, thus contributing to a more detailed understanding of the mental models of non-binary individuals that are shared across different cultural contexts.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"54 3","pages":"1199 - 1215"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143258563","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}
{"title":"Citation Issues in the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement on Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents (Rafferty, 2018)","authors":"Kathleen McDeavitt","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03106-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10508-025-03106-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"54 4","pages":"1297 - 1305"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10508-025-03106-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143188008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Choking/Strangulation During Sex: Understanding and Negotiating “Safety” Among 18-35 Year Old Australians","authors":"Isabella Conte, Leah S. Sharman, Heather Douglas","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03097-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10508-025-03097-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Despite its potentially fatal consequences, sexual choking/strangulation is an increasingly common sexual practice. Existing research suggests that its growing prevalence is partly a consequence of its popular construction as “risky yet safe.” Few studies have directly examined how people frame and engage in choking/strangulation in terms of “safety”—what people think it means for strangulation to be (or not be) “safe” and how people think safety during strangulation can be achieved. Drawing on qualitative text responses from a survey collected in 2023, this paper examined whether and how Australian adults aged between 18–35 perceived choking/strangulation in terms of “safety.” We identified and discussed four main themes arising from the data: choking/strangulation during sex can be safe; pressure/intensity is a safety mechanism; consent is a safety mechanism; and trust and communication are necessary. In consideration of these themes, we suggest that many Australian young people are not aware of the risks of choking/strangulation during sex and frequently equate pressure/intensity and consent, within a trusting relationship, with safety. Given the significant risks and harms associated with any sexual choking/strangulation and the resultant difficulty in achieving safe use, we concluded that appropriate education and information should be provided to young people.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"54 2","pages":"483 - 494"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10508-025-03097-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143125361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Academicians' Metaphorical Perceptions of Older Adult Sexuality: An Example of Metaphor Analysis","authors":"Arzu Yüksel, Cemile Kütmeç Yilmaz","doi":"10.1007/s10508-024-03077-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10508-024-03077-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Sexuality is one of the most natural aspects of life that continues throughout life and is within the scope of basic human needs. Sexual life can be affected by many factors such as individual characteristics, diseases, society's values, attitudes, and cultural and religious characteristics. The objective of this research is to identify the metaphorical perceptions of older adults' sexuality held by academics, employing a phenomenological methodology. This study was conducted with the participation of 164 academicians. The research data were collected between March–April 2022. The evaluation of the metaphors created about the concept of older adults' sexuality employed content analysis techniques. The metaphors pertaining to the perceptions of academics regarding the sexuality of older adults were classified into four categories and 11 sub-themes: \"Perceptions that sexuality as natural,\" \"Diminishing sexuality,\" \"Sexuality as love, affection and friendship,\" and \"Sexuality as hidden and stigmatized.\" The majority of the metaphors created by the academic researchers were found to contain negative themes related to the sexuality of older adults. It can be suggested to organize seminars to increase the awareness of academicians on sexuality, older adults' sexuality, and sexual health.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"54 3","pages":"1079 - 1091"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143125336","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}
{"title":"United States Women and Pornography: Methodological Experiment Update","authors":"Paul J. Wright, Robert S. Tokunaga","doi":"10.1007/s10508-024-03075-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10508-024-03075-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Pornography is one of the most popular forms of media and pornography research is common in high impact sexological journals. Many studies on U.S. adults’ pornography consumption have utilized the National Science Foundation funded General Social Survey (GSS), which has provided nationally representative publicly available data since the early 1970s; however, there are multiple reasons to question the validity and predictive capacity of the GSS’s traditional pornography measure. The present study compared the traditional GSS pornography measure with a new, experimental GSS pornography measure following the methodology of an early study of adult U.S. women’s pornography use published in this journal. The results supported the validity and predictive capacity of the traditional GSS measure while simultaneously suggesting the superiority of the GSS’s new measure. Implications for the GSS and pornography measurement beyond the GSS are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"54 2","pages":"705 - 720"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143125360","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}
{"title":"Sexually Explicit Media Exposure, Sexual Violence Victimization, and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men with New Drug Abuse in Jinan, China","authors":"Yong Yu, Qiushuang Wei, Shishi Tang, Fuqun Xiao, Huiling Cai, Jiahong Li","doi":"10.1007/s10508-024-03080-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10508-024-03080-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Abuse of new drugs, such as Rush poppers, methamphetamine, Magu, Ketamine, and Ecstasy, is common among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China, leading to increased risks of sexually explicit media consumption, sexual violence, and sexual risk behaviors. This study aimed to explore the prevalence and relationships of these behaviors among MSM with new drug abuse. A cross-sectional study was conducted from January to June 2021, involving 453 MSM in Jinan, China. Participants completed an online questionnaire assessing behaviors over the past six months. Multiple linear regressions were conducted to investigate the correlations among the three behaviors. Results showed that 88.7% consumed sexually explicit media, and 48.3% experienced sexual violence. Regarding sexual risk behaviors, the prevalence rates for group sex, condomless anal intercourse, and commercial sex were 29.1%, 76.4%, and 11.0%, respectively. New drug abuse was positively correlated with sexual violence victimization (b = 0.38 for methamphetamine; b = 0.50 for Magu), media consumption (b = 1.58 for methamphetamine), and sexual risk behaviors (b = 0.94 for methamphetamine; b = 0.72 for Magu). The age at first exposure to sexually explicit media was negatively correlated with sexual violence victimization (b = − 0.09) and sexual risk behaviors (b = − 0.30). Preferences for violence in media were linked to higher sexual violence risk (b = 0.76), and preferences for condomless anal intercourse and group sex to higher sexual risk behaviors (b = 1.04; b = 0.83). Significant positive correlations were found among sexual violence victimization, media consumption, and sexual risk behaviors (r = 0.22–0.82, <i>p</i> < 0.05). These findings provide insights for future interventions to prevent HIV transmission among MSM with new drug.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"54 3","pages":"1153 - 1163"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143063466","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}