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Study of Sexual Concordance in Men and Women with Different Typologies of Adherence to the Sexual Double Standard.

Authors :
Álvarez-Muelas A
Sierra JC
Gómez-Berrocal C
Arcos-Romero AI
Calvillo C
Granados R
Source :
International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP [Int J Clin Health Psychol] 2022 May-Aug; Vol. 22 (2), pp. 100297. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Feb 23.
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

Background/objective: Sexual concordance (i.e., relationship between genital response and subjective sexual arousal) is higher in men than in women. Among the factors that could explain this difference would be the sexual double standard (SDS). Sexual concordance is examined by SDS typologies of adherence (egalitarian, man-favorable, and woman-favorable).<br />Method: During exposure to a film with sexual content, genital response (penile circumference/vaginal pulse amplitude) and self-reported sexual arousal were recorded in 104 young adults (42 men and 62 women), distributed into SDS typologies of adherence on the basis of their scores on the Sexual Double Standard Scale.<br />Results: Sexual concordance was obtained in men and women with egalitarian and man-favorable typology. Subjective sexual arousal explained a significant percentage of the variance in genital response in the egalitarian typology (men: R <superscript>2</superscript>  = .32, p < .01; women: R <superscript>2</superscript>  = .19, p < .05) and man-favorable typology (men: R <superscript>2</superscript>  = .21, p < .05; women: R <superscript>2</superscript>  = .23, p < .05).<br />Conclusions: Agreement between genital responsiveness and subjective sexual arousal depends on DES adherence typology.<br /> (© 2022 The Author(s).)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2174-0852
Volume :
22
Issue :
2
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
35281774
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2022.100297