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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Sexual advances"”.
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Are you coming on to me? Accuracy and bias in couples' perceptions of sexual advances
… studies examined how romantic partners make sexual advances, and how accurately these behaviours are perceived. Study 1 generated a list of 29 sexual advance behaviours common in romantic relationships. Studies 2a and 2b tested whether partners were able to track the pattern of their …
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College Women and The Occurrence of Unwanted Sexual Advances in Public Drinking Settings: A Feminist Routine Activities Approach
… analyzes the social predictors of unwanted sexual advances experienced by college women and where this type of victimization occurs. Hypotheses were derived from routine activities theory and feminist theory. Findings show that attendance at bars has a more significant effect on experiences …
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Behavioral Responses and Risk Detection in Sexual Encounters: A Study on the Effects of Social Anxiety and a Brief Intervention
Sexual victimization among college women is a common problem. This two-part study sought to examine social interaction anxiety as a risk factor of sexual victimization and to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a computer-based risk reduction program. A total of 1095 …
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The Effect of Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol Expectancy on Women's Responses to a Date Rape Analogue
… two factors, alcohol consumption and having a sexual assault history, increases a woman's risk of being sexually assaulted; however, the mechanism underlying this relationship is not yet fully understood. The majority of studies in this area of research have relied on self-report data or …
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'A Deadly Menace to All Young Womankind': Seduction and Protective Legislation in America, 1850-1923
… Legislation in America, 1850-1923 looks at sexual harassment before it was an actionable offense. Although female domestic servants have endured unwanted sexual attention for most of American history, the entry of women into wage labor in factories and offices during the late nineteenth …
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‘a Deadly Menace To All Young Womankind’: Seduction And Protective Legislation In America, 1850-1923
… Legislation in America, 1850-1923 looks at sexual harassment before it was an actionable offense. Although female domestic servants have endured unwanted sexual attention for most of American history, the entry of women into wage labor in factories and offices during the late nineteenth …
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Outcomes of sexual assault court cases involving people with intellectual disabilities within the Western Cape: the association between conviction of the perpetrator and the complainants level of intellectual functioning
… (PWID) are more likely to be survivors of sexual assault than people without intellectual disabilities (ID). Their cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and physical challenges increase their vulnerability and chances of being sexually assaulted. Despite this, individuals that disclose their …
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The Effects Of Men's Acute Alcohol Intoxication, Overperception Of Sexual Intent, Interpersonal Rejection And Testosterone On Aggression Toward Women
… alcohol intoxication increases the likelihood of sexual aggression at two stages of a cross-sex interaction. Early on, the cognitive impairments induced by alcohol encourage a potential perpetrator to overperceive a woman's level of sexual intent. Later, if the man's sexual advances are rejected, …
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Interpreting Ambiguity in Sexual Dating Encounters: Social Information Processing Differences in Men and Women
… decision making in reference to communicating sexual boundaries. Social Information Processing Theory (SIP) suggests individuals follow successive cognitive stages in determining how to respond to social stimuli. These stages are influenced by biological predisposition, environment, and …
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Making visible an invisible world - how do adult educators navigate moral dilemmas in HIV health and social literacy education?
… with topics that include safe sex, prevention, sexually transmitted infections, abortion and relevant lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and intersex (LGBTI) issues. In order to illuminate these dilemmas, the study asked adult educators from within the related field to identify the types of …
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The Effect of an Educational Intervention on the Sexual Perceptions and Practices of Adolescents in Trinidad and Tobago
… assertiveness skills regarding saying no to sexual advances will lead to an intention to delay sexual initiation.</p> <p><strong>Method.</strong> A quasi-experimental design was used with a treatment group (n=104) and a comparison group (n=92). The educational intervention was conducted once …