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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"sexual double standard"”.
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An Examination of the Effects of the Sexual Double Standard on College Students' Condom Use
… women have historically been held to different standards regarding sexual behavior, known as the sexual double standard. Women have typically been judged more harshly than men for engaging in similar sexual behavior. Both genders report higher levels of sexual activity and more liberal attitudes …
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Sexual double standard in Icelandic society : effects of gender, sexual history and the impact on self-esteem and depression
The aim of this study was to examine sexual double standard in Icelandic society and to examine the impact of experiencing sexual double standard, on symptoms of depression and self-esteem. Participants (n = 1211), recruited through Facebook, completed a 70-item questionnaire. Sexual double …
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The Ungovernable Governess:The Figure of the Governess in the Victorian Sensation Novel of the 1860s.
… to the depiction of Victorian matrimony and the sexual double standard. Under discussion will be the liminal position of the governess and the way in which these villainous and deviant women use masquerade and their position in ways that tend towards deception. The motivation behind the actions …
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Male sexuality and masculinity: Implications for STIs/HIV and sexual health interventions in Bangladesh
My thesis concerns male sexuality as revealed by men living in contemporary urban and rural Bangladesh. I pursue what men think it means to be a man. dimensions of manliness and manhood, and male influences in the construction of male/female relationships. Significant meanings men attribute to …
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Equal Ardor: Female Desire, Amatory Fiction, and the Recasting of the Novel, 1680--1760
… subjectivity must be based on absolute sexual virtue. By placing novels by Aphra Behn and Eliza Haywood at the center of the history of the novel, I argue that female selfhood in the early novel was contingent on the heroine's erotic desire, and that amatory fiction encouraged complex …
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Impact of Relationship Context on Evaluations of the Sexual Behavior of Men and Women
… have been found in early studies of human sexuality with males following more permissive norms for engagement in sexual behavior. More recently, male and female sexual behavior has become more similar, although literature examining attitudes towards sexual behavior has found mixed support …
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The construction of masculinity in male students' talk on (heterosexual) rape in South Africa: a discourse analysis
… in a given context may influence some men's sexually aggressive behaviour within that context. Six focus group sessions, each consisting of between four and six male university students (with a total of 30 participants) were held, in which the reasons for why some men rape in South Africa …
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Exposure to sexual media and college students' sexual risk-taking and sexual regret
Sexual risk-taking represents a significant health problem among college students. Although media may play an important role in college students’ sexual risk-taking, research in this area has been sparse. Using social cognitive theory as the theoretical framework, this dissertation aimed to achieve …