@misc{10481/102910,
year = {2025},
month = {2},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/102910},
abstract = {Background: The sexual double standard (SDS) governs behaviors related to
sexual activity and abstinence, promoting negative evaluations of sexually assertive women.
Conversely, the sexual agency norm encourages young women to express their sexuality
freely. This study explores how this complex normative context, combining SDS and sexual
agency norms, impacts young women’s self-concept and attitudes toward sexual consent.
Methods: A total of 154 Spanish university women (Mage = 19.69 years; SD = 2.23) participated
in a 2 × 2 quasi-experimental design [Personal Reputation Threat: Sexual Activity vs.
Sexual Abstinence × Agency Belief Affirmation: High vs. Low]. Participants completed a
self-perception measure and the Spanish Adaptation of the Sexual Consent Scale-Revised.
Results: Personal Reputation Threat influenced positive self-evaluation, with higher scores
in the Sexual Activity (vs. Abstinence) condition. Agency Belief Affirmation also affected
self-evaluation, with higher scores in the low-agency (vs. high-agency) condition. An interaction
effect emerged on attitudes favoring sexual consent: participants showed greater
support for sexual consent when devalued for sexual assertiveness rather than abstinence,
but only under low-agency belief affirmation. These findings highlight identity conflicts
and inconsistent sexual attitudes that young women may experience within the complex
normative frameworks of contemporaryWestern societies.},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {sexual double standard (SDS)},
keywords = {sexual agency norm},
keywords = {sexual reputation threat},
title = {Sexual and agency norms: effect on young women’s self-perception and attitude toward sexual consent},
doi = {10.3390/bs15030250},
author = {Sánchez Fuentes, María del Mar and Hidalgo Muñoz, Antonio Rafael and Moyano, Nieves and Gómez Berrocal, Carmen},
}