Sexual double standard: A gender-based prejudice referring to sexual freedom and sexual shyness
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Sexual double standard Gender-based prejudice Sexual gender norms Sexual freedom Sexual shyness
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2022-10-12Referencia bibliográfica
Gómez-Berrocal C... [et al.] (2022) Sexual double standard: A gender-based prejudice referring to sexual freedom and sexual shyness. Front. Psychol. 13:1006675. doi: [10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1006675]
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Spanish Government PSI2014-25035-R FPU16/04429 B13 56 1 RD 99/2011Resumen
The sexual double standard (SDS) consists of judging men and women
differently for the same sexual behavior. This study contributes to research
on the factors that determine inconsistent adherence to the SDS. It uses a
descriptive methodology to analyze the association between individual
and contextual factors both with adherence to the SDS, and with four SDS
adherence typologies (man-favorable SDS, woman-favorable SDS, egalitarian
and ambivalent). A total of 1,206 heterosexual Spanish adults (603 men
and 603 women) participated. The mean age in the male sample was 41.7
(SD = 14.25), in the female sample M = 40.84 (SD = 14.24). The results show
that the conceptualization of SDS as a gender-based prejudice is valid to
understand the bias of ingroup favoritism that SDS implies: adherence to
SDS is more related to the identity of the gender role of men (vs. women).
In addition, evidence is provided that the normative context and domain of
sexual behavior (i.e., sexual freedom or sexual shyness) determine the form
that SDS adopts to express itself. The domain of behaviors related to sexual
shyness (vs. domain related to sexual freedom) better discriminates between
the different four SDS adherence typologies. The importance of adopting
different levels of analysis (i.e., individual, intergroup, societal) to explain and
predict both SDS adherence and the prevalence of SDS adherence typologies
is discussed.
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