Study of sexual concordance in men and women with different typologies of adherence to the sexual double standard

• Ana Álvarez-Muelas ^[1] ; Juan Carlos Sierra ^[1] ; Carmen Gómez-Berrocal ^[1] ; Ana I. Arcos-Romero ^[2] ; Cristóbal Calvillo ^[1] ; Reina Granados ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Granada

     Universidad de Granada

     Granada, España

     
  2. [2] Departamento de Psicología, Universidad Loyola, España
• Localización: International journal of clinical and health psychology, ISSN 1697-2600, Vol. 22, Nº. 2, 2022, págs. 61-70
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2022.100297
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  • español

    Antecedentes/Objetivo La concordancia sexual (i.e., relación entre respuesta genital y excitación sexual subjetiva) parece ser mayor en hombres que en mujeres. Entre los factores que podrían explicar dicha diferencia estaría el doble estándar sexual (DES). Se examina la concordancia sexual en función de la tipología de adhesión al DES (igualitaria, favorable al hombre y favorable a la mujer).

    Método Durante la exposición a un filme de contenido sexual, se registró la respuesta genital (circunferencia peniana/amplitud del pulso vaginal) y la excitación sexual autoinformada de 104 adultos jóvenes (42 hombres y 62 mujeres), distribuidos en las tipologías de adhesión al DES a partir de sus puntuaciones en la Sexual Double Standard Scale.

    Resultados Se obtuvo concordancia sexual en hombres y mujeres con tipología igualitaria y favorable al hombre. La excitación sexual subjetiva explicó un porcentaje significativo de la varianza de la respuesta genital en la tipología igualitaria (hombres: R2 = 0,32, p < 0,01; mujeres: R2 = 0,19, p < 0,05) y en la favorable al hombre (hombres: R2 = 0,21, p < 0,05; mujeres: R2 = 0,23, p < 0,05).

    Conclusiones El acuerdo entre la respuesta genital y la excitación sexual subjetiva depende de la tipología de adhesión al DES.

  • English

    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).

    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.

    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: R2 = .32, p < .01; women: R2 = .19, p < .05) and man-favorable typology (men: R2 = .21, p < .05; women: R2 = .23, p < .05).

    Conclusions Agreement between genital responsiveness and subjective sexual arousal depends on DES adherence typology.

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