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Talking About Sex: Notes on First Coitus and the Double Sexual Standard.
- Source :
- Journal of Marriage & Family; Nov73, Vol. 35 Issue 4, p677-688, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 1973
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Abstract
- Building upon the sexual socialization ideas of Gagnon and Simon and others which have stressed male-female differences in premarital sexual behavior, the social and psychological management of the first coital experience is examined. Using data from a 1967 national sample of university undergraduates, the idea of a double standard is explicated in terms of reportage about first coitus—to whom the person reports the event, how many people, how soon, and the like. Evidence pointing to a pattern of male "ego-sex" emerges within the context of the so-called "male bond" (male peers as audiences for sexual prowess), which contrasts sharply with the modal females's management of first coitus. The paper concludes with a brief discussion of future trends in gender styles and premarital sexuality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00222445
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Marriage & Family
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 23417843
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2307/350881