Attitudes toward sexual behaviors: relationship with gender and sexual orientation

Phonetics , Gender , and Sexual Orientation

Sexual compulsion – Relationship with sex, attachment and sexual orientation

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Sexual addiction, also known as hypersexual disorder, is associated with serious psychosocial problems for many people. METHODS This study used questionnaires to investigate the effects of gender, sexual orientation and attachment (avoidance and anxiety) on sexual compulsion among 100 heterosexual and homosexual men and women. RESULTS A positive correlation was found bet...

Sexual orientation, sexual behaviors, and pregnancy among American Indian adolescents.

PURPOSE A recent study found a disproportionate number of pregnancies among Euro-American lesbian and bisexual adolescents compared to heterosexual peers. American Indian adolescents have reported higher prevalence of gay/lesbian/bisexual orientations than Euro-Americans; do they also report higher prevalence of pregnancy? METHODS The study assessed prevalence of teen pregnancy and related fa...

Gender and sexual orientation differences in sexual response to sexual activities versus gender of actors in sexual films.

In this study, the authors investigated the hypothesis that women's sexual orientation and sexual responses in the laboratory correlate less highly than do men's because women respond primarily to the sexual activities performed by actors, whereas men respond primarily to the gender of the actors. The participants were 20 homosexual women, 27 heterosexual women, 17 homosexual men, and 27 hetero...

The relationship among sexual attitudes, sexual fantasy, and religiosity.

Recent research on the impact of religiosity on sexuality has highlighted the role of the individual, and suggests that the effects of religious group and sexual attitudes and fantasy may be mediated through individual differences in spirituality. The present study investigated the role of religion in an ethnically diverse young adult sample (N = 1413, 69% women) using religious group as well a...