Feigning sexual desire: Consenting to unwanted sexual activity in heterosexual dating relationships

O’Sullivan, Lucia F.; Allgeier, Elizabeth Rice

doi:10.1080/00224499809551938

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“…Sexual compliance, however, is distinct from sexual coercion. Specifically, sexual compliance relates to the engagement in unwanted but consensual sex, that is, an individual freely/ voluntarily consents to sexual activity with one's partner despite lackingdesiretoengageinsexualactivity (O'Sullivan&Allgeier, 1998). KatzandTirrone(2009)notedthatstudiesofunwantedsex conflate sexual compliance with more severe forms of sexual coercion, in which the sex is unwanted and non-consensual.…”

Section: Sexual Coercion: Less Severe Formsmentioning

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Attachment Style and Less Severe Forms of Sexual Coercion: A Systematic Review

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Few studies have examined how attachment insecurity (i.e., attachment anxiety, attachment avoidance) is associated with the more subtle and less severe forms of sexual coercion, such as verbal threats and partner manipulation. This is despite the fact that past research has indicated some of the relationship behaviors exhibited by insecurely attached individuals represent behaviors indicative of either the perpetration or victimization of less severe forms of sexual coercion. The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review on the association between attachment style and less severe forms of sexual coercion. Our search, which included published journal papers, book chapters, and theses published between January 1970 and October 2014, yielded 1091 records. Examination of these records against exclusion criteria yielded 11 studies that focused on the associations between attachment orientation and perpetration of sexual coercion (n = 3), sexual coercion victimization (n = 3), or both perpetration and victimization (n = 5). Findings revealed that attachment anxiety appeared to be more consistently associated with being the victim of sexual coercion than attachment avoidance. In terms of perpetration, attachment avoidance was more consistently associated with sexual coercion. These findings were observed when examining the association between attachment dimensions and motives for sexual coercion. The findings also revealed gender to be a moderator for victimization. This review provides insights into how attachment style may influence the perpetration and victimization of sexual coercion.

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Section: Sexual Coercion: Less Severe Formsmentioning

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Attachment Style and Less Severe Forms of Sexual Coercion: A Systematic Review

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“…[M]ost token resistant behavior is a change of intention that is poorly recalled because of memory consolidation' (Shotland and Hunter, 1995: 226). Whether memory failure is at issue or not, it is also clear from the social psychological literature that not only may men and women differ in their deployments of token refusals (Dreznick, Cronin, Waterman, & Glasheen, 2003) but also that unwanted consensual sex is a routine feature of heterosexual dating relationships (O'Sullivan & Allgier, 1998;Reneau, n.d.).…”

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“If a girl doesn't say ‘no’…”: young men, rape and claims of ‘insufficient knowledge’

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Rapley

2007

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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Most psychological theories of rape tend to stress factors internal to both rapists and their victims in accounting for the phenomenon. Unlike such theories, social psychological and feminist accounts have drawn attention to social and cultural factors as productive of rape, and have criticized psychological accounts on the grounds that they often serve, paradoxically, to cement pre-existing 'common-sense'. In this paper we examine the ways in which young Australian men draw upon widely culturally shared accounts, or interpretative repertoires, of rape to exculpate rapists. In particular, we discuss the reliance placed on a 'lay' version of Tannen's (1992) 'miscommunication model' of (acquaintance) rape and detail the use of this account-the claim that rape is a consequence of men's 'not knowing'-as a device to accomplish exculpation. Implications of our methods for capturing young people's understanding of sexual coercion, rape and consent, and for the design of 'rape prevention' programmes, are discussed.

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“…Nos referimos a situaciones en las cuales una persona "libremente" consiente una actividad sexual con su pareja, sin experimentar un deseo concomitante al iniciarla (O'Sullivan & Allegeier, 1998). En investigaciones con mujeres, se han encontrado como motivos para acceder a un encuentro sexual sin desearlo: el altruismo (ceder como prueba de amor), porque desean satisfacer las "necesidades" del hombre, no quieren rechazarlo o sienten obligación (Muehlenhard & Cook, 1988).…”

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California define qué es “consentimiento sexual”

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2017

Sex., Salud Soc. (Rio J.)

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Resumen En años recientes, el consentimiento sexual ha sido considerado una llave maestra para evitar la violencia sexual en las relaciones sexuales. En 2014, Jerry Brown, gobernador de California, aprobó una ley para agregar la sección 67386 al Código de Educación. Ésta incluye la primera definición de “consentimiento afirmativo” en Estados Unidos de América. Para ser válido, la aquiescencia debe ser explícita, afirmativa, consciente, voluntaria y la existencia de un noviazgo no debe asumirse como indicador implícito de consentimiento. Este artículo muestra, desde una perspectiva de género, la complejidad mayúscula de dicha definición.

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Feigning sexual desire: Consenting to unwanted sexual activity in heterosexual dating relationships

Cited by 249 publications

References 25 publications

Attachment Style and Less Severe Forms of Sexual Coercion: A Systematic Review

Attachment Style and Less Severe Forms of Sexual Coercion: A Systematic Review

“If a girl doesn't say ‘no’…”: young men, rape and claims of ‘insufficient knowledge’

California define qué es “consentimiento sexual”

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