Living Life as the Bachelor/ette: Contributions of Diverse Television Genres to Adolescents’ Acceptance of Gendered Sexual Scripts

Ward, L. Monique; Grower, Petal; Reed, Lauren A.

doi:10.1080/00224499.2021.1891519

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“…Laboratory experiments support these associations (Ward, 2002; Ward et al, 2005; Ward & Friedman, 2006); participants assigned to view video content reflecting aspects of GSS, such as depictions of women as sexual objects, are more accepting of GSS than participants without this exposure. Finally, associations vary by genre, and reality TV is particularly influential (e.g., Ward et al, 2022). It is possible that portrayals on reality TV are especially persuasive because viewers attribute more authenticity to the content.…”

Section: Prevalence and Effects Of Gendered Sexual Scripts In Mainstr...mentioning

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A Scripted Sexuality: Media, Gendered Sexual Scripts, and Their Impact on Our Lives

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Aguinaldo

2022

Curr Dir Psychol Sci

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Gendered sexual scripts reflect the culture’s expectations for how women and men interact in courtship and romantic relationships. These expectations prioritize passivity and appearance for young women and assertiveness and emotional detachment for young men. Mainstream media are prominent forces contributing to these scripts, and significant evidence indicates that heavier media exposure is associated with greater acceptance of these expectations among U.S. youths. However, endorsing these scripts has significant implications for young people’s well-being, both as individuals and in their relationships. Stronger endorsement is linked to greater psychological distress, diminished sexual agency, and more dysfunctional beliefs about relationships. Additional concerns have emerged for African American youths, who must also negotiate culturally specific racialized gender stereotypes. Future research should expand to include new media platforms, more diverse populations, and potential positive scripts.

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A Scripted Sexuality: Media, Gendered Sexual Scripts, and Their Impact on Our Lives

Ward¹,

Rosenscruggs²,

Aguinaldo

2022

Curr Dir Psychol Sci

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“…Previous research has widely demonstrated the role of sexual scripts in understanding different domains of adolescents’ and young adults’ sexuality, such as acceptance of gendered sexual scripts (Ward et al, 2022), sexual consent (Hust et al, 2017), men’s sexual desire (Murray, 2018), or the use of dating apps (Tomaszewska & Schuster, 2020). The special contribution of sexual scripts in explaining sexual aggression perpetration and victimization has been well documented and examined in longitudinal studies in different cultural contexts (D’Abreu & Krahé, 2016; Krahé et al, 2007; Krahé & Berger, 2021; Schuster & Krahé, 2019a, 2019b; Tomaszewska & Krahé, 2018).…”

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Evaluating a Theory-Based Online Program for Preventing Sexual Aggression: An Experimental-Longitudinal Study With German University Students

2023

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This pre-registered study evaluated an intervention designed to reduce sexual aggression perpetration and victimization by changing risky scripts for consensual sexual interactions and corresponding risky sexual behavior, and by improving sexual self-esteem, refusal assertiveness, and initiation assertiveness. In a four-wave longitudinal study covering 23 months, 1181 university students in Germany (762 female) were randomly assigned to an intervention and a no-intervention control group. The intervention group completed six weekly modules addressing the targeted theory-based risk and vulnerability factors of sexual aggression perpetration and victimization. Controlling for baseline levels (T1), the intervention group showed less risky sexual scripts one week post-intervention (T2), which predicted less risky sexual behavior nine months later (T3), which predicted lower odds of sexual aggression perpetration and victimization 12 months later (T4). No direct intervention effects on rates of sexual aggression perpetration and victimization at T3 and T4 were found. No indirect intervention effect on sexual aggression was found via sexual self-esteem and sexual assertiveness. However, sexual self-esteem at T2, which was higher in the intervention group, predicted lower odds of sexual aggression victimization at T3 via higher initiation assertiveness at T3. Implications for reducing sexual aggression and conceptualizing risk and vulnerability factors of sexual aggression are discussed.

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Sexism and gender-based discrimination

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Gutierrez

2024

Encyclopedia of Adolescence

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Living Life as the Bachelor/ette: Contributions of Diverse Television Genres to Adolescents’ Acceptance of Gendered Sexual Scripts

Cited by 5 publications

References 75 publications

A Scripted Sexuality: Media, Gendered Sexual Scripts, and Their Impact on Our Lives

A Scripted Sexuality: Media, Gendered Sexual Scripts, and Their Impact on Our Lives

Evaluating a Theory-Based Online Program for Preventing Sexual Aggression: An Experimental-Longitudinal Study With German University Students

Sexism and gender-based discrimination

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