The Continuing Premarital Sexual Revolution among College Females

King, Karl; Balswick, Jack O.; Robinson, Ira

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“…As a result, many investigators are reporting a sexual revolution. Some evidence suggests that the premarital sexual revolution which supposedly began during the late 1960's accelerated during the 1970's with the female respondents showing the most dramatic movement in sexual attitudes and behavior [6,10,11]. However, the findings of Mahoney suggest that there is a relationship between the susceptibility to liberal or conservative social forces and social class [12].…”

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Sexual Fantasies, Attitudes and Behavior as a Function of Race, Gender and Religiosity

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1983

Imagination, Cognition and Personality

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Race, gender, socioeconomic status (SES), and religiosity factors were examined as influence of sexual fantasies and their behavioral expression. Four groups of fifty undergraduate college students were administered Kilpatrick's Sexual Attitude and Behavior Survey (SABS): 1) black male; 2) black female; 3) white male; and 4) white female. A reliability estimate for the SABS was also obtained indicating adequacy for the scale. Results indicated significant differences between the racial groups for the Male Behavior, Female Fantasy, and Personal Fantasy attitudinal measures. Low church attenders were shown to be more sexually permissive than high church attenders. Also, some measures indicated significant sex differences, but no significant effect was found for SES in the ANOVA's. Interestingly, the only significant interactions (disordinal) revealed by the ANOVA's were race x religiosity. For all groups except the black female group, attitudes were found to be moderately correlated with behavior. Inconsistent with previous findings, white males were generally the most permissive group.Several studies have measured premarital sexual attitudes and/or behavior. From these, it has been concluded that sexual attitudes and their behavioral expression vary as a complex function of subcultural mores, gender, race, religious preference, and religiosity [I J. Generally, the literature has shown blacks as more sexually liberal than whites [2][3][4]. In fact, Reiss described black males as particularly insensitive to the controlling influence of romatic love and religion. However, black females and white females have been reported to share similar sexual attitudes and behavior [4] .

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“…The literature also suggests an increasing drift away from the double standard of morality to a more equalitarian standard [3,[5][6][7][8][9]. As a result, many investigators are reporting a sexual revolution.…”

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Sexual Fantasies, Attitudes and Behavior as a Function of Race, Gender and Religiosity

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Calhoun²

1983

Imagination, Cognition and Personality

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“…Some findings reveal that women who engage in premarital sex are more negatively evaluated than are men for the same behavior (Crawford and Popp 2003; Galper and Luck 1980; Harrison, Bennett and Globetti 1969; Milhausen and Herold 1999; Oliver and Sedikides 1992; Reiss 1967; Sheeran et al 1996; Sprecher and Hatfield 1996; Treboux and Busch-Rossnagel 1990). Other scholars, however, contend that there is little to no evidence for the existence of a gender double standard (DeLameter and MacCorquodale 1979; Gentry 1998; Jacoby and Williams 1985; King, Balswick and Robinson 1977; Mark and Miller 1986; O’Sullivan 1995; Peplau, Rubin and Hill 1977; Sprecher 1989). And some have either been unable to find evidence for or against its existence (Istvan and Griffitt 1980) or believe that the nature of this double standard has evolved so that detecting it has become much more difficult (Sprecher, McKinney and Orbuch 1987).…”

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Gender double standards in parenting attitudes

Axinn

Young-DeMarco

2011

Social Science Research

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This paper investigates the double standard in attitudes toward courtship and family formation behaviors of sons and daughters. We argue there are strong theoretical reasons to expect that the magnitude of this double standard varies across substantive domains, as well as amongst parents and non-parents. We also argue key methodological limitations of previous studies likely produce an under-estimate of the gender double standard. We provide empirical estimates of the gender double standard that overcome these limitations, including a random assignment experiment explicitly designed to control the effects of social desirability. These estimates demonstrate variability in the double standard across domains and reveal key factors contributing to the magnitude of the double standards in parenting attitudes held by individuals.

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“…Young people judged it equally acceptable for either sex to have premarital intercourse with affection, and a majority of young people thought that casual sex without affection was also acceptable (DeLamater & MacCorquodale, 1979). According to King, Balswick, and Robinson (1977), "taken as a whole, the evidence suggests that society is approaching a single premarital sexual standard as Reiss (1960) predicted" (p. 458). However, these conclusions did not end research on heterosexual double standards, which continued during the 1980s and 1990s, yielding mixed results (for reviews, see DeLamater, 1987;Oliver & Hyde, 1993).…”

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