“Was it good for you, too?”: Gender differences in first sexual intercourse experiences

Sprecher, Susan; Barbee, Anita P.; Schwartz, Pepper

doi:10.1080/00224499509551769

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“…De vaststelling dat de eerste keer voor mannen een betere ervaring lijkt te zijn dan voor vrouwen, komt overeen met wat er in de literatuur terug te vinden is (Sprecher, Barbee & Schwartz, 1995). De reden waarom de eerste keer positiever beleefd wordt door mannen dan door vrouwen, wordt in verschillende richtingen gezocht.…”

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“…Een hypothese luidt dat het voor mannen gemakkelijker is om bij de eerste keer fysiek genot te beleven en om een orgasme te bereiken. Zo blijkt uit een onderzoek dat, indien er gecontroleerd wordt voor de ervaring van pijn en de beleving van een orgasme, het verschil in beleving van de eerste keer tussen mannen en vrouwen kleiner wordt (Sprecher et al, 1995). Op basis van de Sexpert-data kan worden nagegaan of de beleving van de eerste keer inderdaad anders is wanneer er rekening wordt gehouden met de ervaring van pijn.…”

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Sexpert : Seksuele gezondheid in Vlaanderen

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Sexpert : Seksuele gezondheid in Vlaanderen

Buysse¹,

Caen²,

Dewaele³

et al. 2013

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“…Women with dyspareunia have selfreported more negative feelings surrounding sexual activity (Nunns & Mandal, 1997;Wouda et al, 1998), less sexual pleasure (Reissing, Binik, Khalifé, Cohen, & Amsel, 2003), more feelings of depression about sexuality (Gates & Galask, 2001), and negative sexual attitudes (Meana et al, 1997). Furthermore, one's sexual schema can be influenced by a number of sexual experiences, including age of sexual intercourse debut (Haavio-Mannila & Kontula, 1997;Sprecher, Barbee, & Schwartz, 1995), early non-intercourse sexual experience (Davis & Lay-Yee, 1999), number of sexual partners, exclusivity within a sexual relationship (Waite & Joyner, 2001), and importance of sex (Byers, 2005). Attitudes about gender-typical sexual behavior may also impact future sexual activity (Milhausen & Herold, 1999).…”

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confidence: 99%

Predictors of Genital Pain in Young Women

2007

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Despite the high prevalence of genital pain in healthy young adult women, limited research has addressed genital pain during intercourse using contemporary models of multidimensional sexual function. The objectives of this study were threefold: (1) to identify differences in sexual functioning in women who experience genital pain compared to pain free women; (2) to identify predictors of sexual functioning in women with and without genital pain; and (3) to identify predictors of sexual satisfaction in women with and without genital pain. Sexually active female undergraduates (n = 651) were administered the Female Sexual Function Index and the Derogatis Sexual Functioning Inventory. We evaluated the sexual factors that impact the sexual function of women with any pain (including high and low pain groups) versus women with no history of pain. Women with genital pain reported greater rates of sexual dysfunction as compared to pain-free women; however, sexual functioning in the high versus low pain groups was distinguished primarily by vaginal lubrication. Women in the high pain group showed negative correlations between domains of sexual satisfaction and genital pain frequency and intensity that were not found in the low pain group. For pain-free women, intercourse played a strong role in sexual satisfaction, whereas non-intercourse sexual behavior was central to sexual satisfaction in women who reported pain. The evaluation of levels of genital pain may provide insight into the mechanisms underlying the impairment of sexual function, sexual behavior, and sexual satisfaction. KeywordsGenital pain; Dyspareunia; Female sexual dysfunction; Sexual satisfaction; Sexual communication IntroductionContemporary models of female sexual response reflect the intercept of multiple dimensions of sexuality (Basson, 2001). Whereas sexual desire and arousal have often been the focus of these revised conceptualizations of sexual function, little attention has been given to the impact of different levels of genital pain (but see Abarbanel, 1978). This omission is surprising in light of the 15-20% of the female population aged 18-29 who experience dyspareunia (Laumann, Paik, & Rosen, 1999;Mercer et al., 2003). Dyspareunia is defined as the experience of pain during sexual intercourse and/or nonsexual pain with vaginal penetration (Binik, 2005). The symptom of pain in dyspareunia may be caused by multiple disease states, including underlying infection, allergies, muscle tension, hormone NIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript deregulation, genital abnormalities, endometriosis or tissue damage following pelvic injury or surgery (Basson et al., 2004). Although women with dyspareunia may have pain with localized or generalized genital contact, the most common type of dyspareunia is Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome (VVS, also known as vestibulodynia), or pain concentrated at the vaginal vestibule (Friedman, 1995).In addition to the physical pain, dyspareunia may result in a cascade of psychological, s...

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“…Although our sample size was larger than were those of previous studies, we nonetheless derived our data entirely from college students, a population relied on too heavily in studies of affective sexual experiences among young people. 37,39,42,48,53 Young people who do not attend college are likely to vary in significant ways from university students, and such social privilege differences are likely to influence sexual experiences and well-being. We encourage researchers conducting future studies of sexual satisfaction to explore whether similar findings would emerge from more representative samples.…”

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confidence: 99%