Cultural Suppression of Female Sexuality

By Roy F. Baumeister, Jean M. Twenge. 2002

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science

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The Power of Prestige: Why Young Men Report Having more Sex Partners than Young Women (2009, background): “The social constraints for sex acts are stronger for young women than young men in virtually every society (Baumeister and Twenge 2002).”
Internet pornography use and sexual motivation: a systematic review and integration (2019, background): “…factors such as a grander cultural trend in which women’s sexual motivation is often secondary to the male sexual drive (Baumeister, 2000, 2004; Baumeister & Twenge, 2002; Baumeister & Vohs, 2004; Baumeister, Catanese, & Vohs, 2001), more universal differences in male vs. female sexuality…”
Who is The Fairest One of All? How Evolution Guides Peer and Media Influences on Female Body Dissatisfaction (2011, background): “Women often compete by derogating same-sex competitors, especially focusing on physical appearance and sexual behavior (Baumeister & Twenge, 2002; D. M. Buss & Dedden, 1990; Joseph, 1985).”
Gender-related reactions to gratuitous sex appeals in advertising (2008, background): “Although much research in this area is sympathetic of the view that gender is a primary determinant of such attitudes (e.g., Baumeister & Twenge, 2002; Clark & Hatfield, 1989; Oliver & Hyde, 1993; Symons, 1979), other views point to within-gender sources of variation as well (e.g., Bleske & Buss,…”
Sex in Advertising: Gender Differences and the Role of Relationship Commitment (2009, neutral): “Socialization in-ﬂuences are almost without exception biased toward promoting a recreational attitude toward sex in men but a relationship orientation in women (Baumeister and Twenge 2002; Schwartz and Rutter 1998).”
The Female Sexual Subjectivity Inventory: Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Inventory for Late Adolescents and Emerging Adults (2006, background): “…cultural double standards and male sexual values, such as the prominence of intercourse and other beliefs and practices that flow from patriarchal ideologies that serve to police female sexuality (Baumeister & Twenge, 2002; Martin, 1996; Tolman et al., 2003; Welsh, Rostosky, & Kawaguchi, 2000).”
An Integrated Review of Indirect, Relational, and Social Aggression (2005, background): “, Bjorkqvist et al., 1992). Girls rate social aggression as more harmful than boys (Galen & Underwood, 1997), and they rate it as more harmful than physical aggression, whereas boys rate physical aggression as more harmful than social aggression. These sex differences are found in all school age gro”
Competitive reputation manipulation: Women strategically transmit social information about romantic rivals (2018, background): “These findings also add to a growing body of research suggesting that women are threatened by and actively suppress one another's open expression of sexuality (e.g., Baumeister & Twenge, 2002; Bleske & Shackelford, 2001).”
Female sexual subjectivity and well-being: Comparing late adolescents with different sexual experiences (2005, background): “For example, although there may have been some improvements in recent years, females still develop their sexuality while receiving mixed messages and cultural double standards that emphasize male sexual values, such as the prominence of intercourse; such standards and values do not encourage female ”
The Evolution of Culturally-Variable Sex Differences: Men and Women Are Not Always Different, but When They Are…It Appears Not to Result from Patriarchy or Sex Role Socialization (2015, background): “to women’s than men’s short-term mating psychology (Baumeister and Twenge 2002).”
A brief review and discussion of sex differences in the specificity of sexual arousal (2005, background): “That women can make such a choice implies that there is a sex difference in both the ability of culture and politics to mould female sexual expression (Baumeister & Twenge, 2002) and sexual motivation (Baumeister et al., 2001).”
Evolution, Social Roles, and the Differences in Shame and Guilt (2015, background): “Baumeister and Twenge (2002) point out that female sexual desire and the restraint of sexual activity can be related to female shaming and control practices.”
The Proof is in the Punch: Gender Differences in Perceptions of Action and Aggression as Components of Manhood (2010, background): “Cultural expectations for women (for example, stronger expectations for women than for men to marry, have children, and prioritize their family lives over professional lives; Cuddy et al. 2004; Gorman and Fritzsche 2002; Hays 1996 ;R usso1976) can create stresses that are detrimental to girls’ and w”
Changes in Young People's Sexual Behavior and Attitudes, 1943–1999: A Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis (2005, background): “This may occur partially because women tend to police each other’s sexuality rather than an inflexible system of male control being in place (Baumeister & Twenge, 2002).”