title: Profile analysis as a method of comparing intergenerational differences in sexual behavior.
abstract: Profile analysis can be used in sex research as a statistical procedure to assess the degree of similarity between various samples on different parameters of sexual behavior. Data are presented to analyze intergenerational changes comparing three independent samples including a time interval of approximately four decades. Profile analysis can differentiate the intergenerational trend. Results show (i) a clear trend of male-female profile-convergence over time; (ii) intergenerational changes in males are few with male sexual behavior seemingly little influenced by social changes; (iii) females show large intergenerational differences. These asymmetric trends demonstrate that the sexual changes within the last four decades are a one-sided process of females liberating from the "behavioral double standard."
authors.affiliation: Psychosomatische Klinik, Universität Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Clement
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D003075:Coitus; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D005860:Germany, West; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008418:Masturbation; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D014481:United States