An examination of sexual strategies used by urban Southern and rural Midwestern university women.
The purposes of this study were (a) to determine whether women's use of persuasion, non-physical coercion, and physical force strategies to obtain sex from a man varied between U.S. women from an urban Southern and rural Midwestern university and (b) to determine if sexual behavior history and early courtship behavior affected the use of these strategies (or not using any strategy). Women from the Midwest and the South did not differ in their use of sexual strategies. There were, however other variables that accounted for differences in women's use of sexual strategies. Women who used persuasion strategies had fewer lifetime sexual partners than women who used any other strategy. Women who used physical force strategies reported a lower age at first intercourse and more early courtship behaviors than all others. Overall, the results indicated that sexual strategies are related to sexual behavior history and early courtship behaviors rather than cultural setting or demographics.
Anderson
Peter B
PB
University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, Department of Human Performance and Health Promotion, Human Performance Center Room #109, New Orleans, Louisiana 70148, USA. panderso@uno.edu
Kontos
Anthony P
AP
Tanigoshi
Holly
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Struckman-Johnson
Cindy
C
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D003068:Coercion; D003075:Coitus / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008145:Louisiana; D010565:Persuasive Communication; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012931:Social Environment; D013023:South Dakota; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult