title: Being "Good in Bed"-Body Concerns, Self-Perceptions, and Gender Expectations Among Swedish Heterosexual Female and Male Senior High-School Students.
abstract: We investigated gender differences regarding body perceptions, self-perceptions, values and expectations in sexual situations, and factors associated with expectations, among Swedish heterosexual female and male high-school students. A total of 2,765 students (aged 18 to 22) completed questionnaires. Women reported lower satisfaction with themselves and their body appearance (p < 0.001), and felt more inferior to their partner (p < 0.001). Men felt more superior to their partner, and felt higher expectations (p < 0.001). Male sex, difficulty saying no to sex, dissatisfaction with the body, feeling inferior or superior to partner, and considering partner's satisfaction as more important, were all associated with feeling expectations during sex.
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Health and Society , Malmö University , Malmö , Sweden.|b Centre for Sexology and Sexuality Studies , Malmö University , Malmö , Sweden.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Elmerstig
authors.affiliation: c Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Unit of Gender and Medicine, Division of Clinical Sciences , Linköping University , Linköping , Sweden.
authors.forename: Barbro
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wijma
authors.affiliation: d Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, Division of Nursing , Linköping University , Linköping , Sweden , and Centre for Collaborative Palliative Care , Linnaeus University , Kalmar , Sweden.|e Centre for Collaborative Palliative Care , Linnaeus University , Kalmar , Sweden.
authors.forename: Kristofer
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Årestedt
authors.affiliation: c Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Unit of Gender and Medicine, Division of Clinical Sciences , Linköping University , Linköping , Sweden.|f Department of Health and Caring Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences , Linnaeus University , Kalmar , Sweden.
authors.forename: Katarina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Swahnberg
mesh_terms: D001828:Body Image; D005260:Female; D020010:Heterosexuality / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012649:Self Concept; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden; D055815:Young Adult