Sexual Double Standard: Prejudice in Gender and Sexual Orientation
A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X). This special issue belongs to the section "Social Psychology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 233
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ethnic prejudice; gender prejudice; social identity; sexual attitudes; gender norms
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Since the mid-20th century, legislative advances that promote sexual gender equality coexist with traditional values; they both jointly determine what is accepted and expected gender sexual behavior. The "Sexual Double Standard" (SDS) involves making a different assessment of the same sexual behavior depending on the gender of the person who carries it out. Studying the factors that facilitate this double standard and the forms of expression it can take contributes to understanding sexual gender inequality.
From the accumulated evidence on SDS has been concluded that at least three interrelated levels of analysis will allow us to better understand this phenomenon. From an individual level, the determinants and adherence to SDS are analyzed considering personality traits. At the relational level, relationships with others, interactions and social influence (e.g., socialization messages, parental influence, sexual and intimate partner influence) become important. At the ideological and community levels, the relationships and conflicts between social groups (e.g., heteronormative and non-heteronormative groups) and ideologies related to gendered prejudices are considered the determinants for understanding SDS. Finally, a significant contribution to clinical and community practice results from the study focused on how SDS adherence is related to health (e.g., sexual health, well-being, physical health).
This Special Issue aims to publish high-quality articles relating SDS.
Dr. Carmen Gómez-Berrocal
Dr. María del Mar Sánchez-Fuentes
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sexual double standards
- gender norms
- gender roles
- gendered prejudices
- sexual identity/ sexual orientation
- personality traits
- social influence
- interpersonal relationship
- gender-based conflict
- sexual/mental health
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: The sexual double standard towards gays and lesbians.
Author: Marks
Highlights: -Both the promiscuous man and woman were rated more negatively than the non-promiscuous man and woman, with the promiscuous man being rated slightly more negatively that the promiscuous woman.
-The promiscuous woman was rated higher in likeability, desirability power/success and intelligence than the promiscuous man.
-Participants masculinity and femininity influenced participants’ evaluations of the target.
Title: Sexual Norms and Agency: Their Influence on Female Gender Identity and Sexual Consent
Author: Gómez-Berrocal
Highlights: There are no studies in non-Anglo-Saxon contexts that analyze this issue. Spanish women (18 to 25 years old) will participate. One quarter (n = 45) will be randomly assigned to one of the four conditions of the design: 2 (sexual gender stereotypy: sexual activity vs. sexual abstinence ) x 2 (self-affirmation in beliefs: agency vs. non-agency).
