摘要:

What are the social roles assumed by men and women in contemporary sexually explicit movies, and in what contexts are their actions portrayed? Perhaps more important, have the predominant themes of pornography shifted in response to the public scrutiny and criticism popular in the mid‐1980s? In this investigation we addressed these questions using a random sample of 50 pornographic videotapes drawn from an archive of essentially all such materials targeted for heterosexual consumers available in the international marketplace from 1979 to 1988. The findings revealed that some thematic aspects of modern pornographic movies have shifted over time. Significant increases were evident in the frequency of portrayals of sex between casual acquaintances, males engaging in sex with female superordinates, female characters persuading males into sexual activities, and the performance of fellatio as the initial sexual behavior among heterosexual partners. Over time, a significant decrease in the number of depictions involving sex between colleagues in a workplace or a prostitute‐client relationship was also apparent. Taken together, however, the data show that contemporary pornographic movies continue to spotlight the sexual desires and prowess of men while consistently and persistently portraying women as sexually willing and available.

ISSN:0022-4499    

DOI:10.1080/00224499309551697

出版商:Taylor&Francis Group    

年代:1993

数据来源: Taylor

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A sample of 6,029 married persons from the National Survey of Families and Households was analyzed to determine the correlates of sexual inactivity in marriage and to see if sexually inactive marriages were less happy and stable than those with sexual activity. Sixteen percent of the marriages in this sample had been sexually inactive during the month prior to the interview. A logistic regression analysis showed unhappiness with the marital relationship, increased likelihood of separation, lack of shared activity, few arguments over sex, lack of physical violence, increased age, fewer children, the presence of preschoolers, and poor health all to be significant correlates of sexually inactive marriage. Significant differences existed between males and females, such as the presence of relationship violence being associated with sexual activity only for females, and the presence of preschoolers and poor health associated with sexual inactivity only for males. These findings suggest that although sexually inactive marriages are not uncommon, they are not happy, stable marriages in which the partners simply do not have sex. Lack of sexual activity may be a danger signal for many marriages.

ISSN:0022-4499    

DOI:10.1080/00224499309551698

出版商:Taylor&Francis Group    

年代:1993

数据来源: Taylor

摘要:

Putting relation ships in dry dockThe Ship that Sailed into the Living Room. By Sonia Johnson. Estancia, NM: Wildfire Books, 1991, 324 pages plus appendix. Paper, $12.95.Opening the debate on a taboo topic: Male rapeMale Victims of Sexual Assault. By Gillian C. Mezey and Michael B. King, (Eds.). New York: Oxford University Press, 1992, 149 pages. Hardcover, $49.95.Will the 1990s see Americans change their sexual opinions?Talking Back to Sexual Pressure. By Elizabeth Powell. Minneapolis, MN: CompCare Publishers, 1991, 255 pages. Paper, $12.95.Sexuality is differentSexual Science and The Law. By Richard Green. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992, 323 pages. Cloth, $35.00.Valuing familiesThe Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap. By Stephanie Coontz. New York: Basic Books, 1992, 391 pages. Cloth, $27.00.Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship. By Kath Weston. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991, 261 pages. Cloth, $35.00; Paper, $13.95.

ISSN:0022-4499    

DOI:10.1080/00224499309551699

出版商:Taylor&Francis Group    

年代:1993

数据来源: Taylor

ISSN:0022-4499    

DOI:10.1080/00224499309551700

出版商:Taylor&Francis Group    

年代:1993

数据来源: Taylor

ISSN:0022-4499    

DOI:10.1080/00224499309551701

出版商:Taylor&Francis Group    

年代:1993

数据来源: Taylor

ISSN:0022-4499    

DOI:10.1080/00224499309551686

出版商:Taylor&Francis Group    

年代:1993

数据来源: Taylor