Abstract
The authors present new measures important to distinguish their method from others of teenage premarital sexual behavior using numerical ratings of sexual expression (encouragement of sexual behavior) sexual restraint (taboos or restrictions on sexual behavior) and differentiation from childhood (whether childhood and adolescence are considered the same or different) for the 186 societies in the Standard Sample of the Ethnographic Atlas. Measures of sexual nonrestraint and sexual expression are compared for boys and girls in childhood and adolescence. A measure of sexual freedom was created by summing sexual expression and sexual nonrestraint. The authors predict and show that measures of sexual behavior in childhood and adolescence will have a stronger correlation in societies where differentiation from childhood is low. Most societies impose more restraint in later childhood than in earlier childhood and in adolescence rather than in childhood matching restraint with physiological maturation of children. Most societies show no sex differences in sexual freedom but those which do generally show more freedom for boys than girls. Societies tend to have greater differentiation from childhood to adolescence for boys than for girls. In other studies not limited to adolescence sexual freedom in adolescence was highly correlated with measures of premarital sexual behavior.
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
