PSYCH 3AC3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Orgasm, Virginity, Human Sexuality
11 Jan 2017
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Classifying a person as a sexual partner: the impact of contextual factors. To determine what conditions must be met in order for people to consider another person a sexual partner . People report having different numbers of sexual partners if it is not specified what the definition is. For example, men usually report having higher numbers than females, possibly because they have different definitions. Judged whether hypothetical couple tom and lucy were sexual partners. More likely to be considered sexual partners if: Engaged in anal or vaginal sex as opposed to oral sex. People have differing views on what a sexual partner is. Researchers and healthcare professionals should be specific when asking questions about their sexual partners by taking contextual and situational factors into consideration. Most research on human sexuality is conducted via self-report data. Am i still a virgin? :what counts as sex in 20 years of. Sexuality & culture: an interdisciplinary quarterly, 11(2), 24-38.
