Experimentation with new sexual roles or the confusion about sexual roles among the young is a symptom of the general confusion caused by a sudden transition from one era to another. It is necessary until man works out ways of living successfully in this new age. (Author/CG)

Examined the influence of sexual arousal positive affect and negative affect on the aggressive behavior of male college students. (CM)

This paper analyses patterns of participation on a voluntary anonymous Web-based discussion forum, open to students and faculty in one UK university, concerning sexualities equality in schools. Analysis revealed that participants often rejected the security of anonymity and strategically embodied themselves and others (as gay, straight, parents,…

In recent years, important changes in public policies and attitudes have resulted in improved opportunities for people with physical and mental disabilities. Now, people living with disabilities assume their rightful place in society as the equals of non-disabled people. Unfortunately, societal attitudes have changed less in regard to "sexuality"…

Social struggles that turn on race, gender, and sexuality are struggles for recognition. At least, this has been a widespread assumption for decades. Yet this assumption has come under critique of late. In this essay, Charles Bingham looks into the debate that surrounds the recognitive paradigm. He looks both at the general (noneducational)…

Internalized heterosexism (IH), or the internalization of societal antihomosexual attitudes, has been consistently linked to depression and low self-esteem among gay men, and it has been inconclusively associated with substance use and sexual risk in gay and bisexual men. Using structural equation modeling, the authors tested a model framed in…

The purpose of this study was to document whether adolescents make inferences regarding male and female vignette characters in terms of the characters' sexuality, social skills, impairment, and aggressiveness when the characters consume alcohol. A Web-based survey of 1,691 middle and high school students (grades 6-11) from diverse socioeconomic…

Background: Attitudes to the sexual expression of adults with an intellectual disability (ID) are one reflection of the inclusiveness of a community. Our capacity to measure attitudes towards this important aspect of adult life is limited by the lack of an appropriate instrument. The aim of this study was to continue the development of a recently…

Using the Philosophies of Human Nature Scale (PHN), counselors, psychologists, and homosexuals were studied to determine their beliefs about human nature and homosexuals. The results suggest that counselors were significantly stronger than homosexuals and psychologists in the belief that people control their own outcomes. (Author/BW)

Questionnaires containing one of nine stories about a sexual act between a man and woman, as well as bipolar judgment scales about the behavior and characteristics of the actors in the story, were given to 90 undergraduate college students. Low, moderate, and high levels of struggle on the part of the woman and of psychological coercion on the…

The opinion among Swedes is that there is a higher commitment and a higher responsibility among those having been married for a long time than among those having been married for a short time. These data point toward existence of a renewed or perhaps a new courtship and marriage pattern. (Author)

Surveyed male subjects (N=99), mostly undergraduates, on their abusive behavior of women and various attitudes. Approximately one-half of respondents admitted to one or more abusive acts. Social and political correlates characterizing men who sexually abuse women were examined. (Author/ABL)

In the context of decision making, swinging can be viewed as a male institution, and confirmation of the advent of a sexual revoluation'' and of the abolution of the double standard should be reconsidered. (Author)