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'I'm not that sort of girl' - or boy
Published in Ruth Skrine, Blocks and Freedoms in Sexual Life, 2019
Thus to old age, and the hope that despite failing physical powers, the closeness and warmth of body contact can be maintained. Gilley,10 using the term 'sexuality' in its broadest sense, defines it as 'the capacity of the individual to link emotional needs and physical intimacy - the ability to give and receive physical intimacy at all levels, from the simplest to the most profound'. It is here that earlier inhibitions, for example about touching and non-penetrative sex, can limit the options for closeness, although Gilley puts this in the wider setting of the total personality in her moving and illuminating remarks about terminal care.
What are We Forgetting? Sexuality, Sex, and Embodiment in Abortion Research
Published in The Journal of Sex Research, 2021
Katrina Kimport, Krystale E. Littlejohn
As the aforementioned questions suggest, contextualizing abortion as part of a sexual social process is not incongruent with causal logic. Causal logic is crucial for understanding the social factors that affect abortion and the effects of policy on abortion accessibility, among other things. Researchers studying abortion and sexuality under causal logic, however, must be particularly mindful of the body in tethering abortion to sexuality to avoid challenges when making assumptions about causality in the absence of appropriate, longitudinal data to support such claims. One option would be to deploy mixed-methods research to uncover the mechanisms undergirding any differences observed in quantitative results rather than relying on theories that presume causality. Researchers could also ask how experiences of and attitudes about abortion and sexuality interrelate with how people have sex. Is previous experience with abortion and carrying a pregnancy to term related to subsequent experiences engaging in particular kinds of sexual interaction (e.g., contraceptive [non-]use, non-penetrative sex)?
The Experience of Using Dating Applications for Sexual Hook-Ups: A Qualitative Exploration among HIV-Negative Men Who Have Sex With Men in Hong Kong
Published in The Journal of Sex Research, 2021
Kitty W. Y. Choi, Edmond P. H. Choi, Eric P. F. Chow, Eric Y. F. Wan, William C. W. Wong, Janet Y. H. Wong, Daniel Y. T. Fong
The participants who had negative experiences from dating app arrangements, such as being forced to engage in non-consensual sexual contact or being infected with STIs, reported changes in their sexual behaviors afterward. Some avoided anal sex and only felt comfortable with non-penetrative sex, which has a lower risk of infection. Multiple participants also reported ceasing their habits of seeking sex online. ‘After that incident, for two years, even if I engaged in fun, I only had oral sex, nothing more. I was afraid that my partner had (STIs) and I was worried that I would get infected’. (Interviewee 14, 22 years old, had used dating apps for more than one year)
“What Do You Mean by Sex?” A Qualitative Analysis of Traditional versus Evolved Meanings of Sexual Activity among Older Women and Men
Published in The Journal of Sex Research, 2021
Many female participants identified one societal script as particularly liberating and facilitating changes in their understanding of sex: “Sex is not obligatory for you anymore; older people are expected to occasionally cuddle, hold hands, kiss, that’s all.” Internalizing this script offered older women in this study a much-needed opportunity to enter a new relationship with no sexual involvement in mind, thus lifting the overwhelming pressure of the necessity of intercourse: “When I met my current partner, I was 58 and I was convinced that sex didn’t apply to me anymore. We started dating with absolutely no intention of getting intimate! What we both wanted was companionship. But with time, small gestures like holding hands or a kiss on the cheek led us to other gestures like cuddling, or falling asleep next to each other when watching TV, you know what I mean?[…] And we both discovered that we were comfortable with it. That we wanted even more. Slowly, step by step, we became intimate. Now we have sex two, three times a week, sometimes even with penetration. It’s a miracle <laugh>. I never expected to have sex again, or that it would be so much fun!” (F,70). This example illustrates how in the favorable circumstances of a new relationship, an emotional bond with a partner created a safe base for exploring new ways of being sexual, and for a gradual redefinition of older women’s sexuality. Yet, in all cases, the reintroduction of physical intimacy and intercourse into female participants’ understanding of sex (and into their sexual repertoire) was secondary to the initial shift toward non-penetrative sex.