Coital Experience and Definition of Masculinity and Femininity by College Students
- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 47 (3_suppl), 1307-1313
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1980.47.3f.1307
Abstract
Recent changes in sexual behavior of unmarried college students raise the question as to whether or not they are accompanied by changes in conceptions of masculinity and femininity on the part of the students. Changes in conceptions of masculinity and femininity might be the consequence of differential selection into coital activity or of new role learning by those who are coitally active. Data are presented from a study of sexual behavior of 823 college students which support the latter hypothesis for males but not for females.Keywords
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