Female Sexual Subjectivity and Well-being: Comparing Late Adolescents With Different Sexual Experiences

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Horne, Sharon
Zimmer-Gembeck, Melanie
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2005
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We compared females (N = 449, age 16-20) with different patterns of sexual experiences (i.e., sexually inexperienced, sexually experienced noncoital, and sexually experienced coital with early, middle, or normative age of first sexual intercourse; experience/no experience with self-masturbation; experience/no experience with noncoital orgasmic responsiveness) on measures of well-being in the sexual domain. These measures included a multidimensional measure of female sexual subjectivity (i.e., sexual body-esteem, entitlement to pleasure, efficacy in achieving sexual pleasure and sexual self-reflection) and two measures of sexual agency. Self-esteem and happiness were used as indicators of general well-being. Females with more sexual experience were higher in sexual subjectivity and sexual agency. There were few group differences in general well-being. Results have practical and policy implications for the design and implementation of sexuality education programs that supplement a focus on risk reduction with emphasis on the potential positive outcomes of sexual exploration.

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Sexuality Research and Social Policy: Journal of NSRC

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2

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3

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Public Health and Health Services

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