Women are less likely than
men are to report receiving oral sex from their partners. Elements of sexual
subjectivity may have implications for women's communication of consent to
specific sexual acts.
Sexually active women (n =
237) between 18 and 71 years of age (M =
28.85 years) completed an online survey measuring sociodemographic
variables, entitlement to pleasure from partner, self-efficacy in achieving
sexual pleasure, and consent communication at last receptive oral sex event.
Participants were predominantly White (84.8%, n =
201) and in exclusive or monogamous sexual relationships (54.9%, n =
130). The authors used a 4-step test of mediation to determine whether
self-efficacy in achieving sexual pleasure mediated the relation between
entitlement to pleasure from partner and verbal consent communication.
Self-efficacy emerged as a significant predictor of verbal consent
communication (p <.01)
in the fourth step, while entitlement to pleasure dropped out of the model (p >.05),
indicating full mediation. Therefore, entitlement to pleasure predicted verbal
consent to oral sex as a function of self-efficacy in achieving sexual
pleasure. Sex-positive educational interventions may improve disparities
between men and women in receiving oral sex from their partners.
Results of
this study offer insight into the ways in which culture-level forces affect interpersonal
and intraindividual sexual health behaviors.
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By:
a Department of
Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
b Department of
Health, Human Performance & Recreation, University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
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