Effect of Normative Masculinity on Males' Dysfunctional Sexual Beliefs, Sexual Attitudes, and Perceptions of Sexual Functioning

Title
Effect of Normative Masculinity on Males' Dysfunctional Sexual Beliefs, Sexual Attitudes, and Perceptions of Sexual Functioning
Publication Date
2015
Author(s)
Clarke, Michael J
Marks, Anthony
Lykins, Amy
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2930-3964
Email: alykins@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:alykins
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
United States of America
DOI
10.1080/00224499.2013.860072
UNE publication id
une:17044
Abstract
Male sexual dysfunction is a prevalent and distressing condition, which may be exacerbated by the sufferer's perceptions of masculinity and normative sexual behavior. This study sought to investigate the effect of social context on males' beliefs regarding sexual behavior. The research examined the effect of male role modeling and masculine cues on males' dysfunctional sexual beliefs, sexual attitudes, and self-perceptions of sexual functioning. A sample of 140 male participants, with a mean age of 29 years, was exposed to pictorial and verbal cues that presented different versions of male behavior across three conditions. Results indicated that males exposed to models and cues of traditional masculinity showed significantly increased levels of dysfunctional sexual beliefs and traditional sexual attitudes relative to males exposed to models of modern masculinity. Results also indicated that males exposed to traditional masculine stimuli reported lower levels of sexual inhibition due to fear of performance failure than males exposed to models of modern masculinity. The potential role of social context is discussed in the development and maintenance of male sexual dysfunction and its implications for treatment.
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Citation
Journal of Sex Research, 52(3), p. 327-337
ISSN
1559-8519
0022-4499
Start page
327
End page
337

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