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Implicit attitudes in sexuality: gender differences.

James H Geer1, Gloria G Robertson

  • 1Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA. psgeer@lsu.edu

Archives of Sexual Behavior
|December 20, 2005
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This study found that women hold more negative implicit and explicit attitudes toward sexuality than men. These gender differences in sexual attitudes were observed at both automatic and conscious levels of awareness.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Human Sexuality

Background:

  • Gender differences in attitudes toward sexuality are well-documented, with women historically reporting more negative views.
  • Implicit attitudes operate automatically and unconsciously, while explicit attitudes are consciously held beliefs.
  • Previous research suggests a discrepancy between implicit and explicit attitudes, with implicit measures potentially revealing less socially desirable responses.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate gender differences in both implicit and explicit attitudes toward sexuality.
  • To examine the influence of social acceptability of sexual words on implicit attitudes.
  • To explore the relationship between implicit and explicit attitudes toward sexuality across genders.

Main Methods:

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  • Utilized the Sexual Opinion Survey (SOS) to measure explicit attitudes.
  • Employed the Implicit Association Test (IAT) to assess implicit attitudes.
  • Analyzed data based on participant gender, word social acceptability, and evaluation order in the IAT.

    • Main Results:

    • Women exhibited more negative implicit attitudes toward sexuality than men, particularly when social acceptability of sexual words was low.
    • Women also reported more negative explicit attitudes toward sexuality on the SOS.
    • No significant correlation was found between implicit and explicit attitude measures.

    Conclusions:

    • Gender significantly influences both implicit and explicit attitudes toward sexuality, with women consistently showing more negative views.
    • Implicit Association Test (IAT) results indicate that automatic negative attitudes toward sexuality are more pronounced in women.
    • The lack of correlation between implicit and explicit measures suggests distinct psychological processes underlying these different attitude types.