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Area of Science:

  • Social Psychology
  • Public Health
  • Gender Studies

Background:

  • Sexual rights are considered universal human rights.
  • Marginalized populations often require support to secure their sexual rights.
  • Understanding majority group attitudes towards marginalized groups' sexual rights is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine majoritized women's endorsement of sexual rights for marginalized women.
  • To compare support for the sexual rights of lesbian, low-income, adolescent, and intellectually disabled women.
  • To identify factors influencing differential support for sexual rights.

Main Methods:

  • Survey of 307 majoritized women (white, cisgender, heterosexual).
  • Assessed endorsement of sexual rights for four marginalized groups.
  • Analyzed attitudes and potential protectionist biases.

Main Results:

  • Broad and equivalent support for lesbian and low-income women's sexual rights.
  • Equivocal support for intellectually disabled women's sexual rights.
  • Least support for adolescent women's sexual rights, potentially due to protectionist attitudes.

Conclusions:

  • Protectionist attitudes can inadvertently undermine the sexual rights of adolescent and intellectually disabled women.
  • Advocates should focus on reducing vulnerability rather than restricting rights.
  • Ensuring full sexual rights for all women requires addressing systemic inequalities and biases.