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Elena García-Vega, Rosana Rico and Paula Fernández
Universidad de Oviedo
Background: Previous studies usually refer to a greater repertoire of sexual behav-iors and a higher level of erotophilia in men than in women. The main goal of this work is to relate sex, gender roles and sexual attitudes to sexual behavior. Method: 411 un-dergraduate students (218 women and 193 men) at theof University of Oviedo (Spain) completed the following instruments: the Bem Sex Roles Inventory to operationalize the variable gender, the Sexual Inventory which reflects sexual behaviors, and the Sexual Opinion Survey about sexual attitudes. Results: 27% of the sample was typified as an-drogynous. There are were no differences in attitudes, either by sex (p= .50) or by gen-der (p= .77). Sexual behaviors depended on the degree of erotophilia (p= .000). Conclusions: the results suggest that, although regarding sex, the fact that women’s erotophilic attitudes have increased their erotophilic attitudes, although they refer to more conventional sexual behaviors than mens’s attitudes. With regard to gender, a tendency towards androgyny is observed, androgynous women and men report positive attitudes towards sexuality. Gender could act as a mediator of sexual behavior through the attitudinal component.
Sexo, roles de género y actitudes sexuales en estudiantes universitarios. Antecedentes: la literatura especializada refleja un mayor repertorio de conductas sexuales y un mayor nivel de erotofilia en hombres que en mujeres. El objetivo central de este trabajo es analizar las relaciones entre el sexo de las personas, los roles de género y las actitudes sexuales hacia el comportamiento sexual. Método: 411 estudiantes universitarios (218 mujeres, 193 hombres) cumplimentaron los instrumentos: Inventario de Roles Sexuales de Bem, Inventario sobre conductas sexuales y Sexual Opinion Survey sobre actitudes sexuales. Resultados: un 27% de la muestra se tipificó como andrógina. No se encontraron diferencias en las actitudes, ni por sexo (p= .50) ni por género (p= .77). Los comportamientos sexuales dependían del grado de erotofilia (p= .000). Conclusiones: los resultados sugieren que, respecto del sexo, aunque las mujeres han incrementado sus actitudes erotofílicas, si bien refieren un comportamiento sexual más convencional que los varones. Respecto al género, se observa una tendencia hacia la androginia, las mujeres y hombres andróginos refieren actitudes más positivas hacia la sexualidad. Se concluye que el género podría actuar como un mediador del comportamiento sexual a través del componente actitudinal.
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https://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2015.338