A comparison of social nudists and non‐nudists on experience with various sexual outlets
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10209289 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marilyn D Story (University of Northern Iowa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 197-211 |
| Publication date | 1987-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Sex Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4499 • E-ISSN: 1559-8519 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00224498709551357 |
| OpenAlex | W2030831483 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 18 |
I investigated the sexual experience of social nudists (including sexual guilt and sexual inhibitions) compared with that of a matched, non‐nudist sample. Much popular belief connects nudism with sexually permissive behaviors, but researchers have shown that social nudists have strict sexual conduct rules and that social nudists mentally separate nudity and sex, seeing nude bodies as “natural” and “pure” rather than sexually arousing. Therefore, I hypothesized that, when compared to non‐nudists, (a) fewer social nudists had experienced less socially acceptable sexual outlets, (b) more social nudists felt guilt about their sexual behaviors, and (c) more social nudists wished they had engaged in a sexual behavior they had not experienced. One hundred social nudists and 100 non‐nudists, matched according to sex, age, educational level, marital status, and area of the country, answered 25 questions on sexual experience, sexual guilt, and desire to experience sexual behaviors they had not, as well as on honesty of their responses. All three hypotheses were supported. These results illustrate that the sexual implications of nudity vary among people and that there is no direct relationship between nudity and sexually permissive behaviors
Affect (linguistics · Developmental psychology · Honesty · Human sexuality · Permissive · Population · Premarital sex · Sexual attraction · Sexual behavior · Sexual desire · Sexual intercourse · Sociology · Demography · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Gender Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual function and dysfunction studies · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology
Medical aspects of human sexuality
Relationships among Gender, Sex-Role Attitudes, Sexual Attitudes, Thoughts, and Behaviors
Sex guilt and sex myths in college men and women
Gender differences in the integration of conservatism, sex urge, and sexual behaviors among college students
Religiosity and sexual behavior among heterosexual college students
Oral‐genital sexual behavior in a sample of university females
The distribution of selected sexual attitudes and behaviors among the adult population of the United States∗
Masturbatory attitudes, knowledge, and experience
Intergenerational change in sex behavior
The interrelationship of sex guilt, sex behavior, and age in an adult sample
Social Nudism in America
The New Female Sexuality
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 2011 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |