Sexual Boundaries

An Examination of the Importance of Talking Before Touching

Bibliographic Data

ID12436409
AuthorsAndrea H Winslett (University of Alabama at Birmingham, corresponding author), Alan M Gross (0000-0001-6719-2316, University of Mississippi)
Year2008
Volume14
Issue5
Pages542-562
Publication date2008-04-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1077801208315527
PMID18408172
OpenAlexW2111622842
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited40

This study examined a woman's clearly articulated sexual boundary and its effect on college students' discrimination of when a woman wants her date to stop making sexual advances. Male and female participants listened to an audio recording of a date rape vignette and signaled when the man should stop making sexual advances. Relative to participants in the no-boundary condition, participants who heard a discussion including a sexual boundary before intimate physical contact occurred displayed significantly shorter latencies to identify the inappropriateness of the man's behavior. No significant difference was observed between male and female participants

Developmental psychology · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Sexual behavior · Sexual contact · Vignette · Clinical Psychology · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology · Sports, Gender, and Society

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