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Lammers, Joris ORCID: 0000-0002-2647-121X and Stoker, Janka I. (2019). Power Affects Sexual Assertiveness and Sexual Esteem Equally in Women and Men. Arch. Sex. Behav., 48 (2). S. 645 - 653. NEW YORK: SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS. ISSN 1573-2800

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Abstract

Common stereotypes hold that men and women differ strongly in their attitudes toward sex and that such differences are amplified by social power. In contrast, an emerging literature suggests that social power affects both sexes similarly, thus potentially attenuating differences between the sexes. Four samples obtained in the Netherlands, the U.S., Britain, and South-East Asia (total N=1985) test the effect of social power (operationalized as self-reported amount of power over others at the work place) on validated self-report measures of sexual assertiveness and sexual esteem. Across all samples, power was associated with greater sexual assertiveness and sexual esteemequally for men and women. Furthermore, effects of power were larger and more consistent than differences between men and women. These findings add to an emerging literature, suggesting that often-observed differences between male and female sexuality actually reflect power differences. This suggests that such differences decrease with greater social equality.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Lammers, Joris UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2647-121X UNSPECIFIED Stoker, Janka I. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-157946
DOI:	10.1007/s10508-018-1285-5
Journal or Publication Title:	Arch. Sex. Behav.
Volume:	48
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 645 - 653
Date:	2019
Publisher:	SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1573-2800
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Human Sciences Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Human Sciences > Department Psychologie Center of Excellence C-SEB
Subjects:	Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language YOUNG-ADULT WOMEN; GENDER-DIFFERENCES; MATE PREFERENCES; INCREASES; ATTRACTIVENESS; BEHAVIOR; ORIGINS; PEOPLE; SCALE; SIZE Multiple languages Psychology, Clinical; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/15794