性规范定义了对谁可以接受伴侣的看法,有多少合作伙伴是合适的,以及可以接受的性行为。这个形状,在某种程度上,谁能获得性快感,谁根据自己的性取向被缩小。尽管对“面对面”的性行为进行了很好的理论和研究,在其他情况/模式下,人们对性规范的了解要少得多,比如色情和性幻想,或者规范如何在这些环境中联系起来。在本研究中,我们调查了色情片中的性规范,幻想,和面对面的性行为,以及这些之间的相似之处或不同之处。在一项在线研究中,性别/性别和性多样化参与者(N=706)操纵代表色情使用的数字圈子,性幻想,和面对面的性行为。他们使用圆形重叠来表示分支(即,区别)和巧合(即,相似性)在规范内容上,和圆圈大小来表示感知的标准强度。我们发现有证据表明,规范内容被认为是更分支的(即,不同)而不是一致(相似),并且每个上下文的规范强度都很高。这提供了证据表明,当人们参与这些性环境时,他们倾向于通过不同的规范透镜来做到这一点,而不是代表一套适用于所有性情况的通用规范的奇异镜头。这对我们如何理解色情使用之间的关联有影响,幻想,和面对面的性行为,并强调了在上下文中关注性行为的重要性。
Sexual norms define perceptions of who is acceptable to partner with, how many partners are appropriate, and what sexual behaviors are acceptable to engage in. This shapes, in part, who has access to sexual pleasure and who is minoritized based on their sexuality. Though well theorized and researched for \"in-person\" sexuality, much less is known about sexual norms in other contexts/modalities, such as porn use and sexual
fantasy, or how norms connect across these contexts. In the present study, we investigated sexual norms in porn,
fantasy, and in-person sexuality, and similarities or differences between these. In an online study, gender/sex and sexually diverse participants (N = 706) manipulated digital circles representing porn use, sexual
fantasy, and in-person sexuality. They used circle overlap to represent branchedness (i.e., distinction) and coincidence (i.e., similarity) in norm content, and circle size to indicate perceived norm strength. We found evidence that norm content was perceived to be more branched (i.e., distinct) than coincident (similar) and that norm strength for each context was high. This provides evidence that when people engage in each of these sexual contexts, they tend to do so through distinct normative lenses, rather than a singular lens that represents a universal set of norms applying across all sexual situations. This has implications for how we understand the associations between porn use,
fantasy, and in-person sexuality, and highlights the importance of attending to sexuality in context.