Sexual boundaries: an examination of the importance of talking before touching.

Full Abstract

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.

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Author information

Author/s: Winslett, Andrea H (AH); Gross, Alan M (AM);

Affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Violence against women (Violence Against Women), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-May; vol 14 (issue 5) : pp 542-62

Dates: Created 2008/04/14; Completed 2008/07/22;

PMID: 18408172, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adult
Aggression - psychology
Courtship - psychology
Female
Friends - psychology
Humans
Interpersonal Relations

Interpersonal Relations
Male
Questionnaires
Sexual Partners - psychology
Social Perception
Social Values
Students - psychology

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