In this lecture Dr. Joyce Endendijk delves into the social phenomenon of the (hetero)sexual double standard (SDS) in which the same sexual behaviors are evaluated differently in men and women. Traditionally, men/boys are expected to be sexually active, dominant, and the initiator of (hetero)sexual activity, whereas women/girls are expected to be sexually reactive, submissive, and passive. Men are also granted more sexual freedom than women. Dr. Endendijk will discuss her own and others’ research on the consequences of the SDS for adolescents sexual development. Additionally, she will focus on the developmental origins of sexual double standard endorsement. She has studied the influence of several socializing agents: mothers, fathers, peers, and the media, to explain development of adolescent’s sexual double standard endorsement and enactment.

20 Ottobre 2022



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