The role of gendered entitlement in understanding inequality in the bedroom
The role of gendered entitlement in understanding inequality in the bedroom
Five studies (using U.S. samples) examined whether men’s higher entitlement contributes to a sexual pleasure gap that disadvantages women. Participants indicated that men receive more sexual pleasure from their partners, whereas women provide more pleasure (Study 1a). Participants believed that men have more of a right to experience orgasm in both hook-up and relationship encounters and attributed higher negative affect to the male target than to the female target when the target did not experience an orgasm in a sexual scenario (Study 1b). In concert with the idea that pleasure is a privilege that men are perceived as being more entitled to, participants preferred men’s orgasm when forced to choose between the male and the female partner in an orgasm allocation task (Study 1c) and in an experiment (Study 2). Study 3 examined why people believe that men are more entitled to pleasure than women. Men’s higher sense of entitlement as an obstacle to gender equality in sexuality is discussed.
deservingness, entitlement, fairness, gender differences, gender inequality, sexuality
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Klein, Verena
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Conley, Terri D.
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August 2022
Klein, Verena
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Conley, Terri D.
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Klein, Verena and Conley, Terri D.
(2022)
The role of gendered entitlement in understanding inequality in the bedroom.
Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13 (6), .
(doi:10.1177/19485506211053564).
Abstract
Five studies (using U.S. samples) examined whether men’s higher entitlement contributes to a sexual pleasure gap that disadvantages women. Participants indicated that men receive more sexual pleasure from their partners, whereas women provide more pleasure (Study 1a). Participants believed that men have more of a right to experience orgasm in both hook-up and relationship encounters and attributed higher negative affect to the male target than to the female target when the target did not experience an orgasm in a sexual scenario (Study 1b). In concert with the idea that pleasure is a privilege that men are perceived as being more entitled to, participants preferred men’s orgasm when forced to choose between the male and the female partner in an orgasm allocation task (Study 1c) and in an experiment (Study 2). Study 3 examined why people believe that men are more entitled to pleasure than women. Men’s higher sense of entitlement as an obstacle to gender equality in sexuality is discussed.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 29 November 2021
Published date: August 2022
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We thank Ava Kaufman for her support in coding. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 845508 awarded to Verena Klein.
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We thank Ava Kaufman for her support in coding. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 845508 awarded to Verena Klein. The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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deservingness, entitlement, fairness, gender differences, gender inequality, sexuality
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