Rissel Chris E, Richters Juliet, Grulich Andrew E, de Visser Richard O, Smith Anthony M A
Health Promotion Unit, Central Sydney Area Health Service, and Australian Centre for Health Promotion, University of Sydney, New South Wales.
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2003;27(2):118-23. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-842x.2003.tb00798.x.
To describe social attitudes towards sex of Australian adults and correlates of a scale of sexual liberalism.
Computer-assisted telephone interviews were completed by a representative sample of 10,173 men and 9,134 women aged 16-59 years. The overall response rate was 73.1% (69.4% men, 77.6% women). Respondents were asked about their agreement with nine attitude statements. Factor analysis and examination of internal consistency resulted in a six-item scale of liberalism. Correlates of attitude statements and the liberalism scale were examined.
Most people agreed that premarital sex was acceptable, that oral sex was considered 'sex', that sex was important for a sense of well-being and that extramarital sex was unacceptable. Men were more likely (36.9%) to disapprove of sex between two men than women were to disapprove of sex between two women (25.1%). Higher levels of education were associated with increased liberalism for men and women, as was speaking English at home, identifying as homosexual or bisexual, vaginal intercourse before age 16, having had more than one sexual partner in the year before interview, having had heterosexual anal intercourse, having no religion or faith, smoking tobacco, and drinking more alcohol.
Sexual attitudes of Australians largely support a heterosexual paradigm with no sex outside the relationship. High levels of approval of premarital sex are consistent with decreasing age of first intercourse in Australia. Higher levels of liberalism were associated with greater sexual adventurism and health risk taking.
描述澳大利亚成年人对性别的社会态度以及性自由主义量表的相关因素。
对10173名年龄在16 - 59岁的男性和9134名女性的代表性样本进行了计算机辅助电话访谈。总体回复率为73.1%（男性为69.4%，女性为77.6%）。受访者被问及对九条态度陈述的认同情况。通过因素分析和内部一致性检验得出了一个包含六个条目的自由主义量表。对态度陈述和自由主义量表的相关因素进行了研究。
大多数人认为婚前性行为是可以接受的，口交被视为“性行为”，性对幸福感很重要，而婚外性行为是不可接受的。男性比女性更有可能（36.9%）反对男性之间的性行为（女性反对女性之间性行为的比例为25.1%）。较高的教育水平与男性和女性自由主义程度的提高相关，在家说英语、认同自己为同性恋或双性恋、16岁前有过阴道性交、在访谈前一年有多个性伴侣、有过异性肛交、没有宗教信仰、吸烟以及饮酒较多也与之相关。
澳大利亚人的性态度在很大程度上支持一种异性恋模式，即关系之外没有性行为。对婚前性行为的高度认可与澳大利亚首次性交年龄的下降相一致。较高的自由主义程度与更大的性冒险行为和健康风险相关。
