Impett Emily A, Schooler Deborah, Tolman Deborah L
Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California 94110, USA.
Arch Sex Behav. 2006 Apr;35(2):131-44. doi: 10.1007/s10508-005-9016-0. Epub 2006 Apr 26.
This study used a feminist developmental framework to test the hypothesis that internalizing conventional ideas about femininity in two domains--inauthenticity in relationships and body objectification--is associated with diminished sexual health among adolescent girls. In this study, sexual health was conceptualized as feelings of sexual self-efficacy (i.e., a girl's conviction that she can act upon her own sexual needs in a relationship) and protection behavior (i.e., from both STIs and unwanted pregnancy). A total of 116 girls (aged 16-19) completed measures of femininity ideology, sexual self-efficacy, sexual experiences, and protection behavior. Results revealed that inauthenticity in relationships and body objectification were associated with poorer sexual self-efficacy and sexual self-efficacy, in turn, predicted less sexual experience and less use of protection. Further, the two components of femininity ideology were associated with different forms of protection. The importance of a feminist developmental framework for identifying and understanding salient dimensions of sexual health for female adolescents is discussed.
在人际关系中的不真实感和身体客体化这两个领域内化传统女性观念，与少女的性健康受损有关。在本研究中，性健康被概念化为性自我效能感（即女孩相信自己能够在恋爱关系中满足自身性需求）和保护行为（即预防性传播感染和意外怀孕）。共有116名年龄在16至19岁之间的女孩完成了女性气质观念、性自我效能感、性经历和保护行为的测量。结果显示，人际关系中的不真实感和身体客体化与较差的性自我效能感相关，而性自我效能感反过来又预示着较少的性经历和较少的保护行为使用。此外，女性气质观念的两个组成部分与不同形式的保护行为相关。本文还讨论了女性主义发展框架对于识别和理解女性青少年性健康显著维度的重要性。
