Herbenick Debra, Reece Michael, Hollub Ariane
Center for Sexual Health Promotion, Department of Applied Health Science, HPER 116, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.
Sex Health. 2009 Dec;6(4):318-27. doi: 10.1071/SH08086.
Previous research suggests that adult bookstores are a unique way through which individuals may learn about sexuality or practice sexual communication. Recently, the woman-oriented in-home sex toy party industry has rapidly expanded in several countries. The purpose of this study was to document the characteristics of the parties, the women who run the parties ('facilitators') and facilitator-consumer communication about sexual health topics.
Female facilitators for a large in-home sex toy party company in the USA were invited to participate in an anonymous, cross-sectional online survey.
A total of 1197 completed surveys were received. Most respondents were white (85.2%), heterosexual (91.6%), had at least some college education (76.3%) and were married (59.4%). Most parties were held in another woman's home (88.3%), lasted 1-2 h (72.2%) and had 10 or fewer women in attendance (65.1%). At their most recent party facilitated, most respondents were asked questions about increasing desire/arousal (75.3%), orgasm (57.8%), desire discrepancy (56.4%), erection and ejaculation (73.8%), and vaginal dryness and lubrication (64.5%). Respondents who encountered sexual health questions or disclosures by consumers (those that were more 'askable') scored significantly higher on the Sexual Opinion Survey, indicating greater erotophilia.
Results suggest that female in-home sex toy party facilitators have the potential to provide a diverse group of women with opportunities to access sexuality information, products and communication and that facilitators' 'askability' is related to erotophilia. Implications for sexual health professionals are discussed.
先前的研究表明，成人书店是个人了解性知识或进行性交流的一种独特方式。最近，以女性为导向的家庭性玩具派对行业在几个国家迅速扩张。本研究的目的是记录派对的特点、举办派对的女性（“主持人”）以及主持人与消费者就性健康话题的交流情况。
邀请美国一家大型家庭性玩具派对公司的女性主持人参与一项匿名的横断面在线调查。
共收到1197份完整的调查问卷。大多数受访者为白人（85.2%）、异性恋（91.6%）、至少接受过一些大学教育（76.3%）且已婚（59.4%）。大多数派对在另一位女性家中举行（88.3%），持续1 - 2小时（72.2%），出席人数为10人或更少（65.1%）。在她们最近主持的派对上，大多数受访者被问到关于增强性欲/性唤起（75.3%）、性高潮（57.8%）、性欲差异（56.4%）、勃起和射精（73.8%）以及阴道干涩和润滑（64.5%）等问题。遇到消费者提出性健康问题或进行性健康披露（那些更“可提问”的情况）的受访者在性观念调查中的得分显著更高，表明其性偏好更强。
结果表明，女性家庭性玩具派对主持人有潜力为不同群体的女性提供获取性信息、产品和交流的机会，并且主持人的“可提问性”与性偏好有关。文中还讨论了对性健康专业人员的启示。
