Department of Sociology, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
J Adolesc Health. 2010 May;46(5):437-43. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.10.012. Epub 2009 Dec 29.
This study examines the association between gender role attitudes and risky sexual behavior among young women. Previous studies have posed seemingly contradictory arguments: that either traditional attitudes or egalitarian attitudes are associated with riskier behavior.
Data are based on the children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, representing 520 sexually active 18-19-year-old women. Propensity radius matching was used to assess differences in rates of multiple sexual partners and sex outside of a committed relationship.
Relative to moderate gender role attitudes, both egalitarian gender role attitudes and traditional gender role attitudes are associated with higher rates of risky sexual behavior. Both women with egalitarian role attitudes and those with traditional role attitudes have about a 10% higher prevalence of risky behavior compared to women with more moderate gender role attitudes.
Existing, seemingly contradictory contentions about the relationship between gender role attitudes and risky sexual behavior may be more coherent than they seem. By shifting focus from risk to protection, the results suggest that moderate gender role attitudes are protective against risky sexual behavior. Future studies should investigate the causal mechanisms and intervention implications of this protective relationship.
本研究考察了性别角色态度与年轻女性危险性行为之间的关系。先前的研究提出了看似矛盾的观点：传统态度或平等主义态度与更危险的行为有关。
数据基于全国青年纵向调查的儿童，代表了 520 名有性行为的 18-19 岁女性。采用倾向半径匹配来评估多个性伴侣和非承诺关系中的性行为的比率差异。
与性别角色态度适中相比，平等主义性别角色态度和传统性别角色态度都与更高的危险性行为发生率相关。与性别角色态度更适中的女性相比，具有平等主义角色态度的女性和具有传统角色态度的女性的危险行为发生率大约高出 10%。
关于性别角色态度与危险性行为之间关系的现有、看似矛盾的论点可能比看起来更一致。通过将注意力从风险转移到保护上，结果表明，性别角色态度适中可预防危险的性行为。未来的研究应调查这种保护关系的因果机制和干预意义。
