Fetterolf Janell C, Sanchez Diana T
Department of Psychology Tillett Hall, Rutgers University, 53 Avenue E, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA,
Arch Sex Behav. 2015 May;44(4):961-70. doi: 10.1007/s10508-014-0408-x. Epub 2014 Oct 7.
Women are less likely than men to engage in sexually agentic behavior (e.g., initiating sexual encounters), despite the benefits associated with sexual agency (Kiefer & Sanchez, 2007). Two studies examined possible explanations, related to person perception, for gender differences in sexually agentic behavior. In Study 1, participants viewed the dating profiles of targets who were either high or low on sexual agency and rated sexually agentic targets as more desirable but also riskier sexual partners (i.e., having more previous sexual partners), as well as more selfish partners overall. Participants believed the agentic female targets to be the most desirable but also to have the highest number of previous sexual partners. In Study 2, female participants weighed the importance and consequences of sexual agency differently than male participants. Based on the two studies, we suggest that although men and women are judged similarly for sexual agency, women may refrain from sexual agency because they view the traits and characteristics that are perceived to go hand in hand with sexual agency more negatively.
尽管性自主行为（如主动发起性接触）有诸多益处，但女性比男性更不太可能参与此类行为（Kiefer & Sanchez，2007）。两项研究探讨了与人物认知相关的、关于性自主行为中性别差异的可能解释。在研究1中，参与者查看了性自主程度高或低的目标对象的约会资料，并将性自主的目标对象评为更具吸引力，但也是风险更高的性伴侣（即有更多的性伴侣），以及总体上更自私的伴侣。参与者认为自主的女性目标对象最具吸引力，但也有最多的性伴侣。在研究2中，女性参与者对性自主行为的重要性和后果的权衡与男性参与者不同。基于这两项研究，我们认为，尽管男性和女性在性自主方面受到的评判相似，但女性可能会抑制性自主行为，因为她们对那些被认为与性自主行为相关的特质和特征的看法更为负面。
