Departments of Psychology and Women's Studies, 1259University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Departments of Psychology, 1259University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2022 Dec;37(23-24):NP22199-NP22225. doi: 10.1177/08862605211073109. Epub 2022 Feb 16.
Psychological sexual coercion is known to negatively impact those who experience it, yet sexual encounters where orgasm is present are often presumed to be positive and absent of coercion. In the present study, we conducted an online survey with women ( = 179) and men ( = 251) to test associations between sexually coercive experiences that include orgasm and negative psychological, sexual, and relationship outcomes. To do so, we focused on three experiences: having an orgasm during coerced sex (CS), having a coerced orgasm during desired sex (CO), and having a coerced orgasm during coerced sex (COS). Using structural equation modeling, we found that ever having any of these coercion-plus-orgasm experiences with a current partner predicted significantly higher avoidance motivations (i.e., engaging in sex to avoid conflict with one's partner), which in turn predicted significantly worse psychological distress, sexual satisfaction, relationship satisfaction, and sexual functioning (but not dyadic sexual desire). We also found that CS, CO, and COS predicted negative outcomes to a similar degree. However, testing gender/sex as a moderator clarified that CS predicted significantly lower sexual satisfaction, sexual functioning, and sexual desire for women but not men. Furthermore, CO predicted faking orgasms in women, but COS predicted faking orgasms in men. Together, results demonstrate that experiencing psychological sexual coercion and/or orgasm coercion is significantly associated with negative outcomes even if the coerced person's orgasm occurs.
心理性性胁迫已知会对经历过这种情况的人产生负面影响，但有性高潮的性接触通常被认为是积极的，不存在胁迫。在本研究中，我们对女性（n=179）和男性（n=251）进行了在线调查，以测试包括性高潮的性胁迫经历与负面心理、性和关系结果之间的关联。为此，我们关注了三种经历：在被迫性行为中达到性高潮（CS）、在期望的性行为中被强迫达到性高潮（CO）以及在被迫性行为中被强迫达到性高潮（COS）。使用结构方程模型，我们发现，与当前伴侣有过任何这些胁迫加性高潮的经历，都预示着回避动机显著增加（即，为了避免与伴侣发生冲突而进行性行为），而回避动机又显著预示着更严重的心理困扰、性满意度、关系满意度和性功能障碍（但不包括二元性欲望）。我们还发现，CS、CO 和 COS 对负面结果的预测程度相似。然而，测试性别/性作为一个调节变量表明，CS 显著预测女性的性满意度、性功能和性欲望降低，但对男性没有影响。此外，CO 预测女性假装性高潮，但 COS 预测男性假装性高潮。总之，研究结果表明，即使被胁迫者达到性高潮，经历心理性性胁迫和/或性高潮胁迫也与负面结果显著相关。
