| dc.description.abstract | Background/Objective: Sexual concordance (i.e., relationship between genital response and
subjective sexual arousal) is higher in men than in women. Among the factors that could explain
this difference would be the sexual double standard (SDS). Sexual concordance is examined by
SDS typologies of adherence (egalitarian, man-favorable, and woman-favorable). Method: During
exposure to a film with sexual content, genital response (penile circumference/vaginal pulse
amplitude) and self-reported sexual arousal were recorded in 104 young adults (42 men and 62
women), distributed into SDS typologies of adherence on the basis of their scores on the Sexual
Double Standard Scale. Results: Sexual concordance was obtained in men and women with egalitarian
and man-favorable typology. Subjective sexual arousal explained a significant percentage
of the variance in genital response in the egalitarian typology (men: R2 = .32, p < .01; women:
R2 = .19, p < .05) and man-favorable typology (men: R2 = .21, p < .05; women: R2 = .23, p <
.05). Conclusions: Agreement between genital responsiveness and subjective sexual arousal
depends on DES adherence typology. | es |
