ABSTRACT Grounded in sexual script theory, this research explored the relationships between casual sexual encounters, personal and perceived social endorsement of the sexual double standard (SDS), and topic avoidance about casual sex (TACS). Participants (N = 327) were recruited from Amazon.com’s Mechanical Turk and responded to a survey including measures assessing the aforementioned variables. A number of gender differences were apparent in the results. For men, personal and perceived social endorsement of the SDS were significantly and positively associated with casual sexual activity, whereas these same associations were not significant for women. For women, both personal and perceived social endorsement were significantly and positively associated with TACS, but for men, personal endorsement of the SDS was significantly inversely associated with TACS. Lastly, for men, the variable most strongly associated with TACS was personal endorsement of the SDS, whereas it was perceived social endorsement of the SDS for women. Explanations for these findings are offered based on the influence of individuals’ cognitions, behaviors, and cultural scripts.

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友谊中的性双重标准和话题回避

摘要 本研究以性脚本理论为基础，探讨了随意的性接触、个人和社会对性双重标准 (SDS) 的认可以及对随意性行为的回避 (TACS) 之间的关系。参与者（N = 327）是从 Amazon.com 的 Mechanical Turk 中招募的，他们对一项调查做出了回应，其中包括评估上述变量的措施。结果中明显存在一些性别差异。对于男性，个人和感知到的 SDS 的社会认可与随意的性活动显着正相关，而这些相同的关联对女性而言并不显着。对于女性来说，个人和感知到的社会认可与 TACS 显着正相关，但对于男性来说，个人对 SDS 的认可与 TACS 显着负相关。最后，对于男性而言，与 TACS 最密切相关的变量是个人对 SDS 的认可，而对于女性而言，则是社会对 SDS 的认可。对这些发现的解释是基于个人认知、行为和文化脚本的影响。