ABSTRACT

Previous researchers have noted the domination of Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) samples in fields like psychology. In this study we asked: how WEIRD and androcentric is contemporary sex research? We focused on two historically underrepresented groups in research, namely non-WEIRD and women/gender non-conforming samples. We analyzed 2,223 articles drawn from five leading journals in scientific sexuality research (Archives of Sexual Behavior, Journal of Sex Research, Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, Journal of Sexual Medicine, and International Journal of Sexual Health). We coded the national context and gender of sampled populations for articles published between 2015 and 2019 in these journals. Results indicated that WEIRD populations dominate the published findings in sex research (ranging from 68% to 88%). Two journals had a higher number of studies that only included men as participants, and one a higher number of samples that consisted of only women, and very few included gender diverse samples (i.e., non-binary, trans*, intersex). Recommendations for improving the current research and publishing practices are discussed.

摘要

以前的研究人员已经注意到西方、受过教育、工业化、富有和民主 (WEIRD) 样本在心理学等领域的主导地位。在这项研究中，我们问：当代性研究有多怪异和以男性为中心？我们专注于研究中两个历史上代表性不足的群体，即非 WEIRD 和女性/性别不合格样本。我们分析了 2,223 篇文章，摘自五本性行为科学研究的主要期刊（ 《性行为档案》、《性研究杂志》、《性与婚姻治疗杂志》、《性医学杂志》和《国际性健康杂志》）). 我们对 2015 年至 2019 年间在这些期刊上发表的文章的样本人群的国家背景和性别进行了编码。结果表明，WEIRD 人群在性研究中占主导地位（从 68% 到 88%）。两份期刊的研究数量较多，仅包括男性作为参与者，而一份期刊的样本数量较多，仅由女性组成，很少包括性别多样化的样本（即非二元性别、跨性别*、双性人）。讨论了改进当前研究和出版实践的建议。