Appendix B Sample of Survey Questionnaire Please choose from the following descriptions the relationship style that best describes your current relationship style or if you are single the style best describes your ideal relationship. Circle only one response: 0 – In my relationship my partner(s) and/or I are free to develop romantic, loving relationships with other people that may or may not include having sexual foreplay or sex (oral, manual, or intercourse). My partner(s) and I are open and honest in discussing the other relationships. 1 – In my relationship my partner and/or I engage in purely recreational sexual foreplay or sex (oral, manual, or intercourse) with others either individually or together. Friendships may evolve, but my only romantic, loving relationship is with my partner. My partner and I are open and honest in discussing these sexual encounters. 2 – In my relationship either my partner or I enjoy using mechanical and physical restraints on the other and/or controlling the other and/or inflicting pain or humiliation on the other. Either my partner or I enjoy being the recipient of restraint, control, or pain or humiliation. We may include other people in our sexual relationship. 3- In my relationship my partner and I agree that either one or both of us may engage in outside sexual relationships but we do not talk about it. 4 – In my relationship my partner and I agree to having sex in front of others or watching others have sex, but we do not
* intimate relationships involve a high degree of love, trust, empathy and commitment from both partners
It’s no secret that we all have sex. Every person grows up as an individual, learning things about themselves as they go along, as well as learning about others. We all eventually end up calling someone else our significant other, whether it be of the same sex or not, and we all end up making personal decisions about our sexual identity and actions as we progress through life. We define our sexual identities of something unique to only us and we acquire our identities with a mix of influences: biological, psychological, social, cultures, values, and society in the time in which we are growing up. After such influences, we make the choice when to lose our
There may be a variety of problems that arise in dating and sexual relationships. Sexual attitudes and behaviors can be similar because they can be negative toward sexual permissiveness but can be more accepting of casual sex. Another difference
There are also many theories that involve sex such as the sexual compatibility theory and the sexual restraint theory. These theories both have opposing views, the compatibility theory states that during the couple formation process it enables partners to evaluate their sexual similarity to see if they are sexually compatible. While on the contrary, the restraint theory holds that sexual involvement during particularly in the early stages would be inconvenient to general relationship advancement. At first I would have agreed that the
The Brief Sexual Attitudes Scale (BSAS) (Hendrick, Hendrick, & Reich, 2006), a 23-item questionnaire, was designed to measure multi-dimensional attitudes towards sex. The scale is a modified version of the original Sexual Attitudes Scale. For the current study, the Brief Sexual Attitudes Scale will be modified and shortened. The scale is made up of the following four subscales: Permissiveness, Birth Control, Communion, and Instrumentality. Some of the items refer to a specific sexual relationship, while others refer to general attitudes and beliefs about sex (Hendrick, Hendrick, & Reich, 2006). Participants are instructed to answer questions with their current partner in mind. If the respondent is not currently dating anyone, he or she should answer with the most recent partner in mind. If the respondent
In Western society, sexuality is defined, what is considered normal is established. Although, the borders of normalcy are being stretched with gay rights, a straight monogamous relationship is still what is expected. A relationship is built by spending time with
To identify your attachment style, read the following questions, and carefully consider which of the following three first-person descriptions best characterizes your feelings and behaviors in romantic relationships. Do not be afraid to be completely honest with yourself. There is no judgment here.This is just a jumping-off point to help you move forward along a new, healthier, and ultimately more successful path to intimacy and romance.
In society, many spouses or fiancées have fantasized about having sexual relations with another man or woman. These people have probably questioned their faithfulness to their ?better half? if they have succumbed to such temptation. However, so long as these thoughts do not become actions, they can not be judged as morally wrong. As
Do you believe in sexual relationships or do you hate
2. You can give each other important support that you may not get from sexually active people.
In a national study, Basile (2002) found that 34% of ladies expressed that they were compelled to having intercourse with their mate - frequently as a term of marital commitment.
BDSM is an acronym for bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, and sadism /masochism. The term BDSM is defined as a variety of erotic practices involving power play. Now because this term does not cover everyone in the kink community, known as an umbrella term, people are now starting to use the term WIIWD, which stands for “What it is we do”. I will be using symbolic interaction theory to describe why BDSM is not deviant in our society today. Our society is always flowing and changing with the environment around us. We have
Throughout various societies, cultures, and different situations, people have their own opinions and ideas on what is normal and abnormal sexual behavior. It
In view of the continuum of multiple relationships, which ranges form boundary crossings that ‘may be harmful, helpful, or benign to the therapeutic process’ (Hermann, 2006, Moleski & Kiselica, 2005, Rosenbloom, 2003,) to boundary violations which ‘place clients, and the therapeutic process at a high risk’ ( Gutheil & Gabbard, 1993; Simon,1992), there seems to be something more than ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer to the non-sexual boundaries issue.
The number of affairs was chosen to be the dependent variable. The alternative option to this choice is using a binary independent variable, “if women had at least one affair”. Number of affairs is preferred because, firstly, it is a more comprehensive measure of both genders whereas “if women had at least one affair” accounts for female only; and secondly, of all the responses received, only 31.5% of the participants have engaged in an extramarital affair. By using number of affairs, more information can be reviewed with reduced sample size.