DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS, SEXUAL IDENTITY AND SEXUAL FUNCTIONING OF TURKISH HETEROSEXUAL MALES
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2019
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The purpose of this study was to investigate males' perspectiveson sexuality. Sexual identity, demographic factors and sexualfunctioning in males are important to examine how they perceive andunderstand when it comes to sexuality before and after the marriage.Few studies were conducted on male sexuality in Turkey. A total of 78healthy heterosexual males volunteered in order to collect data for thisresearch. Due to the potential insufficiency for the necessary number ofparticipants, they were selected with the snowballing data collectiontechnique. Their ages ranged between 23 and 57 years old with anaverage of 30. Most of them (61%) were either married or being in arelationship. They agreed to participate in this study and responded theitems in two questionnaires, demographic data form, and sexual historyquestionnaire. Questionnaire items included biological sexual identityand sexual orientation questions. The items on both forms were semistructured, prepared by the researchers with implementing relatedprevious studies. Findings showed that most of the participants had asexual interest in others including the girlfriend, neighbor, schoolmates,and relatives during adolescence and adulthood times. Their sexualfunctioning was sexual intercourse during these periods. They mainlymasturbate, prefer coitus at home at least twice a week, and highlysatisfied with their sexual life. According to our results, likemasturbation habits, Turkish males showed similar sexual behaviorsand functioning compared to their international counterparts. Theirsexual behaviors transform into adulthood, from erotic fantasies tophysical sexual activities. Several males (70%) continued masturbation after marriage, which was an unexpected result. 23% of the maleparticipants normally don’t expect extraordinary desires from theirpartners and almost none of the partners expect them, either. They holdthoughts of sexual fantasies more than partners.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Sosyoloji, Kadın Araştırmaları
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Turkish Studies (Elektronik)
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14
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2
