Session 7: Sexuality and Behaviour
6th Global Conference
Tuesday 10th November – Thursday 12th November 2009
Salzburg, Austria
What Drives the Human Sex Drive? Peering into the Portals of Virtual Sex
Derrell Cox II
Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma, USA
Internet-based sexually explicit materials (iSEMs) continue to attract millions of viewers around the globe on a daily basis. The types of websites visited and the content viewed provide a window into the erotic souls of millions of people worldwide. There have been few studies of what these millions of viewers are seeking and why they are seeking iSEM. These websites cater to individuals seeking erotic entertainment for many reasons, such as: curiosity; to vicariously fulfil sexual fantasies otherwise unattainable, including novel behaviors, novel partners, and harem fantasies; to participate in a virtual form of voyeurism and exhibitionism; to facilitate arousal and sexual release; to reduce boredom; to enhance or incite foreplay between intimates; a source of sexual information; and others. This paper examines the popularity, content, and viewer demographics of three of the most popular websites featuring iSEMs, Youporn.com, RedTube.com, and Pornhub.com. One hundred and eighty videos are analyzed based on sex acts, number and gender of the participants, geographic region of origin, theme or plot, location of the scene (outdoors, office, bedroom, et cetera), and whether or not safe sex practices are incorporated. The total number of views of these videos exceeds 500 million. Though viewers peruse these websites from diverse regions of the globe, the videos they upload and watch reveal sexual behaviors and erotic desires which are common to humanity. Based upon data obtained from these videos, a comparison is made with previous research conducted nearly a decade ago, which explored the evolutionary motivations for sexual arousal. The results of this present study are statistically significant and in distinct contradiction to those found in the previous study, which have significant impacts upon contemporary perspectives of evolved sexual desire.
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Sexual Self Disclosure and How It Affect Sexual Satisfaction: A Cross Cultural Study between Malaysia and Australia
Lailatul Ali
Selangor, Malaysia
Sexual self disclosure is how much a person is open enough to reveal oneself on their sexual aspects, or simply be put as communicating about their sexual aspects. This research is a preliminary study to understand how other factors such as gender and culture could affect one’s openness to talk about sex and how sexual self disclosure could affect one’s sexual satisfaction. It is known that talking about sex or any sexual related is considered taboo in eastern culture, particularly in Malaysia. Therefore, this study is determine to find if there is any difference in sexual self disclosure between eastern and western culture, as well as gender.
195 respondents from Malaysia and Australia participated in this research and answered 3 parts of questionnaire that consists two established questionnaire which are Sexual Self Disclosure Scale ( SSDS ) developed by Dr. William Snell in 1987 and Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction by Dr. Sandra Byers and Dr Lawrence, K. in 1998.
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