Original scientific paper
WHEN IS SEX FUN? SEXUAL SATISFACTION AMONG SLOVENIAN YOUTH
Ivan BERNIK
Valentina HLEBEC
Abstract
The main aim of the paper is to provide, on the basis
of a survey of youth sexuality in Slovenia, support for
the thesis that sexual experience, including sexual
satisfaction, is largely socially con-strued. First, the
indices of satisfaction and dissatisfaction among Slovenian
respondents with their first and most recent sexual
intercourse are presented and compared to the results of
similar surveys conducted in Austria and Germany. Then,
some cultural and social causes of variation in the levels
of sexual satisfaction of Slovenian youth are analysed
in the next two parts of the paper. The analysis focuses
on two sets of variables influencing sexual satisfaction –
the first represents the socio-cultural context of sexual
communication, and the second, the internal dynamic
of sexual communication. The analysis is motivated
by a hypothesis that both sets of variables are strongly
linked to the level of sexual satisfaction, although it can
be expected that the link will be more obvious for
the second set of variables. This hypothesis is only
partly confirmed by the available data.The variables
related to the socio-cultural context of sexual
communication are not systematically linked to the level
of sexual satisfaction among Slovenian respondents,
whereas the other set of variables has some influence
on the level of sexual satisfaction, but less than expected.
The findings do not allow any broad conclusions.
Nevertheless, they suggest that the explanation of the
"social construction of sexual satisfaction" should be
sought mostly in the dynamics of communication within
sexual dyads.
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20223
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2000.
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