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Implicit Sexual Cognitions in Women with Ambiphilic Sexual Attractions: A Comparison to Androphilic and Gynephilic Women
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Nicola Gray ,
Katie S. Uzzell
Archives of Sexual Behavior, Volume: 53, Pages: 141 - 152
Swansea University Author:
Nicola Gray
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DOI (Published version): 10.1007/s10508-023-02727-y
Abstract
Previous research using indirect cognitive measures (sometimes referred to as implicit measures) of sexual attraction have shown that women who are attracted to men (androphilic women) show category non-specific responses, whereas those who are attracted to women (gynephilic) show a category-specifi...
| Published in: | Archives of Sexual Behavior |
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| ISSN: | 0004-0002 1573-2800 |
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2024
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64799 |
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Previous research using indirect cognitive measures (sometimes referred to as implicit measures) of sexual attraction have shown that women who are attracted to men (androphilic women) show category non-specific responses, whereas those who are attracted to women (gynephilic) show a category-specific bias to women. The purpose of the present study was to examine whether women who explicitly report approximately equal attraction to men and women (ambiphilic) would show similar non-category specific attraction at this implicit level or whether their responses would be more similar to those of gynephilic women. An implicit association task and a priming task were given to 169 women alongside measures of their self-labelled sexual orientation and an explicit measure of their sexual attraction to men and women. The results replicated previous findings of little bias towards either gender in androphilic women and of a strong bias towards females in gynephilic women. The ambiphilic women also showed a strong bias towards females. The findings clearly show that early automatic associations to sex are biased towards females in ambiphilic women and are not consistent with their explicit statements of preference. |
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| Keywords: |
Ambiphilia, Androphilia, Bisexual, Gynephilia, Implicit Association Test, Sexual orientation |
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Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
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This work was funded by the American Institute of Bisexuality. |
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141 |
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152 |