Concordance and Discordance of Sexual Identity, Sexual Experience, and Current Sexual Behavior in 45-Year-Old Men: Results From the German Male Sex-Study.

Autor:	Goethe VE; Department of Urology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany., Angerer H; Department of Urology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany., Dinkel A; Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany., Arsov C; Department of Urology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University, Dusseldorf, Germany., Hadaschik B; Department of Urology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Urology, Essen University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany., Imkamp F; Clinic for Urology and Urologic Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany., Gschwend JE; Department of Urology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany., Herkommer K; Department of Urology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany. Electronic address: kathleen.herkommer@tum.de.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Sexual medicine [Sex Med] 2018 Dec; Vol. 6 (4), pp. 282-290. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Sep 28.
DOI:	10.1016/j.esxm.2018.08.001
Abstrakt:	Introduction: Discordance of various aspects of sexual orientation has been mostly studied in young adults or in small samples of heterosexual men. Studies focusing on concordance and discordance of aspects of sexual orientation in representative samples of middle-aged men including homosexual men are scarce. Aim: To investigate concordant and discordant sexual behavior in 45-year-old German men with a special focus on homosexual identified men. Methods: Data for this cross-sectional study were collected within the German Male Sex-Study. Participants were 45-year-old Caucasian males from the general population. Men self-reported on sexual identity, sexual experience, and current sexual behavior. Associations between sexual identity, experience, and behavior were analyzed using the chi-square test. Main Outcome Measure: Associations of sexual identity with sexual experience and behavior in a community-based sample of men, and discordance of sexual identity and behavior especially in the subgroup of homosexual men. Results: 12,354 men were included in the study. 95.1% (n = 11.749) self-identified as heterosexual, 3.8% (n = 471) as homosexual, and 1.1% (n = 134) as bisexual. Sexual identity was significantly associated with sexual experience and behavior. 85.5% of all men had recently been sexually active, but prevalence of sexual practices varied. In hetero- and bisexuals, vaginal intercourse was the most common sexual practice, whereas oral sex was the most common in homosexuals. A discordance of sexual identity was especially found in homosexual men: 5.5% of homosexuals only had sexual experiences with women, and 10.3% of homosexuals recently had vaginal intercourse. In this latter subgroup, only one-quarter ever had sexual experience with a man, and three-quarters had only engaged in sexual activity with a woman. Conclusion: Sexual identity is associated with differences in sexual experience and behavior in German middle-aged men. A considerable proportion of homosexual identified men live a heterosexual life. Goethe VE, Angerer H, Dinkel A, et al. Concordance and Discordance of Sexual Identity, Sexual Experience, and Current Sexual Behavior in 45-Year-Old-Men: Results From the German Male Sex-Study. Sex Med 201;6:282-290. (Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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