Sexual life of Spanish women during the lockdown by COVID-19: Differences according to sexual orientation?

Autor: Ballester-Arnal R; Department of Basic and Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, Spain., Nebot-Garcia JE; Department of Basic and Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, Spain.; Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain., Ruiz-Palomino E; Department of Basic and Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, Spain., García-Barba M; Department of Basic and Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, Spain., Fernández-García O; Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain., Gil-Llario MD; Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Women's studies international forum [Womens Stud Int Forum] 2023 May-Jun; Vol. 98, pp. 102719. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Apr 11.
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2023.102719
Abstrakt: The COVID-19 pandemic may have exacerbated the sexual health differences that already existed among women based on their sexual orientation. Therefore, a total of 971 Spanish women aged 18-60 years (84 % heterosexual and 16 % with a minority sexual orientation) answered an ad hoc online questionnaire about sexual behavior during April 2020. Compared to heterosexual women, sexual minority women showed a greater increase in sexual frequency, masturbated more, had more sex with a housemate, and engaged in more online sexual activities during lockdown. The emotional impact of the pandemic, having privacy, and age showed a relationship with the quality of sexual life, but not sexual orientation. Based on these results, women's sexual lives are not as closely related to their sexual orientation as they are to other variables. Therefore, it seems more necessary to address issues affecting women in general during lockdown than to focus on their specific sexual orientation.
Competing Interests: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare that are relevant to the content of this article. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
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