Hispanic College Men's Perceptions of Appropriate Strategies for Initiating Sexual Intercourse with

What is it about?

Few studies examining college students’ sexual experiences have focused on Hispanic men, despite the fact they are the fastest growing racial/ ethnic minority group in post secondary institutions. The present study examined men’s perceptions about when sexual intercourse should first be initiated and the kinds of behaviors men saw as appropriate for initiating sexual intimacy. Hispanic college men reported that the how serious they were about the relationship and a woman's desire for sex most strongly influenced their decisions about when to initiate sex. Few men said that there was a certain amount of time that twas ideal The most commonly reported approach used to initiate sex was perceptions of body language, followed by joking or dropping hints, directly discussing wanting to have sex, and waiting for the woman to initiate. Although research typically points to machismo beliefs as important, these men felt these beliefs were not influential.

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Photo by Becca Tapert on Unsplash

Why is it important?

Few studies examining college students’ sexual experiences have focused on Hispanic men, despite the fact they are the fastest growing racial/ ethnic minority group in post secondary institutions. Most studies on Hispanic populations rely upon stereotypic beliefs about machismo.