Typical of the modern social organization of sexuality is ever larger variety of relationships between sexual partners. Interactional context in which sexual activities take place ranges from strong, relatively permanent partnerships to relatively casual sexual encounters. Deriving from this finding the paper deals with the interactional context in which students in Slovenia experienced their first heterosexual intercourse (FHI) and how this context affected the organization and their subjective experience of FHI. Additionally, the paper discusses whether social circumstances of students' upbringing (e.g., parents' education, high school performance, religiosity) are correlated with the interactional context of FHI. The paper is based on data from the first national study on intimate lifestyles of students in Slovenia. Data were collected on students from the three largest public universities in Slovenia from December 2010 to February 2011.
B.06 Other
COBISS.SI-ID: 30880861The paper presents preliminary results of the first national study of sexual life styles of university students in Slovenia. The survey was conducted with online questionnaire on the sample of 5578 students from three major Slovenian universities (Ljubljana, Maribor and Primorska) in the period from December 2010 to February 2011. Focusing especially on gender differences and sexual orientation the paper presents results related to the following two aspects of sexual behaviour: (1) the main parameters of heterosexual activities (age at first coitus etc.), and (2) the prevailing forms of social organisation of intimate relationships (from sporadic sexual encounters to stable partnerships).
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 30601309The research "Intimate lifestyles of students in Slovenia" is the first research of its kind, which addresses the issue of sexuality from the multidisciplinary approach. 6245 students participated in the research. The survey was divided into several themes which addressed attitudes and experiences about life in a relationship, sexuality and sexual relationships, satisfaction with sexuality and dealing with sexual problems. The survey also addressed issues of sexual violence and health issues and sexuality. The paper presents selected preliminary results, focusing on gender differences and differences based in sexual orientation. The general image is that women enter sexual relationship a bit earlier than men, while men report higher number of sexual partners. The latter holds true also for homosexuals (when compared to heterosexuals), but homosexuals also report more frequent use of protection against STD. Furthermore, homosexuals report lower social distance towards people with HIV.
F.18 Transfer of new know-how to direct users (seminars, fora, conferences)
COBISS.SI-ID: 906605The paper deals with the question to what extent young women’s perceptions of sexuality are influenced by existent sexual cultures (the dominant ‘permissive’, the residual traditional/‘restrictive’ and the emergent ‘subversive’ sexual cultures) and what is the relationship between them. The starting idea is that main social and cultural influences under which young people construct their perceptions of sexuality come from a culture of reflexive individualism and permissive sexual culture.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 512711040The paper presents the results of a large study on student sexuality in Slovenia (2011) that refer to organization of their sexual life. Firstly, data on types of relationships in which student sexuality happens are presented. Special focus is given to steady partner relationships as the predominant social form of sexual activities. Secondly, data on meanings that students place on partner relationships and norms that guide the dynamics of such relationships are presented. Finally, the paper tries to answer the question whether the organization of sexuality of students in Slovenia is similar as in some other European countries, i.e., whether it similarly happens in relatively short but intensive monogamous partner relationships.
B.06 Other
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