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Perceptions of Women Condom Proposers Among Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, and European Americans 1
Author(s) -
CONLEY TERRI D.,
COLLINS BARRY E.,
GARCIA DAVID
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2000.tb02322.x
Subject(s) - condom , psychology , ethnic group , demography , chinese americans , human sexuality , perception , developed country , gender studies , social psychology , population , medicine , family medicine , political science , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sociology , syphilis , neuroscience , law
This study was a comparison of the judgments made about a sexually active female condom proposer by men and women of 3 ethnic groups: Chinese Americans, European Americans, and Japanese Americans. Results indicate that Chinese Americans reacted more negatively to the female condom proposer than did European Americans. Japanese Americans could not be distinguished between either of the groups on most measures. However, Japanese Americans did perceive the female condom proposer to be less sexually attractive than did the other 2 groups. These findings underscore the importance of distinguishing among subgroups of Asian Americans, especially when considering issues related to gender and sexuality.