A 48-item questionnaire was administered to all entering freshmen at two midwestern colleges (N=2,180). On the basis of a factor analysis, a six-term factor of premarital sexual experience and a four-item factor of attitude toward premarital sexual intercourse were isolated. Scores on one or both of these scales were found to be related to…

Examines current sexual behavior, the social changes that have led to current sexual attitudes, and the trends developing in sexual relationships. (RK)

This study demonstrated reinforcement control over pronounced feminine behaviors in a male child who had been psychologically evaluated as manifesting "childhood cross-gender identity." Reinforcement control over cross-gender behavior was demonstrated by identifying some behavioral treatment conditions under which feminine behaviors could be…

Paper was presented at the Groves Conference on Marriage and the Family, Boston, 1968.

Concludes that subjects with considerable prior exposure to common, nonviolent pornography preferred to watch uncommon pornography. Male nonstudents preferred it almost exclusively, as did male students to a lesser extent. Females also exhibited this consumption preference, though it was far less pronounced, especially in female students. (JD)

Determined the role gender plays in influencing the prevalence and patterns of sexual risk taking. Responses from 245 undergraduate students show gender differences in risk-taking patterns. For females, potentially risky behavior in the partner domain was negatively related to risky behavior in the sexual practice domain, whereas for males, the…