Sexual life of Spanish women during the lockdown by COVID-19: Differences according to sexual orientation?
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Sexual life of Spanish women during the lockdown by COVID-19: Differences according to sexual orientation?Author (s)
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2023-04Publisher
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Rafael Ballester-Arnal, Juan Enrique Nebot-Garcia, Estefanía Ruiz-Palomino, Marta García-Barba, Olga Fernández-García, María Dolores Gil-Llario, Sexual life of Spanish women during the lockdown by COVID-19: Differences according to sexual orientation?, Women's Studies International Forum, Volume 98, 2023, 102719, ISSN 0277-5395, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2023.102719.Type
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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 ... [+]
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. [-]
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