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Kristen N. Jozkowski

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Women’s Sexual Consent: Potential Implications for Sexual Satisfaction

Journal article

T. Marcantonio, Malachi Willis, K. Jozkowski
Current Sexual Health Reports, 2020
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Marcantonio, T., Willis, M., & Jozkowski, K. (2020). Women’s Sexual Consent: Potential Implications for Sexual Satisfaction. Current Sexual Health Reports.

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Marcantonio, T., Malachi Willis, and K. Jozkowski. “Women’s Sexual Consent: Potential Implications for Sexual Satisfaction.” Current Sexual Health Reports (2020).

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Marcantonio, T., et al. “Women’s Sexual Consent: Potential Implications for Sexual Satisfaction.” Current Sexual Health Reports, 2020.

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@article{t2020a,
  title = {Women’s Sexual Consent: Potential Implications for Sexual Satisfaction},
  year = {2020},
  journal = {Current Sexual Health Reports},
  author = {Marcantonio, T. and Willis, Malachi and Jozkowski, K.}
}

Abstract

Purpose of the Review: Sexual consent may be associated with women’s sexual satisfaction and correlates of sexual satisfaction; however, this relationship is understudied. We conducted a review of research assessing women’s internal consent (i.e., feelings related to the decision to consent to sex), external consent communication, and their potential relationship with sexual satisfaction or correlates of sexual satisfaction.

Recent Findings: Relationship status may influence women’s internal consent, external consent communication, and sexual satisfaction. Women’s internal consent feelings, but not their external consent communication, appear related to sexual satisfaction. However, external consent communication used by women’s sexual partners is related with women’s own internal consent feelings.

Summary: While preliminary findings from studies indicated that women’s internal consent feelings and their partners’ communication may influence their sexual satisfaction. Moving forward, researchers may consider more directly investigating the associations these consent constructs have with women’s sexual satisfaction. Research should also adopt more advanced and purposeful methodological designs to assess the relationship sexual consent has with sexual satisfaction.

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