On Bridging the Gap in the Sexual Behavior of the Sexes: The Mediating Role of Culture/Environment

Adedeji Julius Ogunleye; Tosin Tunrayo Olonisakin; Sulaiman Olanrewaju Adebayo

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On Bridging the Gap in the Sexual Behavior of the Sexes: The Mediating Role of Culture/Environment

Adedeji Julius Ogunleye, Tosin Tunrayo Olonisakin, Sulaiman Olanrewaju Adebayo

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Abstract

Sexuality is an important component of human life given its implication for sexual satisfaction, reproduction, egalitarianism and the continuity of the human race. The purpose of this paper is to present a review of the literature on cultural sex-role prescriptions for male control and female deference particularly in the Nigerian literature, and to demonstrate the implication of such for relationship satisfaction, sexually transmitted infections and egalitarianism, and the building of a virile society. In this article, we emphasize the socio-cultural specifics of the Nigerian society and its role in perpetuating power imbalance, sexual inequality and sexual in-expression between men and women.

Published in	Humanities and Social Sciences (Volume 3, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.hss.20150302.14
Page(s)	88-95
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2015. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Sexual Behavior, Sex Differences, Egalitarianism, Culture/Environment, Socialization, Nigeria

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Adedeji Julius Ogunleye

Department of Psychology, University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Tosin Tunrayo Olonisakin

Department of Psychology, University of Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
Sulaiman Olanrewaju Adebayo

Department of Psychology, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria

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