caa a22 4500 606231811 CHVBK 20210128101222.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10508-014-0301-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10508-014-0301-7 Sexual Minority Women's Experiences of Sexual Pressure: A Qualitative Investigation of Recipients' and Initiators' Reports [Elektronische Daten] [Stephanie Budge, Bethany Keller, Alissa Sherry] Sexual pressure can have detrimental effects to individuals both physically and emotionally; however, research in this area is lacking regarding the experiences by lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and questioning (LGBQ) women. This online study qualitatively examined sexual pressure experienced and explained by LGBQ women (n=50) using grounded theory methodology. Participants responded to open-ended questions by providing perspectives from both those who were on the receiving end of the sexual pressure (recipients) and from those who pressured their partners (initiators). Results indicated that there were eight overarching themes, 43 higher order categories, and 241 line-by-line codes. The eight overarching themes included: Reasons to Not Want Sex, Reasons for Pressuring, Reasons for Giving In, Actions of Initiators, Expectations, Communication, Negative Outcomes, and Positive Reactions. Negative Outcomes was the most common theme endorsed. Several higher order categories indicated the unique experiences of sexual minority women, namely trying to be "normal” (e.g., engaging in sexual acts as a result of internalized homophobia), experiencing more pressure from men, and self-consciousness (specifically related to lack of knowledge about sex with women). Implications for the current study include the importance of addressing sexual pressure with sexual minority women and creating interventions, such as assertiveness training and communication skills, that could assist both recipients and initiators with engaging in mutually satisfactory sexual practices. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014 Sexual pressure nationallicence Sexual minority nationallicence Lesbian nationallicence Bisexual nationallicence Sexual orientation nationallicence Budge Stephanie Educational and Counseling Psychology, Counseling, and College Student Personnel Department, College of Education and Human Development, University of Louisville, 40292, Louisville, KY, USA aut Keller Bethany Educational and Counseling Psychology, Counseling, and College Student Personnel Department, College of Education and Human Development, University of Louisville, 40292, Louisville, KY, USA aut Sherry Alissa Educational Psychology Department, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA aut Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/4(2015-05-01), 813-824 0004-0002 44:4<813 2015 44 10508 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0301-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0301-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Budge Stephanie Educational and Counseling Psychology, Counseling, and College Student Personnel Department, College of Education and Human Development, University of Louisville, 40292, Louisville, KY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Keller Bethany Educational and Counseling Psychology, Counseling, and College Student Personnel Department, College of Education and Human Development, University of Louisville, 40292, Louisville, KY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sherry Alissa Educational Psychology Department, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/4(2015-05-01), 813-824 0004-0002 44:4<813 2015 44 10508