NDLI: Re-Embedding Sexual Meanings: A Qualitative Comparison of the Premarital Sexual Scripts of Chinese and Japanese Young Adults

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Author	Farrer, James Suo, Gefei Tsuchiya, Haruka Sun, Zhongxin
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Through a comparison of the premarital sexual scripts of Chinese and Japanese young adults, we propose a general framework for cross-culturally comparing sexual scripts. Based on a breakdown of narrative structure into six narrative components—act, context, purpose, actors, agency and consequences—this narrative component method of comparison provides a way of accounting for the considerable differences in Japanese and Chinese premarital sexual norms. Both Chinese and Japanese students’ normative cultural scenarios for entry into sexual intercourse situate sexual intercourse within a “love” relationship; but narrative component analysis reveals key differences in the construction of acts, agents and contexts. Both the Japanese and Chinese findings point to a process of re-embedding sexual behavior in sexual scripts associated with a narrower scope of relational purposes and specific social contexts. The differential embedding of sexual scripts in an idealized relational context is shown to be relevant for the cultural construction of sexual agency.
Starting Page	263
Ending Page	286
Page Count	24
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10955143
Journal	Sexuality and Culture
Volume Number	16
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	19364822
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2011-11-22
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Sexual scripts Premarital sexuality Virginity China Japan Comparative research Sexual agency Personality and Social Psychology Interdisciplinary Studies Regional and Cultural Studies Psychology Social Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Gender Studies Cultural Studies

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