Sexuality and the internet

282 Pages·2013·4.71 MB·English

FO KRISTIAN DANEBACK
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A Collection of Papers 2003-2013

SEXUALITY AND THE INTERNET
FoU-rapport 2013:1
© Copyright Sven-Axel Månsson & Kristian Daneback 2013
Omslagsbild: Cartoonbank.com
ISBN 978-91-7104-476-1
ISSN 1650-2337
Service Point Holmbergs, Malmö 2013
KRISTIAN DANEBACK
SVEN-AXEL MÅNSSON
SEXUALITY AND THE INTERNET
A Collection of Papers 2003-2013
Malmö University, 2013
Faculty of Health and Society

We dedicate this collection to the memory of Al Cooper (1960-2004),
who took the first steps on this never-ending journey.
Our gratitude also goes to Michael W. Ross for more than a decade of
intellectually creative partnership and to Ronny Tikkanen and Lotta
Löfgren-Mårtenson, our brother and sister in arms, during the 2002 study.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................... 11
Entering a new research field ..............................................................11
The 2002 study .................................................................................12
The 2009 study .................................................................................14
Themes and trends ..................................................................................15
Some methodological and theoretical reflections ........................................18
The papers ............................................................................................21
REFERENCES ............................................................................... 29
PAPERS I:
ENGAGING IN ONLINE SEXUAL ACTIVITY (OSA) ............................. 31
I. 1. Cooper, A, Månsson, S-A, Daneback, K, Tikkanen, R & Ross, M W (2003).
Predicting the Future of Internet Sex: On-Line Sexual Activities in Sweden. Sexual
and Relationship Therapy, 18, (3) pp. 277-291.
I. 2. Daneback, K & Cooper, A & Månsson, S-A (2005). An Internet Study of
Cybersex Participants, Archives of Sexual Behavior, 34 (3) pp. 321-328.
I. 3. Daneback, K., Månsson, S-A. & Ross, M.W. (2007). Using the Internet to
Find Offline Sex Partners, Cyber Psychology & Behavior, 10 (1) pp. 100-107.
I. 4. Sevcikova, A., & Daneback, K. (2011). Anyone who wants sex? Seeking
sex partners on sex-oriented contact websites. Sexual and Relationship Therapy,
26 (2) pp. 170-181.
I. 5. Daneback, K., Sevcikova, A., Månsson, S-A., & Ross, M.W. (2012).
Outcomes of using the internet for sexual purposes: fulfilment of sexual desires,
Sexual Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH11203
PAPERS II:
SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND ONLINE SEXUAL ACTIVITY
– EXPERIMENTING WITH STIGMATIZED IDENTITIES AND BEHAVIORS ... 83
II. 1. Ross, M W, Månsson, S-A, Daneback, K & Tikkanen, R (2005).
Characteristics of men who have sex with men on the Internet but identify as
heterosexual, compared with heterosexually identified men who have sex with
women, CyberPsychology & Behavior, 8 (2) pp. 131-139.
II. 2. Daneback, K., Ross, M.W. & Månsson, S-A. (2008). Bisexuality and
Sexually Related Activities on the Internet, Journal of Bisexuality, 8 (1-2) pp.
115-129.
II. 3. Ross, M.W., Daneback, K. & Månsson, S-A. (2012) Fluid versus fixed:
A new perspective on bisexuality as a fluid sexual orientation beyond gender,
Journal of Bisexuality, 12 pp. 449-460.
PAPERS III:
THE USE OF PORNOGRAPHY – PERCEPTIONS AND EXPERIENCES ..... 123
III. 1. Daneback, K., Træen, B., & Månsson, S-A. (2009). Use of pornography
in a random sample of Norwegian heterosexual couples. Archives of Sexual
Behavior, 38 pp. 746-73.
III. 2. Löfgren-Mårtenson, L. & Månsson, S-A. (2010). Lust, Love, and Life:
A Qualitative Study of Swedish Adolescents’ Perceptions and Experiences
with Pornography, Journal of Sex Research, 47 (6), pp. 568-579.
PAPERS IV:
PROBLEMATIC SEXUAL INTERNET USE ........................................... 145
IV. 1. Daneback, K., Ross, M.W., & Månsson, S-A. (2006). Characteristics and
behaviors of sexual compulsives who use the internet for sexual purposes, Sexual
Addiction & Compulsivity, 13, pp. 53-67.
IV. 2. Ross, M.W., Månsson, S-A., & Daneback, K. (2012). Prevalence, severity
and correlates of problematic sexual Internet use in Swedish men and women.
Archives of Sexual Behavior, 41 (2), pp. 459-466.
IV. 3. Ross, M.W., Daneback, K., Månsson, S-A., Berglund, T. & Tikkanen, R.
(2008). Reported sexually transmitted infections in Swedish Internet-using men
and women, Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology & Venereology,
22 (6) pp. 696-703.