Sexual Perception and Behavior: Gender Differences among Married Ilocanos

Authors: Erwin F. Cadorna

Abstract:

This study attempted to compare the sexual perceptions and behaviors of male and female married Ilocanos. Data were gathered from 1,374 married Ilocanos (687 husbands and 687 wives) from nine municipalities and one city of the First District of Ilocos Sur. Findings showed that the male and female married Ilocanos differ in their psychological and physical sexual perceptions, but they had common social and spiritual sexual perceptions. Moreover, they were consistent in their behaviors towards sex, except for their behaviour after sex without reaching orgasm, wherein the males feel bad after having sex without reaching orgasm, while the females simply sleep it off.

Keywords: Gender Differences, Ilocanos, Sexual Behavior andPerception.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1061553

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