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Thesis; University of North Florida; UNF; Dissertations; Academic -- UNF -- Psychology; Dissertations; Academic -- UNF -- Master of Arts in General Psychology; women; sexual orientation; gender expression; ischemic pain
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Women’S Intrasexual Variability In Sexual Psychology And Pain Functioning, Charlotte M. Lutz
Women’S Intrasexual Variability In Sexual Psychology And Pain Functioning, Charlotte M. Lutz
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between sexual orientation, self-described gender expression and preferred levels of gender expression in romantic partners with ischemic pain performance in healthy young women. It was hypothesized that lesbian and bisexual women would be less sensitive to pain than heterosexual women. It was also hypothesized that regardless of sexual orientation, women who endorse a preference for more feminine romantic partners and who describe themselves as more masculine would report higher pain thresholds, higher pain tolerance, and lower pain intensity levels than women who report attraction to more masculine romantic partners and …