How Does Culture Influence Sexuality

Aspects of sexuality that are influenced by culture include values, such as decisions regarding appropriate sexual behaviors, suitable partner or partners, appropriate age of consent, as well as who is to decide what is appropriate.

How does culture and religion affect an individual's sexuality?

Religion may influence sexual outcomes through relationship quality, social support, or explicit norms and scripts that advocate marital intimacy and sexual involvement. The link between religious involvement and marital quality has been well-documented in past research (Call & Heaton, 1997; Lehrer, 2004; Wilcox et al.

How does culture influence the practice of abstinence?

Non-Western and religious cultures are more likely to have normative beliefs in favor of premarital abstinence, while Western and secular cultures are more likely to have specific, even pragmatic reasons for promoting premarital abstinence.