Toward an Understanding of Behaviourally Bisexual Men: The Influence of Context and Culture
Joseph P. Stokes, Robin L. Miller, and Rhonda Mundhenk, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

Researchers and popular media are showing increased interest in bisexuality in men. In this paper we present a model of bisexuality and a typology of behaviourally bisexual men. We also consider various sociocultural influences on bisexual behaviour, including conceptions of masculinity, homophobia, socioeconomic status, and ethnic and racial factors. We conclude that bisexual behaviour and self-identity as bisexual are influenced by culture and context, and that models of the development of sexual orientation based on research with mostly white gay men are not necessarily appropriate for bisexual men of colour. Implications for health care professionals are discussed.. (The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 1998; 7: 101-114)

Correlates of Sexual Satisfaction in Marriage
Michael Young, George Denney, University of Arkansas, Raffy Luquis, Southern Connecticut State University, and Tamera Young, Uinversity of Arkansas.

Hypotheses concerning possible correlates of sexual satisfaction in marriage were tested using the replies of 797 married women and men of diverse ages to a 70-item mailed questionnaire that contained seven Likert-type sub-scales measuring different sexual and non-sexual variables. Multiple regression analysis, using sexual satisfaction as the dependent variable, yielded a five-variable model that accounted for a significant portion of the variation in sexual satisfaction (Adjusted R Squared = .602). The variable "overall satisfaction with marriage" had the highest correlation with sexual satisfaction (r=.622), followed by "satisfaction with non-sexual aspects of relationship" (r=.609),  frequency of spouse/partner orgasm per sexual encounter (r=.529), frequency of sexual activity (r=.370), and "sexual uninhibitedness" (r=.230). None of three measures of religiosity made a significant contribution to explaining the variation on self-reported sexual satisfaction. Men and women did not differ in level of sexual satisfaction, and adding gender to the regression model did not increase the level of explained variation. The results indicate that sexual satisfaction in these married respondents could not be compartmentalized to their sexual interactions, but was strongly associated with non-sexual aspects of the overall marital relationship as well. (The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 1998; 7: 115-128)

Contraceptive Knowledge, Attitudes and Use among Women attending Health Clinics in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Beverley Chalmers, University of Toronto, Michael Sand, Digital Health, Henry Muggah, McMaster University, Lydia Oblivanova,  Nelli Almazova, Family Planning Centre, St. Petersburg, and Elena Tkatchenko, Health Committee, St. Petersburg.

Traditionally, Russian women have relied on abortion as a primary means of fertility control. Although modern contraceptives are increasingly available, particularly in urban Russia, little is known about Russian women's knowledge and use of modern contraceptive methods. We surveyed 917 women attending women's health care clinics in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. Among those women who were currently using birth control (74%), condoms, IUD, oral contraceptives, and withdrawal were the most popular methods. Use of multiple methods, reasons for not using birth control, reasons for choosing method, primary influence on choice of method, satisfaction with current method, shifts in contraceptive practice, perceived side effects of oral contraception, and attitudes towards condom use and sterilization are also reported.(The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 1998; 7: 129-138)

Parents' Opinions and Attitudes towards Sexuality Education in the Schools
Alexander McKay, The Sex Information and Education Council of Canada, Toronto, Mary-Anne Pietrusiak, Durham Region Health Department, Whitby, Ontario, and Philippa Holowaty, Women's College Hospital, Toronto.

Parents from communities in southern Ontario (n=6,833) filled out a questionnaire designed to elicit their opinions about sexual health education in the schools, and their views on the appropriateness of 15 different topics for students in grades JK-4, 5-6, 7-8, and 9-12. On a 5-point Likert-type scale, 95% of respondents either strongly agreed (49%) or agreed (46%) that sexual health education should be provided in the schools. In addition, 82% indicated that sexual health education should begin in the primary grades and continue through to the senior grades of high school. All 15 potential topics were endorsed by 75% or more for at least one grade level. Overall, the topic "Building equal, healthy relationships" received the highest level of parental support. Although teaching about sexual orientation, birth control, and abortion is sometimes thought to be controversial, over 75% of parents in this survey wanted these topics taught at one or more grade levels. The findings of this study are consistent with the findings of other studies using the same survey instrument. (The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 1998; 7: 134-146)

Linguistic, Emotional and Content Analysis of Sexually Explicit Scenes in Popular Fiction
Cynthia Whissell, Psychology Department, Laurention University, Sudbury, Ontario.

Linguistic, emotional, and content analyses were performed on the text of sexually explicit scenes and non-sexual scenes taken from 12 men's and 12 women's popular novels. The Dictionary of Affect in Language (Whissell, 1994a) was also used for emotional analysis of a smaller replication sample. Volunteer readers (n=58) also rated the emotional tone of selected scenes from novels in this replication study. Major conclusions of the main study were confirmed by the replication. Sexually explicit scenes were generally non-degrading and erotic, rather than pornographic. Gunfights were present in all novels from the men's category and were notable for their unpleasantness. Sexually explicit scenes were rated by volunteers as being more pleasant, more active, and more likely to predict future reading than other scenes. (The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 1998; 7: 147-159)