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ORIGINAL PAPER
(Multi)Dimensionalism of Sexual Success – An Attempt at Sociological Conceptualization
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Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
Submission date: 2024-10-18
Final revision date: 2025-08-21
Acceptance date: 2025-09-01
Publication date: 2025-10-31
JoMS 2025;63(3):980-1001
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ABSTRACT
Objectives:
The aim of this article is to define the concept of sexual success and identify the factors that determine it. It presents how adults in Poland perceive sexual success. The analysis takes into account both the dimensions of sexual experience (age of initiation, number of partners) and the main axis of the analysis was gender.
Material and methods:
The study was descriptive in nature and aimed to identify how adult Poles define sexual success. The research, which provided the data for the analysis, was representative and conducted in August 2022 on a sample of 1,121 adult Poles. The study was conducted online using CAWI (Computer Assisted Web Interviews) technology, via the nationwide Ariadna research panel.
Results:
The results revealed that sexual success doesn't have a single universal tool; it's a complex construct based on emotions, values, experience, and relational biography. Two paradigms were identified: inclusive, based on sexual freedom, exploration, and individual gratification, and exclusive, supporting monogamy, loyalty, and shared transportation. The study also revealed gendered genres: women broadly define sexual success through the lens of intimacy and relationality, while men place additional emphasis on the physical and post-procedural aspects.
Conclusions:
The articles are part of the research on the new paradigm of definitions of sexuality and those resulting from sexuality as multidimensional and deeply rooted in the context of the occurrence of the event.
The aim of this article is to define the concept of sexual success and identify the factors that determine it. It presents how adults in Poland perceive sexual success. The analysis takes into account both the dimensions of sexual experience (age of initiation, number of partners) and the main axis of the analysis was gender.
Material and methods:
The study was descriptive in nature and aimed to identify how adult Poles define sexual success. The research, which provided the data for the analysis, was representative and conducted in August 2022 on a sample of 1,121 adult Poles. The study was conducted online using CAWI (Computer Assisted Web Interviews) technology, via the nationwide Ariadna research panel.
Results:
The results revealed that sexual success doesn't have a single universal tool; it's a complex construct based on emotions, values, experience, and relational biography. Two paradigms were identified: inclusive, based on sexual freedom, exploration, and individual gratification, and exclusive, supporting monogamy, loyalty, and shared transportation. The study also revealed gendered genres: women broadly define sexual success through the lens of intimacy and relationality, while men place additional emphasis on the physical and post-procedural aspects.
Conclusions:
The articles are part of the research on the new paradigm of definitions of sexuality and those resulting from sexuality as multidimensional and deeply rooted in the context of the occurrence of the event.
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