Emancipating Sexuality: Breakthroughs into a Bulwark of Tradition
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In: Social Indicators Research, Vol. 129, No. 2, 01.11.2016, p. 909-935.
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T1 - Emancipating Sexuality
T2 - Breakthroughs into a Bulwark of Tradition
AU - Welzel, Christian Peter
AU - Alexander, Amy
AU - Inglehart, Ronald
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - This article presents evidence for a rising emancipatory spirit, across generations and around the world, in a life domain in which religion hitherto blocked emancipatory gains: sexual freedoms. We propose an explanation of rising emancipative values that integrates several approaches into a single idea-the utility ladder of freedoms. Specifically, we suggest that objectively improving living conditions-from rising life expectancies to broader education-transform the nature of life from a source of threats into a source of opportunities. As life begins to hold more promise for increasing population segments, societies climb the utility ladder of freedoms: practicing and respecting universal freedoms becomes increasingly vital to take advantage of rising life opportunities. This trend has begun to spill over into a life domain in which religious norms have until recently been able to resist emancipatory gains: sexual freedoms. We present (1) crossnational, (2) longitudinal, (3) generational and (4) multilevel evidence on an unprecedentedly broad basis in support of this theory.
AB - This article presents evidence for a rising emancipatory spirit, across generations and around the world, in a life domain in which religion hitherto blocked emancipatory gains: sexual freedoms. We propose an explanation of rising emancipative values that integrates several approaches into a single idea-the utility ladder of freedoms. Specifically, we suggest that objectively improving living conditions-from rising life expectancies to broader education-transform the nature of life from a source of threats into a source of opportunities. As life begins to hold more promise for increasing population segments, societies climb the utility ladder of freedoms: practicing and respecting universal freedoms becomes increasingly vital to take advantage of rising life opportunities. This trend has begun to spill over into a life domain in which religious norms have until recently been able to resist emancipatory gains: sexual freedoms. We present (1) crossnational, (2) longitudinal, (3) generational and (4) multilevel evidence on an unprecedentedly broad basis in support of this theory.
KW - Gender and Diversity
KW - Cultural change
KW - Economic development
KW - Emancipation
KW - Emancipative values
KW - Existential opportunities
KW - Fertility norms
KW - Freedom ladder
KW - Life quality
KW - Moral evolution
KW - Religion
KW - Secular values
KW - Sexual liberation
KW - Social-Dominance Orientation
KW - Liberal political-attitudes
KW - Immigration policy
KW - Gender
KW - Professionals
KW - Explanations
KW - Psychology
KW - Societies
KW - Cultures
KW - Support
KW - Politics
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/4fb1fb35-114c-3984-be38-8d2aa30a9c38/
U2 - 10.1007/s11205-015-1137-9
DO - 10.1007/s11205-015-1137-9
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 27829704
VL - 129
SP - 909
EP - 935
JO - Social Indicators Research
JF - Social Indicators Research
SN - 0303-8300
IS - 2
ER -