Sexual Myths Scale (SMS)—Turkey
The Sexual Myths Scale (SMS)—Turkey is a 28-item self-reported measure of the degree to which an individual adopts sexual myths that may be informed by religious rules, prejudices, taboos, traditions, and customs. The measure focuses on measurement of the perception of sexuality in Turkey.
Categories
Geographies Tested: Turkey
Populations Included: Female, Male
Age Range: Adolescents, Adults
Items:
- Homosexuality should be treated
- Homosexuality is a disease
- Homosexuals are harmful to society
- Homosexual men act like women
- An individual’s sexual orientation is recognized from hisher external image (clothing, speech, and behavior)
- Men’s decisions are more realisticlogical than those of women
- Housework is a women’s task
- Being male is more valuable than being female
- Women are in need of help
- Men are more successful than are women in performing tasks like mathematics that require intelligence
- Men are more competitive than are women
- Sex life ends with aging
- Menopause (climacterium) ends a woman’s sex life
- Older people’s having sexual intercourse is not acceptable
- To have satisfactory sex life, one must be young
- While having sexual intercourse, a woman should comply with her husband’s wishes
- It is the woman’s duty to give pleasure to her husband during sexual intercourse
- Every stage of the sexual intercourse must be in the man’s control
- Masturbation leads to psychological problems
- Masturbation leads to the development of physical diseases
- Raped boys turn out to be a gay when they grow up
- Boys would not be rape victims
- Women with their external appearanceclothing may cause the emergence of sexual violence
- Non-consensual sexual intercourse between husbands and wives cannot be regarded as rape
- Sexual intercourse is essential if the spouses (partners) are to receive sexual pleasure
- Sexuality means sexual intercourse
- Sexual intercourse should result in orgasm
- Women can reach orgasm only through sexual intercourse (coitus)
Response Options:
I totally agree - 5
I somewhat agree - 4
I am undecided - 3
I disagree - 2
I totally disagree - 1
Scoring Procedures
The choice “I totally agree’ refers to the status of having the myth whereas the choice “I totally disagree” refers to the status of not having the myth. Total scores are averaged.
Original Citation
Golbasi, Z., Evcili, F., Eroglu, K., & Bircan, H. (2016). Sexual myths scale (SMS): development, validity and reliability in Turkey. Sexuality and Disability, 34(1), 75-87.
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