ABSTRACT
Differences in sexual behavior between the sexes, as revealed by sexual research since the 1960s, are strongly diminishing: boys are no longer more experienced than girls, and girls take the initiative in making sexual contact just as often as boys. The role of being able to refuse something is attributed more often to girls, by other girls as well as by boys. Insecurity is involved not only at the point of having sexual intercourse for the first time, but in all aspects of the first sexual encounter - this is what most of the boys interviewed say. Social constructionism gives theoretical insight into the way images relate to each other, and how individual and social images influence each other. After all, masculinity remains a yardstick for social esteem. Behaviors such as the subordination of homosexuality to heterosexuality, and the marginalization of specific types of men are included just as much as conformity to hegemonic masculinity.
