Browsing by Author "Farrington, Elizabeth M."

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    Does Tribute Belong in the Lifestyle: A Comparative Study of Lifestyle and Professional Dominatrices
    (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2016-04-08) Farrington, Elizabeth M.
    This study is a qualitative study to analyze the similarities and differences between lifestyle dominatrices (women who are not paid money to perform dominant acts on submissives) and professional dominatrices (women who are paid money to perform dominant BDSM acts on submissives). Three professional dominatrices and three lifestyle dominatrices were interviewed one on one as part of this study. There were also Three professional dominatrices blogs and three lifestyle dominatrices blogs used as well. These two types of dominatrices were compared on how they view the other type of dominatrix and tribute (money and gifts). The lifestyles seem to all believe that professionals do serve a purpose, but do not want them to advertise to submissives at kink events. There is also a belief, held by lifestyles, that professionals are not genuinely interested in BDSM because they are being paid to perform BDSM. However, a majority of the professionals would consider themselves lifestyles as well, because they practice BDSM with their romantic partners. When it comes to tribute professionals of course accept it, but there is a split between lifestyles on this subject. Some lifestyles are completely against tribute and believe accepting tribute makes you a professional. Then there are some lifestyles who accept and expect tribute from submissives. The purpose of this study is to expand our understanding of lifestyle and professional dominatrices. This study has been approved by IU’s Institutional Review Board.
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    Reasons People Give for Using (or not Using) Condoms
    (Springer, 2016) Farrington, Elizabeth M.; Bell, David C.; DiBacco, Aron E.; Department of Sociology, School of Liberal Arts
    Study participants (N = 348) were asked about 46 reasons that have been suggested for why people use or do not use condoms. Participants were asked which of these reasons motivated them when they were deciding whether to use condoms in 503 sexual relationships. Participants were classified into one of three roles based on their HIV status and the status of each sexual partner: HIV+ people with HIV− partners; HIV− people with HIV+ partners; and HIV− people with HIV− partners. Motivations were looked at in the context of each of these roles. Of the 46 reasons, only 15 were selected by at least 1/3 of the participants, and only seven were selected by at least half. Frequently reported reasons primarily concern protecting self and partner from STDs including HIV. Less frequently reported reasons involved social norms, effects of condoms on sex, and concern for the relationship. These findings have implications for clinical interventions.