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Journal Article
Fathers, Sexual Scripts, and Reproductive Autonomy: The Impact of Patriarchal Messaging
2025
Overview
Research on parent-child dynamics has historically prioritized same-sex dyads, leaving cross-sex relationships, such as father-daughter, underexplored. While prior studies have linked patriarchal-affirming interpersonal sexual script (PA-ISS) messages from fathers to daughters' sexual risk-taking, their role in shaping reproductive decision-making, including age at abortion, remains underexamined. Guided by Simon and Gagnon's Sexual Script Theory, this study investigates the relationship between paternal PA-ISS and egalitarian interpersonal sexual script (E-ISS) messages and the age at which daughters experience abortion. A sample of 37 women assigned female at birth, each raised by their biological father and reporting a personal history of abortion, completed a retrospective online survey. Pearson's correlation and linear regression analyses revealed a significant negative association between PA-ISS messages and daughters' age at abortion ([R.sup.2] = .138, p = .02), indicating that greater exposure to PA-ISS was associated with younger abortion age. E-ISS messages were not significantly associated with abortion timing. These findings suggest that patriarchal sexual messaging may constrain reproductive autonomy and influence the timing of abortion. Results highlight the need for comprehensive sexual education that addresses gendered family-based messaging and supports informed reproductive decision-making as a public health and policy priority. Keywords: Patriarchal Affirming Sexual Scripts; Age at Abortion; Father-Daughter Relationships; Reproductive Autonomy; Sexual Script Theory; Comprehensive Sexual Education
Publisher
North American Journal of Psychology
