The Multinational Life Experience and Personality Project (MLEPP) is collecting data for multiple investigations on human sexuality from general population samples of adults aged 18 to 59 in several countries. The initial phase of the MLEPP questionnaire asked respondents if they had experienced any sexual contacts, with a partner five or more years older than themselves, prior to puberty as well as in the period from puberty to age 16. This article presents analyses of descriptive data from participants regarding their early, willing sexual experiences, exploring what adjectives they associate with the experiences. To be included in these analyses they had to meet four criteria: the respondent was male; they reported having a willing sexual contact during either or both of the noted time periods; they did not report any unwanted, forced, or coerced sexual contacts in those time periods; they chose to answer the relevant follow-up question. A total sample of N = 195 Japanese and U.S. men answered the follow-up question, making 880 selections in total. These men overwhelmingly endorsed positive descriptors for their experiences. It is concluded that in general, men find their early, willing sexual contacts with older partners to be pleasurable, satisfying, and fun -- negative associations are uncommon.
Philip Tromovitch (Wed,) studied this question.