Venturing to the Unknown:
Men's Studies in Greater China
  

Intimacy

Intimacy

Major Study Highlights

Purpose

  • Explore gender difference in perception of intimacy in marital relationship
  • Review the emotionally focused marriage enrichment group practice

Methods

  • 5 focus groups for 27 males, aged 27-65, length of marriage: 1/2 - 30 year(s)
  • 5 focus gruops for 29 females, aged 27-65, length of marriage: 1/2 - 30 year(s)


Key Findings

Venturing to the Unknown: Men's Studies in Greater China: Intimacy
Venturing to the Unknown: Men's Studies in Greater China: Intimacy

Full Report of Study

  • From cohabitation to marriage

  • Report Title

    From cohabitation to marriage: the meaning of cohabitation and marriage from the perspective of teengirls

    Citation

    Poon, K. Y., & Chan, T. M. S. (2012). From cohabitation to marriage: the meaning of cohabitation and marriage from the perspective of teengirls. In O. K. Tsun & S. L. Hung. (Eds.), Youth Work: New Image in Social Work (pp. 141-166). Hong Kong: Red Publisher. (In Chinese)

    Acknowledgements

    Article from https://www.red-publish.com/book/1886

    (There is no English translation for this article)

  • Gender difference

  • Report Title

    Gender difference in perception of intimacy

    Citation

    Poon, K. Y., & Chan, T. M. S. (2013). Gender difference in perception of intimacy. In T. M. Chan (Ed.), Innovative theory and practice in working with male service users (pp. 141-166). Hong Kong: Roundtable. (In Chinese)

    (There is no English translation for this article)



Survey

Profile

Gender:
Male   Female


Age:
18 and below   19-39   40-59   60 and above


Education:
Primary   Secondary   Diploma   University


Gender Difference in Intimacy

1. Which of the following do you think are the emotional intimacy needs of men? (can tick more than one)

Feeling free or relaxed to share their inner feelings with their partner

Expressing deep care and showing support after listening to their sharing

Showing empathy to them, standing on their side to experience their feelings

Trusting their partner so that they can become totally open without any defense

2. Which of the following do you think are the social intimacy needs of men? (can tick more than one)

Having common friends

Building common friendship environment or joining social activities together after marriage

Good in-laws relationships

3. Which of the following do you think are the sexual intimacy needs of men? (can tick more than one)

Higher frequency than female  

Biological satisfaction   

Sexual life is not all consisting of their intimacy  

Intimacy is something based on live and only could be felt being with the one you fall in love with  

Sexual love is a must in a happy marriage  

General Questions

1. Do you think there are sufficient supports for men in Hong Kong?


2. What suggestion(s) will you give for a better policy for men in Hong Kong?

(The collected data will only be used for internal research purposes)










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