concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: sexual schemas/scripts

gender and sexuality
type: Concept
narrower: sexual schemas/scripts

sexual schemas/scripts
type: Concept
broader: theories
broader: gender and sexuality
definition: Scripting theory posits that individuals use sets of ordering rules, called scripts, to interpret, predict, or produce the scenes around them. Sexual scripts, in particular, provide information about the appropriate sequences of events involved in sexual encounters, the prevalence of certain sexual behaviors among one's peers, or the expected roles of men and women in sexual situations. [Source: Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media; Schemas/Scripts, Sexual]

theories
type: Concept
narrower: sexual schemas/scripts