بررسی مقدماتی نگرش جنسی افتراقی در میان افراد درگیر در روابط نژادی: آزمایش "تب جنگل"

“Jungle Fever” is a stereotype that individuals who enter interracial relationships out of a desire to experience sex with someone of a different race. This research is an initial attempt to gather empirical evidence that address this stereotype. Analysis of the sexual attitudes of never married/cohabited individuals in the 1992 National Health and Social Life Survey find little support for this stereotype. Because this finding only examines attitudes, and not motivations, this research is very preliminary. Future extensions to this work are discussed.

“Jungle Fever” is a stereotype that individuals who enter interracial relationships out of a desire to experience sex with someone of a different race. White supremacist use such myths to justify opposition to interracial romance (Ferber, 1998). Even some academicians (e.g., Staples, 1994) argue that sexuality is often the major attraction for black–white couples and the black filmmaker/activist, Spike Lee, develops this idea in his film “Jungle Fever.” Other researchers (Davidson, 1991/1992; Lewis, Yancey, & Bletzer, 1997; Yancey & Yancey, 1997) argue against the idea of interracial sexual obsession. Yet there is no empirical evidence that addresses this question. This research is a preliminary attempt to gather empirical evidence that address this stereotype.