Young Women’s Sex Talk Online: Roles of Anonymity, Social Closeness, and Cultural Background on Perceived Appropriateness and Behavioral Intention

2020 ◽  
pp. 036168432097292
Author(s):  
Emiko Taniguchi ◽  
Hye Eun Lee ◽  
Xiaowen Guan
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Safe Spaces ◽  
Digital Space ◽  
Undergraduate Women ◽  
European Americans ◽  
Social Closeness ◽  
Women’S Perceptions ◽  
Sex Talk

In this study, we examined the roles of anonymity and social closeness in predicting young women’s perceptions of “sex talk” (i.e., communication about sexual interests, enjoyment, and experiences) and intentions to post such content in cyberspace. We also examined cultural differences among Asian, Latina, and European Americans. A total of 466 undergraduate women from the three cultural groups participated in the online experiment. Participants were randomly assigned to either a low anonymity condition (i.e., Facebook) or a high anonymity condition (i.e., an anonymous online forum) where they were exposed to identical sex talk stimuli. The main findings showed that greater anonymity increased both the level of perceived appropriateness of sex talk posted by other female users and participants’ intentions to post sex talk online themselves. Compared to European American women, Asian and Latina Americans reported greater intentions to post sex talk online and perceived other female users’ sex talk posts as more appropriate. The results of this study prompt educators and practitioners to help young women strategically manage their impressions of sex talk online while being sensitive to women’s cultural backgrounds. They also suggest the need for further support from practitioners, educators, and parents to construct safe spaces for young women to engage open conversations about sexual matters in the digital space.

Left Out But “In Control”? Culture Variations in Perceived Control When Excluded by a Close Other

2021 ◽  
pp. 194855062098743
Author(s):  
Sasha Y. Kimel ◽  
Dominik Mischkowski ◽  
Yuki Miyagawa ◽  
Yu Niiya
Keyword(s):  
Asian Americans ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Control Culture ◽  
Good Friend ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Cultural Variations ◽  
European Americans

Research and theorizing suggest two competing—yet untested—hypotheses for how European Americans’ and Asians’ feeling of being “in control” might differ when excluded by a close other (e.g., a good friend). Drawing on different national contexts (i.e., United States, Japan), cultural groups (i.e., Japanese, Asian/Asian Americans, European Americans), and exclusion paradigms (i.e., relived, in vivo), four separate experiments ( N = 2,662) examined feelings of control when excluded by a close- or distant-other. A meta-analysis across these experiments indicated that Asians and Asian Americans felt more in control than European Americans when the excluder was a close other. In contrast, no consistent pattern emerged when the excluder was a distant other. This research has implications for cultural variations in aggressiveness as well as health and well-being following exclusion’s threat to perceived control.

Qatari Female Footballers

2019 ◽  
pp. 73-92
Author(s):  
Charlotte Lysa
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Safe Space ◽  
Football Players ◽  
National Team ◽  
Safe Spaces ◽  
Women's Football

Female Qatari footballers are being encouraged by government policies to pursue sports careers in accordance with pressure from international organizations. At the same time, they are subject to a conservative in which it is largely unacceptable for women to play football. This tension has driven many female football players in Qatar to create a safe space for their activities through forming university teams. Using interviews with young women engaged in football activities, this chapter shows that these safe spaces do not carry the same negative connotations of masculinity as the official clubs and national team do – which subsequently enables women to challenge the perception that it is impossible for them to play football, while preserving their femininity and adhering to societal moral codes at the same time. By establishing women’s football as a university activity rather than something that conflicts with their academic priorities, they are able to play football without getting into conflicts with their families. These women seek the freedom to pursue their objectives and shape their own lives.

scholarly journals Accessing emergency contraception pills from pharmacies: the experience of young women in London

2020 ◽  
pp. bmjsrh-2019-200339
Author(s):  
Gillian Turnbull ◽  
Rachel H Scott ◽  
Sue Mann ◽  
Kaye Wellings
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Emergency Contraception ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Community Settings ◽  
Pharmacy Staff ◽  
Over The Counter ◽  
Women’S Perceptions ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Prevention Of Recurrence

IntroductionOver-the-counter provision of emergency contraception pills (ECP) has increased since deregulation of progestogen-only formulations and is now the most common public health service provided by UK pharmacists. Important questions relate to women’s perceptions of their experience of receiving ECPs from pharmacists.MethodsQualitative study: in-depth interviews with young women reporting ECP use, recruited from clinic (10); pharmacy (6) and community settings (5) in London.ResultsKey advantages of pharmacy provision were ease and speed of access and convenience. Disadvantages included a less personal service, inadequate attention to information needs and to prevention of recurrence of ECP need, and unsupportive attitudes of pharmacy staff. Suggested service improvements included increasing privacy, providing more contraceptive advice, adopting a more empathetic approach and signposting follow-up services.ConclusionPharmacies are important in the choice of settings from which ECPs can be obtained and many aspects of pharmacy provision are appreciated by young women. There is scope to further enhance pharmacists’ role.

Integration

2012 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-199 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
The Past ◽  
Immigration And Settlement ◽  
Muslim Communities ◽  
Significant Attention

Are Western Muslims integrating? Can Western Muslims integrate? Over the past 20 years, significant attention has been invested in examinations stimulated by the extensive public commentary addressing such questions. This brief review aims to demystify the examination of Western Muslims’ integration in the interest of re-embedding this subject matter in the broader scholarship about immigration and settlement. Within this expanding field of study, Western Muslims can (and should) be examined at the community level, where specific ethno-cultural groups represent but case studies among hundreds of Western Muslim communities that differ in their immigration context, countries of origin, sects, and ethno-cultural backgrounds. Simultaneously, the collection of statistical data should be used to test hypotheses that are developed in studies of such communities. The dialogue between qualitative and quantitative approaches provides research openings to more rigorously push the state of knowledge in this area, and I describe some of these openings below.

Friendships, Femininity, and Reaction to Affective Arousal

1996 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-190
Author(s):  
Marti G. Jacobs ◽  
Malcolm D. Gynther
Keyword(s):  
Self Report ◽  
Profile Of Mood States ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Information Sheet ◽  
Affective Arousal ◽  
Best Friend ◽  
Best Friends ◽  
Undergraduate Women ◽  
Women’S Perceptions ◽  
Definition Of

This study examined relations between college women's scores on femininity and their same-sex friendships and how these women's perceptions were influenced by induction of success or failure. 200 undergraduate women described themselves and their best friends on the dominance and submissiveness scales of the Interpersonal Adjective Scales and also completed the Behavioral Self-report of Femininity and a biographical information sheet. Mean ratings of dominance were above average both for self and best-friend ratings, but these two dominance ratings were not significantly correlated. However, women viewed themselves as similar to their best friends on submissiveness characteristics. Highly feminine women described themselves as more dominant than less feminine women. Highly feminine women also experienced less anxiety and fatigue as measured by the Profile of Mood States in response to failure induction than less feminine women. Both sets of results are contrary to expectations, but the behavioral definition of femininity was different from that used earlier.

scholarly journals Implementation of Islamic Moderization in Mahasantri Al-Zamachsyari

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (9) ◽  
pp. 902-910
Author(s):  
Maulidina Nabila
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Multicultural Society ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Digital Space ◽  
Counter Narrative ◽  
Differences Of Opinion ◽  
Main Influence

The Indonesian nation is a multicultural society with its plurality. Diversity includes differences in culture, religion, race, language, ethnicity, tradition and so on. In such a multicultural society, tensions and conflicts often occur between cultural groups and have an impact on the harmony of life. The purpose of this paper is to discuss religious moderation in diversity in realizing the peace of the Indonesian nation. The method used is qualitative research. The conclusion of this study is that multicultural life requires multicultural understanding and awareness that respects differences. It takes an attitude of religious moderation in the form of acknowledging the existence of other parties, having a tolerant attitude, respect for differences of opinion. The main influence of religious moderation in the digital space is finding its momentum. The counterbalance in question is a counter-narrative to create a substantive and essential religious framing, namely moderate and tolerant.

Internet-Mediated Communication at the Cultural Interface

2006 ◽  
pp. 373-380
Author(s):  
Leah P. Macfadyen
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Global Village ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Intercultural Communications ◽  
Cultural Interface ◽  
Social Interfaces ◽  
The Individual

As individuals launch themselves into cyberspace via networked technologies, they must navigate more than just the human-computer interface. The rhetoric of the “global village”—a utopian vision of a harmonious multicultural virtual world—has tended to overlook the messier and potentially much more problematic social interfaces of cyberspace: the interface of the individual with cyberculture (Macfadyen, 2004), and the interface of culture with culture. To date, intercultural communications research has focused primarily on instances of physical (face-to-face) encounters between cultural groups, for example, in the classroom or in the workplace. However, virtual environments are increasingly common sites of encounter and communication for individuals and groups from multiple cultural backgrounds. This underscores the need for a better understanding of Internet-mediated intercultural communication.

The Impact of Offender–Victim Cultural Backgrounds on the Likelihood of Receiving Diversion

2021 ◽  
pp. 088740342110463
Author(s):  
Bella Warner ◽  
Ben Spivak ◽  
Linda Ashford ◽  
Rebecca Fix ◽  
James Ogloff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Indigenous Status ◽  
South Wales ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time ◽  
To Receive

The extent to which both an alleged offender and victim’s cultural background influences how one is processed through the Australian criminal justice system is largely unknown. Such information would provide some insight into the extent of discrimination within the system. To address this question, this study aimed to ascertain whether offender/victim pairings across Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultural backgrounds predicted the likelihood of receiving diversion for first-time offenders. The sample comprised 5,616 young people aged between 10 and 17 years, from the state of New South Wales, charged with (a) an offense eligible for diversion, and (b) a crime against a person. Chi-square analyses and binary logistic regression were employed to determine proportions of inter- and intra-cultural offending and the likelihood of receiving diversion dependant on cultural grouping. Results demonstrated that charges for intra-cultural crime (within cultural group) were more likely to occur than charges for intercultural crime (between cultural groups). Indigenous subjects were more likely to receive a court summons. An Indigenous subject charged with an offense against an Indigenous victim was more than 2 times more likely to receive a court summons compared with a non-Indigenous offense against a non-Indigenous victim. An Indigenous suject charged with an offense against a non-Indigenous victim was also more likely to receive a court summons compared with a non-Indigenous/Indigenous offender/victim dyad. Findings indicate that Indigenous status is clearly impacting decisions to divert regardless of the victim’s cultural background. Further research is recommended to explore the situational reasons that underpin decisions to divert on the ground.

Gender, Culture, and Attitudes Toward People with Psychiatric Disabilities

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 12-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nan Zhang Hampton ◽  
Yanan Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Disabilities ◽  
European American ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Positive View ◽  
Gender Culture ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
American Students ◽  
Latino American ◽  
Opinions About Mental Illness

The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of gender and culture on attitudes toward people with psychiatric disabilities (PWPD). Two hundred and forty university students from Asian, Latino, and European American cultural backgrounds participated in the study. The Opinions about Mental Illness scale was used to measure attitudes, and the Level of Contact Scale was used to measure the covariant – contact with PWPD. A 2 (gender) x 3 (culture) MANCOVA was performed. Results indicated that female students in all three ethnic groups had more positive attitudes toward PWPD than did male students. Of the three ethnic cultural groups, European American students had the most positive view of PWPD, and Latino American students had the least positive view of PWPD. Implications of the results for rehabilitation counselors and researchers are discussed.

Low rates of free human papillomavirus vaccine uptake among young women

Sexual Health ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory R. Moore ◽  
Richard A. Crosby ◽  
April Young ◽  
Richard Charnigo
Keyword(s):  
Human Papillomavirus ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Pap Test ◽  
Vaccine Uptake ◽  
Health Clinic ◽  
Human Papillomavirus Vaccine ◽  
Free Service ◽  
Women’S Perceptions ◽  
Papillomavirus Vaccine ◽  
To Receive

Objective: To determine uptake of quadrivalent human papillomavirus recombinant vaccine (quadrivalent; Gardasil®, Merck, New Jersey, USA) offered under optimal conditions to women 18 to 24 years of age, and to identify predictors of uptake. Methods: Young women (n = 209) were recruited from a university health clinic. After completing a self-administered questionnaire, women received a free voucher for the entire vaccine series. Results: Only 59 women (28.2%) who were offered this free service completed the series. Just over half (50.7%) received the first dose. Of those, 78.3% returned to receive the second and 55.7% returned for the third. Young women who felt their mothers might not want them to be vaccinated were much less likely to complete the series compared with those who felt their mothers would ‘definitely’ want them to be vaccinated (P = 0.0002). Also, young women who indicated that they would take the time to return to the clinic for doses two and three were far more likely to complete the series (P = 0.0004). Several measures failed to achieve even bivariate significance with vaccine uptake, including being sexually active in the past 12 months, ever having a Pap test or an abnormal Pap test result, and ever having a sexually transmissible infection. Conclusions: Even under ideal conditions, uptake of Gardasil among women 18–24 years of age may be quite low. Maternal endorsement and young women’s perceptions about the time needed to return for subsequent doses are important determinants of vaccine uptake. Fortunately, these two determinants lend themselves to intervention efforts.

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