Pornography and sexual relationships: Discursive challenges for young women

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 489-507
Author(s):  
Sarah Ashton ◽  
Karalyn McDonald ◽  
Maggie Kirkman
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Sexual Relationships ◽  
Adverse Outcomes ◽  
Sexual Content ◽  
Sexual Freedom ◽  
Clinical Support ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
The Ideal

In Australia and many countries, pornography offers omnipresent, stimulating, easily accessible sexual content; it is an increasing contributor to social meaning-making in women’s sexual lives, including their relationships. Previous research tended to focus on adverse outcomes without considering how women might experience pornography’s interaction with intimacy and relationships. We therefore sought women’s perspectives through in-depth interviews about pornography conducted with 27 young self-identified women, who have or intended to have sex with men, living in Australia. Analysis of their accounts revealed that young women are perplexed by the interaction of pornography with relationships and attempt to make sense of what it means through discourses of intimacy, fidelity, and sexual freedom. Seven associated (often contradictory) systems of statements contributing to these discourses were identified: Pornography mediates intimacy; Men are the gatekeepers of intimacy; For intimacy, women need to objectify themselves to compete with pornography; Religions equate pornography with infidelity; Using pornography is relaxation and therefore not infidelity; Men have an inherent right to sexual fulfilment; and Sexual freedom is paramount. Women’s accounts prioritised the needs of men, relationships, and the ideal of sexual freedom; no discourse prioritised women’s needs. These insights can be used to understand the complex association between women’s sexual relationships and pornography and as a contribution to appropriate clinical support when it is requested.

scholarly journals Young Adults’ Understanding of Fidelity: Social Structure and Relationship-Level Barriers to Fidelity Described During In-depth Interviews in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 622-636
Author(s):  
Megan Klein Hattori
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Mathematical Models ◽  
Acute Phase ◽  
Dar Es Salaam ◽  
Sexual Relationships ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Hiv Epidemic ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
The Ideal

The recent focus on fidelity – or its opposite, concurrency – is driven by interest in mathematical models showing that the HIV epidemic could be halted through decreases in exposure during the acute phase in early infection. Exposure during this period is more common when a greater percent of the population maintains multiple sexual relationships. However, given this quantitative focus on fidelity, little is known about how young adults understand fidelity and what they perceive to be the barriers to fidelity. Data from in-depth interviews with 48 participants aged 15–24 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, show that participants hold fidelity as the ideal in relationships, yet many struggled achieving this ideal. Young adults often discussed mutual expectations of fidelity with partners. However, constructions of masculinity that emphasize men’s sexuality were the main reason participants felt young men struggled with fidelity. Young women’s structural disadvantages, needs, and desires were described as barriers to their fidelity. Both sexes struggled with fidelity when their emotional and sexual needs were not met. Fidelity as a method of AIDS prevention permeates discussions between couples, yet young adults identify social and structural factors as key barriers to individuals’ execution of fidelity for HIV prevention.

scholarly journals Navigating the Future Husband: Perempuan Muda, Negosiasi Pernikahan dan Perubahan Sosial

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 90
Author(s):  
Rani Dwi Putri ◽  
Prasakti Ramadhana Fahadi ◽  
Amelinda Pandu Kusumaningtyas ◽  
Ariane Utomo ◽  
Oki Rahadianto Sutopo
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Normative Values ◽  
Work Role ◽  
Education Access ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
The Ideal

Economic development and social-political change in Indonesia have been accompanied by wider education access especially for women. These have resulted in a number of profound inter-generational shifts in the process of transition to work and marriage – one of them is a trend toward self-choice marriage. This study uses qualitative methods in particular in-depth interviews and focus group discussion as data collection techniques. By combining two theoretical lenses of generation change and post-feminism, this article explores the practice and meaning of choices in the quest for an ideal husband, through exploring the subjective narrative of four young women. All informants have their own point of views about the ideal partner criteria, thus representing uniqueness and diversity of contemporary generation. Terms such as pious, responsible and economically-established are still considered important in their imagination, however, the most essential for an ideal partner is a prospective man who can negotiate between work role, family and tradition in the context of late modernity. It can be argued that those views are frequently influenced by existing normative values of family and neighbourhood showing that ‘feminist consciousness’ is still a privilege.

Mereka yang Tidak Dibayar Tinggi: Ibuisme, Taman Kanak-kanak, dan Kampung di Indramayu

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 121
Author(s):  
Mochammad Arief Wicaksono
Keyword(s):  
Kindergarten Teachers ◽  
New Order ◽  
The Family ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
Community Pressure ◽  
The Village ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
The Ideal

The ideology of state-ibuism has always been interwoven with how the New Order regime until nowadays government constructing the “ideal” role of women in the family and community through the PKK (Pembinaan Kesejahteraan Keluarga) organization. However, in Cangkring Village, Indramayu, the ideology of ibuism works not because of the massive government regulating the role of women through the PKK organization, but it is possible because of the structure of the kampung community itself. Through involved observations and in-depth interviews about a kindergarten in the village, a group of housewives who dedicated themselves to teaching in kindergarten were met without getting paid high. From these socio-cultural phenomenons, this paper will describe descriptively and analytically that housewives in the Cangkring village are willing to become kindergarten teachers because of their moral burden as part of the warga kampung and also from community pressure from people who want their children to be able to read and write.

scholarly journals Measuring HIV Risk Perception and Behavior: Results from Round 1 of the Cognitive Interviewing Project with young women and men who have sex with men in South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 2307-2318
Author(s):  
Jessica Milne ◽  
Hannah Brady ◽  
Thembekile Shato ◽  
Danielle Bohn ◽  
Makhosazana Mdladla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Hiv Risk ◽  
Cognitive Interviewing ◽  
Hiv Risk Perception ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
And Behavior

The pace of “the good life”: Connecting past, present, and future in the context of a housing affordability crisis

2021 ◽  
pp. 0961463X2098781
Author(s):  
Petr Kubala ◽  
Tomáš Hoření Samec
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Good Life ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Housing Affordability ◽  
General Question ◽  
The Good Life ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Ideal Types ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
The Ideal

This article focuses on the topic of the young adult’s cleft habitus influenced by a housing affordability crisis in the Czech Republic and examines how this situation affects the young adult’s relation to the imagination of a temporally structured life course and synchronization of life spheres (housing, family, and work). This article is based on qualitative in-depth interviews conducted in the four cities most affected by the house and rent price increase. The general question addresses if and how social inequalities, sharpened by the current housing affordability crisis, affect the process of narrative life course coherence creation (the connection of past, present, and future) in relation to an orientation toward a vision of “the good life.” We furthermore complement the already existing ideal types of the young adult’s relation toward time— confident continuity and cautious contingency—with two other two types— cautious continuity and total contingency—defined on the basis of our data. We argue that the ability of young adults to envision a coherent future is related to the feeling of secured housing and that the idea of the good life is depicted to a large extent through the ideal of homeownership, although the precarity of the housing market makes homeownership harder to reach for those from unprivileged backgrounds.

scholarly journals Toward a Better Understanding of Non-Addicted, Methamphetamine-Using, Men who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Atlanta

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian J Dew
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Culturally Specific ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Initial Development ◽  
Methamphetamine Use ◽  
Social Marketing Campaign ◽  
Public Health Officials ◽  
Facilitators And Barriers ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Depth Interviews

Methamphetamine use has increasingly become linked with sexual risk behaviors among men have sex with men (MSM). Yet, the majority of research has been done with methamphetamine dependent MSM or with samples in which addiction to the substance was not evaluated. Furthermore, research with methamphetamine-using MSM in the Southern U.S. is lacking. In this study, focus groups and in-depth interviews were conducted in order to understand the motives, context, and other facilitators and barriers of methamphetamine use among non-addicted MSM residing in Atlanta. Participants included 30 non-addicted, methamphetamine-using MSM and 16 local mental and public health officials. Findings from the first of this two-phase formative research project will result in the initial development of a community-tested, culturally-specific social marketing campaign and an individual-based intervention based in HIV-testing facilities.

scholarly journals A meaning-based framework for customer loyalty

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 825-843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elina Närvänen ◽  
Hannu Kuusela ◽  
Heli Paavola ◽  
Noora Sirola
Keyword(s):  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Alternative View ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Group Data ◽  
Focus Group Data ◽  
Retail Setting ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThis paper's purpose is to develop a meaning-based framework for customer loyalty by examining how consumers make sense of customer loyalty through meanings and metaphors.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative study based on in-depth interviews and focus group data in the retail context was conducted with Finnish customers. The data were analysed with qualitative data analysis techniques such as the constant comparative technique.FindingsThe empirical findings comprise eight loyalty meanings characterised by two dimensions. The first dimension is reflexive vs. routinised, and the second dimension is private vs. social. The loyalty types are dimensionalised through four metaphors: loyalty as freedom of choice; as being conventional and binding; and as belongingness.Practical implicationsThe findings improve the way customer loyalty currently is understood in the retail setting. The paper proposes that customer insight that utilises thick data can be used to grasp loyalty meanings. These data are rich in context and detail, and they take into account customers' everyday lives. Utilising thick data in the form of storytelling fuels customers' meaning-making related to customer loyalty, potentially enriching their relationship with the retailer.Originality/valueCustomer loyalty has been driven largely by a transactional and company-centric perspective. This article presents an alternative view of customer loyalty that accounts for the variety of meanings that customers may assign to their loyalty-related thoughts and behaviours.

scholarly journals Prevalência do uso de medicamentos para emagrecer entre universitárias

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana Fernandes Oliveira da Silva ◽  
Francinie Valeska Mendes da Silva ◽  
Silvia Maria Ribeiro Oyama
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Ideal Weight ◽  
Balanced Diet ◽  
Recursos Humanos ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Cultural Pressures ◽  
The Ideal

Jovens do sexo feminino são mais vulneráveis às pressões socioeconômicas e culturais associadas aos padrões estéticos, tendo-se em vista a ênfase crescente dada à magreza como aspectos associados aos ideais de beleza. Para que a perda de peso aumente, eis que surge a necessidade do uso de medicamentos inibidores do apetite. O trabalho teve como objetivo identificar e descrever o índice de prevalência do uso de medicamentos para emagrecer entre universitárias. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de campo, descritiva, transversal e de natureza quantitativa.  O total de entrevistados foi de 148 alunas, compreendidas entre os cursos de Recursos Humanos, Pedagogia e Enfermagem. O uso de medicamentos para emagrecer quando as pessoas ingressam na universidade aumenta devido à necessidade do “corpo perfeito” para concorrer com outras universitárias. As usuárias necessitam desistir da ideia fixa de que o medicamento é a única forma rápida e fácil de perder peso e se conscientizarem de que o peso ideal é obtido através de exercícios físicos e uma dieta equilibrada, com reeducação alimentar.Descritores: Obesidade, Mulher, Medicamentos. Prevalence of weight-loss drugs among universityAbstract: Young women are more vulnerable to the socioeconomic and cultural pressures associated with aesthetic standards, keeping in view the increasing emphasis on thinness as aspects associated with ideals of beauty. For weight loss increase, here comes the need of using inhibitor drugs appetite. The study aimed to identify and describe the prevalence rate of use of slimming drugs among university. This is a field research, descriptive, transversal and quantitative in nature. The total number of respondents was 148 students, ranging from courses in Human Resources, Education and Nursing. The use of slimming drugs when people entering university increases due to the need of the "perfect body" to compete with other universities. The users need to give up the fixed idea that medicine is the only quick and easy way to lose weight and become aware that the ideal weight is obtained through exercise and a balanced diet with nutritional education. Descriptors: Obesity, Women Drugs. Prevalencia del uso de medicamentos para perder peso entre universitariosResumen: Las mujeres jóvenes son más vulnerables a las presiones socioeconómicas y culturales asociados con las normas estéticas, teniendo en cuenta el creciente énfasis en la delgadez como aspectos asociados a los ideales de la belleza. Para el aumento de la pérdida de peso, aquí viene la necesidad de la utilización de fármacos inhibidores del apetito. El estudio tuvo como objetivo identificar y describir la tasa de prevalencia del uso de drogas para adelgazar entre universidad. Se trata de una investigación de campo, descriptivo, transversal y cuantitativo en la naturaleza. El número total de encuestados fue de 148 estudiantes, que van desde cursos en Recursos Humanos, Educación y Enfermería. El uso de medicamentos para adelgazar cuando la gente entrar en incrementos de la universidad debido a la necesidad del "cuerpo perfecto" para competir con otras universidades. Los usuarios tienen que renunciar a la idea fija de que la medicina es la única manera rápida y fácil de perder peso y estar consciente de que el peso ideal se obtiene mediante el ejercicio y una dieta equilibrada con la educación nutricional.Descriptores: Obesidad, Mujeres, Medicamentos.

scholarly journals Santé sexuelle et usages du Web : que cherchent à savoir les jeunes femmes sur Internet?

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Eve Lang
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Young Women ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Searches ◽  
Teenage Girls ◽  
Santé Sexuelle ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
The Web

Background Despite a growing number of studies on young people, the internet, and sexuality, not much is known on young women’s Web searches regarding sexuality, and even less so on the context of their queries.Analysis Based on an innovative “private” blog method combined with in-depth interviews, our study sought to determine what teenage girls and young women ages 17 to 21 are searching for on the Web—as well as their motivations. Conclusions and implications  Results show that the participants use the internet to gather information on a wide variety of sexual topics, often to calm their anxiety about social norms—especially when the nature of their worries is taboo.Contexte  Malgré l’effervescence des études portant sur les jeunes, le Web et la sexualité, nous ne connaissons encore que très peu ce que cherchent les jeunes femmes sur internet et, surtout, le contexte dans lequel s’inscrivent ces recherches. Analyse  Par une méthode originale misant sur l’écriture de blogues « privés » et sur des entretiens individuels, 30 participantes âgées de 17 à 21 ans ont témoigné de leurs recherches en lien avec la sexualité sur le Web et des motivations menant à ces recherches. Conclusions et implications  Les résultats montrent qu’elles utilisent le Web pour répondre à une multitude de questions, qui sont souvent motivées par des craintes liées à la norme, surtout lorsque le sujet de leurs inquiétudes est tabou.

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