'My sexual self, I stifled it': sexual subjectivities among young Portuguese women

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2009

Autores

Cecila Costa (Autor) Outra; Conceicao Nogueira (Autor) Outra; Felix Lopez (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: Culture, Health and Sexuality

Vol. 11

Páginas: 431-442

ISSN: 1369-1058

Editora: Taylor & Francis

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 4 Citações

ISI Web of Science

Scopus - 2 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências sociais > Sociologia

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-003-PK6

DOI: 10.1080/13691050802710253

Abstract (EN): Recent research has examined young women's sexual subjectivities and desires, yet has neglected the ways women in their twenties account for their sexual selves. The present study focuses on the discourses and discursive constructions available for young Portuguese women when talking about their sexual subjectivity. Data were collected through six focus group discussions with young Portuguese women. The goal was to analyse discursive constructions and their potential implications for sexual empowerment and resistance. In the course of the work, it was possible to identify several different discursive devices, the most pervasive of which were Pandora's Box, Protocol and Process. Each of these constructions tended to be negative or contain negative judgements about women's sexuality. Even in contexts where a positive discourse on women's sexual desires emerged, significant constraints were encountered in achieving of a fulfilling and positive sexual experience.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

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Nº de páginas: 12