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Berggren, Hanna, and Emma Nygren. "Kvinnors upplevelse av sexualitet efter avslutad behandling av gynekologisk cancer : En litteraturöversikt." Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Avd för vårdvetenskap på grundnivå, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-6574.
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Background; Gynecological cancer is a common term for cancer in the female genitals and 2013 there were about 2800 women in Sweden that was diagnosed. This form of cancer and the treatment that is used, affects the sexuality and also the fertility of the women. Aim; The purpose with the essay was to illustrate the experience of the sexuality after the treatment of gynecological cancer. Method; The method used in the essay was a systematic translation of different literature. Of all the articles used there were eight that was qualitative, two quantitative and one was a combination of both methods. The analytic process was accomplish with the support of the Friberg (2006) analytic method. Results; The analysis resulted in two categories; Physical changes after the treatment and the treatments impact on the sexuality of the women. The physical changes that occurred because of the treatment was recurring and it showed that it was primarily surgery that hurt the woman body. It was also shown that the biggest impact that the treatment had on sexuality was pain and reduced desire for sex. And it also showed that sexuality got a new meaning for the women and they found new ways to express their feelings towards their partner. Conclusion; It was showed that the sexual experience primarily was affected by the physical consequences that the treatment had and not only because of the cancer itself. And it can because of this conclution be of significance that the nurse focus on the effects of the treatment, like vaginal anatomy and physical and psychological effects to be able to support the womans sexual well-being
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Villanueva, MarÃa Isabel Martinó. "The Social Construction of Sexuality: Personal Meanings, Perceptions of Sexual Experience,and Females' Sexuality in Puerto Rico." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30294.
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A qualitative study on a sample of 12 Puerto Rican women was conducted in
Puerto Rico. The purpose of this study was to explore the various ways in which
sexual meanings are created, changed, and modified as the nature of social
discourse and personal experience changes. The two theoretical frameworks that
guided the methodology and analysis of the data were social constructionism and
feminism. I assumed that sexuality is socially constructed, shaped by social,
political, and economic influences, and modified throughout life. Feminist
theories assisted in documenting the ways in which females' sexuality in Puerto
Rico is shaped by culture and by institutions that disadvantage females and other
oppressed groups by silencing their voices. The theories guided the discussion of
the contradicting messages about women's sexualities and their experiences, as
these women fought, conformed to, and even colluded with their oppression.
Analysis of the participants' written and oral narratives produced the overarching
theme of sexual meanings/scripts, along with three interrelated sub-themes:
sources and nature of sexual scripts, determining experiences, and social
discourses of female sexuality. Participants reported three institutional sources of
sexual messages: family, religion-culture, and institutions of education. Their
determining experiences follow a common thread that weaves a common story
line: the life-long struggle with the incongruencies between the social
constructions of female sexuality and the realities of these women's sexual
experiences. Sexuality is defined as being challenged and modified through the
participants' lives. Four social discourses of female sexuality emerged from the
analysis of the data: source of guilt and shame, vulnerability and sexual
victimization, ambivalence, and empowerment. A theory of ambivalence was
developed from the data as a means to understand the participants' process of
developing the paradigms for their own sexuality.Ph. D.
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Jenner, Susannah A. "An exploration of applied psychologists' experience of working with female refugees or asylum seekers that have experienced sexual violence." Thesis, University of East London, 2012. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/3031/.
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There appear to be specific issues that psychologists need to consider when working with female refugees and asylum seekers that have experienced sexual violence. These include ethical, theoretical and practical concerns regarding psychological models and approaches, dilemmas regarding professional, personal and political stances, as well as challenges encountered when working with refugees and/or survivors of sexual violence in general. Research regarding applied psychologists‟ experience of working with this client group is limited, but it is important in order for them, and the services they work in, to meet the needs of this vulnerable group. Hence, eight applied psychologists were interviewed and transcripts analysed using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis. The analysis resulted in the formation of four super-ordinate themes: 1) Impact of the work, 2) Personal and professional identity, 3) Struggles with the tools of the trade and 4) Holding on to a „both/and‟ view. Implications of the findings concerned four areas: 1). politics and ideology of the profession, 2). psychological models and approaches, 3). support and supervision for professionals, and 4). increasing service user involvement in clinical practice, service development and research.
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Horne, Sharon, and n/a. "Female Sexual Health: The Definition and Development of Sexual Subjectivity, and Linkages with Sexual Agency, Sexual Experience and Well-Being in Late Adolescents and Emerging Adults." Griffith University. School of Psychology, 2005. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20060726.165349.
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Sexuality is an integral part of health and well-being. Despite a 30-year history of adolescent sexuality research, there has been little that has focused on more than risky sexual behaviour. For example, there has been little research on conceptions of sexuality and pathways to sexual health. In part, this is because sexual health has been often defined as the lack of risky behaviour and health problems. In the studies reported here, components of female sexual health were identified and tested, including behaviours and cognitions, among groups of girls in their late teens and early 20s. After a review of the literature, four sets of factors appeared central to identifying female sexual health. These factors included sexual subjectivity, sexual agency, psychosocial well-being and sexual exploration. The first factor, sexual subjectivity, had previously been described as important to female sexual well-being, but had been developed within feminist theories and studied with qualitative methodologies. After a thorough review of the literature, no psychometrically sound measure of sexual subjectivity was found. Therefore, an instrument to assess sexual subjectivity was constructed and validated through a series of studies. Partially as expected, five factors were found - sexual body-esteem, entitlement to sexual pleasure from oneself, entitlement to sexual pleasure from a partner, sexual self-efficacy in achieving sexual pleasure, and sexual self-reflection. In additional cross-sectional and longitudinal (6-month, 2 waves) studies, associations between sexual subjectivity, sexual agency, psychosocial well-being, and sexual experience were examined. The results showed that there were concurrent associations between sexual subjectivity and measures of sexual agency and some measures of psychosocial wellbeing. Results also showed that females with more sexual experience (i.e., experience with sexual intercourse, self-masturbation, noncoital orgasmic responsiveness, and same-sex sexual experience) were relatively higher in sexual subjectivity and sexual agency. However, well-being was similar in sexual experience groups when they were compared. In longitudinal analyses, changes in sexual subjectivity, sexual agency and psychosocial well-being were examined for the whole sample and among subgroups defined by levels of sexual experience. Comparisons were also made between those girls who commenced sexual intercourse during the course of the study, those who remained virgins, and those who were nonvirgins at the first assessment. Main effects generally validated cross-sectional findings. Girls who commenced first sexual intercourse relatively earlier increased in self-esteem over time, compared to their virgin counterparts. Girls who reported a history of self-masturbation and noncoital orgasmic responsiveness, and girls who reported no history with either behaviour, increased in sexual body-esteem and self-esteem over time, but the former group of girls were relatively higher in sexual body-esteem and self-esteem than the latter group of girls. Girls who reported a history of one, but not the other of self-masturbation and noncoital orgasm did not change over time. Results also indicated that girls' transition to first sexual intercourse had little association with sexual subjectivity, but some findings were suggestive of a need for further research. Future research, and study strengths and limitations are discussed. There is a need to examine sexual subjectivity as both an antecedent and an outcome using longer time lags with several waves of assessment so that the linkages between sexual subjectivity and other factors can be determined. The implications of sexual subjectivity and sexual exploration for sexuality education are also discussed.
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Hansen, Natalie Mayumi. "When sex hurts : couples' experiences of female sexual pain." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31634.
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The experience of pain during or after sex is a common and serious phenomenon among women (Laumann, Paik, & Rosen, 1999). Although there is a growing field of literature on this phenomenon, very little of it has shed light on what female sexual pain means for a couple. To meet this need in the literature, the present study was undertaken.
The following research question was posed: What are couples' experiences of recurrent physical pain on the part of the female partner during or immediately following sexual contact?
In order to best answer the research question, a narrative method was employed. Eight Canadian, heterosexual participants (four men and four women) shared their stories of female sexual pain in individual narrative interviews. The participants chose pseudonyms to be referred by in the narratives. Holistic and thematic analyses (Lieblich, Tuval-Mashiach, & Silber, 1998) revealed contextually different narratives, and across-narrative themes representing common experiences. These experiences were: Adapting to
a different sexual relationship, shifts in sexual self-view, challenges to creating a family,
difficulties with dealing with medical professionals, and coping. The findings have
implications for professionals who work with women and couples experiencing female sexual pain, as well as for future research in this area.Education, Faculty of
Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
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Bowley, Jane M. "An exploration of female students' experiences in sexuality education programs." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ30672.pdf.
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Norwick, Jillian Grace. ""Don't Have Sex, You'll Get Pregnant and Die!": Female University Students' Experiences with Abstinence-Only Education." UKnowledge, 2016. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/hes_etds/35.
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Based on the various changes in sexual education, many schools throughout the United States still teach abstinence-only education. There is a plethora of literature on the effectiveness of sexual education programs as well as adolescent sexual practices. However, there is a deep gap in literature on students' perspectives of their sexual education and the possible effects it has on their experiences while in college. Therefore, this phenomenological study aims to explore and describe the essence of the experience female university students have regarding the abstinence-only education they received during secondary schooling. The informants (n=12) were 19-22 year old female university undergraduate students who received abstinence-only education within their middle and/or high school. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews. Data was analyzed through a phenomenological approach where themes and sub-themes emerged. The results from this study indicate that no matter what the participants’ personal beliefs and values surrounding sex are, their abstinence-only sexual education did not teach them adequate information for their secondary school years nor to prepare them for their time in a university setting.
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Clements, Hannah K. "Survivors of female perpetrated sexual abuse and their experiences of disclosure." Thesis, University of Lincoln, 2013. http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/18973/.
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Overview Female Perpetrated Sexual Abuse (FPSA) remains a largely under-studied and poorly understood phenomenon, despite its growing prevalence. Traditional gender constructions in relation to victimisation and perpetration as ‘gendered’, may be stifling its recognition, and the recognition of those affected. Survivor’s perspectives on disclosure are crucial, given its known under-reporting, and how many people feel silenced. As research on FPSA is in its relative infancy, understanding the process of disclosing is particularly important in influencing professional and social change, and progression. Method Fourteen participants of equal gender distribution, who self identified as having been sexually abused in childhood by a female, were recruited online. The study was advertised via online survivor communities, survivor charities and forums supporting survivors. Participants were directed to a website designed by the Researcher outlining the study in its entirety. Participants then offered their consent to participation and contacted the researcher via the website. Telephone interviews were arranged and conducted with participants meeting eligibility, using a qualitative semi-structured interview protocol. Interviews were transcribed and systematically analysed using a qualitative methodology applying an Inductive Thematic Analysis approach (Braun & Clarke, 2006). Results Four super-ordinate themes relating to participants disclosing sexual abuse by a female were discussed, with one being a central and over-arching theme ‘Perceptions of Gender and Disclosure’, which influenced the three further themes; Perceptions of Gender and Disclosure; consisting of ‘social attitudes’, ‘gender roles’, ‘barrier to recognition’ and ‘barrier to disclosure’ o Decisions to Disclose; consisting of ‘relationship with the perpetrator’, ‘making sense of the experience’, effects of abuse’ and ‘readiness’ o Process of Disclosure; consisting of ‘experiences of services’, ‘contexts of disclosing’ and ‘nature of disclosure’ o Experiences of Disclosure; consisting of ‘perceived professional responses’ and ‘impact of perceived professional responses’. Conclusions Constructions of gender and narrow views of ‘perpetration’ and ‘victimisation’ appear to be stifling personal, professional and social recognition of FPSA. This lack of awareness and perceived cultural denial may be silencing survivors, and restricting their ability to disclose and process their experiences. The impact of gender appears to be two-fold and future research would benefit from exploring disclosure of FPSA for males and females exclusively, as their experiences and needs may greatly differ. The value of involving survivors in educating professionals and in widening awareness is discussed.
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Séne, Kristina N. "The Politics of Female Adolescent Sexuality: Perceptions, Conceptualizations and Experiences of Transactional Teacher-Student Sexual Relationships in Northern Beninois Secondary Schools." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1275494391.
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Butland, Krista Anne. "The Complexities of Female Sexuality: Narratives of Women who Have Experienced Both Heterosexual and Same-Sex Marriages." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/348.
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Due to social stigma, millions of sexual minorities have concealed their true sexual identities by entering into heterosexual relationships and marriages. Eventually, some transition to same-sex relationships and are able to live authentic lives. This latter group had identified as genuinely heterosexual, never questioning their sexuality until a particular time in their lives when same-sex desires spontaneously appeared. The experiences of transitioning from heterosexual to same-sex partners are not well known, particularly for women who have been legally married to both men and women. Diamond's dynamical systems theory for same-sex sexuality and McCarn and Fassinger's lesbian identity formation model provided the theoretical framework for this qualitative narrative study investigating the life stories of 15 female participants recruited from social media, who had experienced a transition from heterosexual marriage to same-sex marriage. Face-to-face interviews were conducted and data were coded and analyzed to identify emergent categories. The findings revealed that the women experienced shifts in private and public sexual identities over time. Despite external obstacles and personal concerns in transitioning from heterosexual to same-sex relationships, all the women had more positive experiences in their same-sex marriages than they did in their heterosexual marriages. Understanding these women's life stories will allow mental health professionals to better understand and address the needs of this population in more clinical and applied settings. This study will also help educate the general public about women who experience shifts in the desired gender of their relationship.
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Sharpe, Chelsea. "Experiences of Parenting for African American Female Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5038.
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Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) has been linked to a number of adverse effects in adulthood including higher levels of depression, shame, guilt, self-blame, somatic concerns, anxiety, dissociation, repression, denial, relationship problems, and sexual problems. Little is known, however, about the influence CSA has on parenting, specifically among African American mothers, as previous researchers have primarily focused on the trauma experienced by survivors. Examining the impact of CSA on African American mothers' parenting is important as those children of survivors will often also experience the impact of the long-term sequelae associated with CSA. Guided by womanist theory, the purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological qualitative inquiry was to explore the lived experiences in relation to parenting of African American mothers who survived CSA. Experiential anecdotes of data collected from interviews with 7 participants were hand coded for emergent themes; analysis generated 4 essential themes and 10 subthemes of experience. Themes included impact of abuse, bonding, efforts to protect, spirituality, and desires. This study's implications for positive social change include contributing to the knowledge base about the process of parenting experienced by African American female survivors of CSA. Findings may add insight shedding light on cultural nuances in parenting and coping with trauma and inform culturally-competent practice. Using study findings, mental health providers may be able to develop tailored treatment interventions and better support services for the prevention of adverse long-term effects of CSA in African American women.
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Vick, Janyce. "Sexual Revictimization." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1266433616.
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Pugliese, Meghan E. "The Transitioning Couple: Sexual Relationship and Sexual Orientation Experiences of Transgender Men and their Cisgender Female Partners." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/50949.
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Sex is a biologically based classification, determining whether an individual is male or female. Comparatively, gender is a socially designed construct, which varies between cultures and prescribes what it means to be a man or a woman. Western culture suggests all individuals fall neatly into one of these two groups. Females are expected to display feminine characteristics such as being nurturers, while males are expected to display masculine characteristics such as being providers. There exists, however, a population of individuals who identify themselves as "transgender," meaning, they feel inconsistency between their internal sense of gender identity and their birth-assigned biological sex and/or assigned gender role. These individuals wish to separate from their birth-assigned gender role and express through physical modification their true gender identity. In the context of romantic relationships, it was once thought that disclosure of one partner's transgender identity meant inevitable demise of the relationship. Clinical guidelines offered advice to the transgender partner, suggesting they abandon their family, change their identity, and begin a new life elsewhere (Lev, 2004). More recently, however, clinical experiences suggest the possibility that many transgender people can maintain healthy and sustainable relationships. This study sought to understand the impact of gender transition on the sexual relationship and sexual orientation of female-to-male (FTM) transgender individuals and their cisgender female partners.Master of Science
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Smith, Maureen. "The disclosure experiences of male to female transgender individuals: A systems theory perspective." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76972.
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Whereas sex is a classification that is expected to remain consistent and stable over time, gender is more fluid and changes depending on one's culture, within culture, and in relation to the other gender. Our society suggests that all individuals fall neatly into one of two sex and gender categories; however there exists an entire community of individuals who, in fact, do not. Transgender individuals "express their gender in non-traditional ways and find their sense of self as female, male, or other to be in conflict with their assigned gender role" (Burdge, 2007, p.244). Disclosing as transgendered is a process of emergence that is not only an internal psychological process but is also a "relational and systemic dynamic that intimately involves family, friends, loved ones, and all social relationships" (Lev, 2005, p. 11). In this study, the disclosure experiences of male to female transgender individuals as well as the changes and adjustments that occurred in their relationships were explored through individual interviews. Thematic coding was used to analyze the data and identify themes in the disclosure experiences. Considering the experience from a systemic perspective, participants discussed the mutual impact of their disclosure on family, friends, acquaintances as well as greater systems including the medical field, mental health field, and other community agencies.Master of Science
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Cheuk, Sapira. "Chiasma: Plural Selves on Ink and Paper." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/414.
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My work depicts female sexual experience, particularly the complexity of the subject and corporeality. The series Pair, examines the notions of individual subjectivity as porous at the site of desire. These images explore moments of sensual experience - moments when the individual subject is destabilized and becomes indistinguishable from another.
Very much like the Chinese brush painting tradition of having the viewer experience the mountain and streams in performative brush strokes, I intend to capture the feeling and expression of the body and communicate the feeling of that sexualized body with a calligraphic mark. Instead of illustrating a figure's features and thereby imposing a single narrative of the female body or sexuality, I use abstracted forms of watery mass created by pools of ink to draw the viewer into an atmosphere of erotic intensity between the two figures depicted. It is in that intensity that intimacy and connectiveness is expressed. The intertwining figures are separate entity yet they remain indistinguishable from one another, suggesting that subjectivity is destabilized. My painting isn't so much about the consciousness of mutual or co-dependency in a relationship, rather, that codependency is reinforced in the destabilization of the self during sex. I'm trying to capture a moment when both bodies opens up to each other. There are two figures depicted, yet the figures are one in the same. I can not possibly paint or express how another woman feels, I can not even paint how or what my partner feels, I can only express how my subjectivity is no-longer my own and becomes dependent and intertwine with another. So in a sense these figures express multiple selfies or are multiple self portraits.
Geometric shapes outlined in gold overlays the figures and act as a placeholders for the ropes motifs that appears in my previous works, in a sense they “bound” the figures and at the same time, display the limitation of occupiable space or the limitation of their co-dependency. A gloss medium is applied to the negative space inside the geometric shape, further emphasizing the differentiated occupiable space within the metallic boundaries and the background of the painting.
The fragmentary pencil images that surround the plural figures come from the same body but remain apart, suggesting an alternative narrative. They provide other possibilities of the subject or perhaps another temporal space that exist parallel to the ink figures, further affirming the corrosion of subjectivity within the subject. Since the image is abstracted and layered, the work relies on the viewer's own "perverted" imagination to create a discourse between the two figures and ultimately allows the viewer to examine their own subjectivity in moments of intimacy.
Further development of my work lead me to make cuts and add layers to the painting as an action to reconsider that a painting could exist in multiple dimensional space, straddling between two and three dimensions. In consideration of Luce Irigaray's work, the act of altering the surface breaks the uniformity of the two dimensional surface and allow the transition into a three dimensional surface. It ask the viewer to consider the possibility of a painting acquiring sculptural qualities without crossing the boundary and becoming a sculpture. Assuming the logic of a painting is two dimensional, it is an representation of some image, it is fiction, where as a sculpture that occupy real space require the viewing of the object to be considered in consideration of viewer’s own body, hence sculptures is real. The act of cutting and layering suggest the transitional space from non-physical to physical, and in a sense the space between fiction to non-fiction, the unreal to real. The materiality of the paintings parallel the idea of the figure’s subjectivity, constantly shifting and altering. This allows the material and process of making to add to the self/non-self dialog of the figures.
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Plapp, Marram Emily Jane. "Women's Experiences of the Sexual Relationship at the Age of Onset of Female Ejaculation." Thesis, Prescott College, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1537725.
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Ten women were interviewed about aspects of the sexual relationship they were in when they first experienced female ejaculation. Interview data was analyzed using phenomenology. Analysis revealed the women experienced their first female ejaculation in various types of sexual relationships all of which had some type of personal connection. Three types of personal connections defining their relationships are identified and described including "intimacy, closeness, friendship, or attraction;" "functional;" and "sexual exploration, discovery, learning, or experimentation." The women were experiencing elements that were distinct and unprecedented in the sexual relationship they were in when they first experienced female ejaculation compared to previous and subsequent sexual relationships in which they did not. The most important "primary" elements and differences the women were experiencing are in the following areas: (a) trust, (b) positive traits and behaviors in their partner, (c) sexual receptivity, (d) comfort, (e) feelings for their partner, (f) sexual stimulation, (g) undergoing a biological change or transition, or (h) the overall personal connection that defined their sexual relationship. These "primary" elements and differences in turn created many equally important "secondary" elements and differences the women were experiencing. The "primary" and "secondary" elements and differences the women were experiencing in their sexual relationship when they first ejaculated can help explain the wide range in the age of onset of female ejaculation.
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Etkind, Susan. "Childhood Sexual Abuse Experiences and Their Correlates Among Female Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence." NSUWorks, 2010. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_stuetd/28.
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Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and intimate partner violence (IPV) are both crimes with high prevalence rates which frequently have females as their victims. Survivors of each are frequently found in psychotherapy, yet to date few studies have examined the interaction between each form of gender violence. The present study looked at several ways in which CSA and IPV interact, including assessing prevalence rates of CSA among female IPV survivors, examining somatic difficulties found among female CSA survivors who are also survivors of IPV vs. female non-CSA IPV survivor controls, and by exploring body image and sexual difficulties found among female CSA survivors who are also survivors of IPV vs. female non-CSA IPV survivor controls. Participants were a sample of 140 women with a history of domestic violence recruited from a variety of settings including community mental health facilities and correctional facilities.
Results showed that all three forms of childhood maltreatment studied (CSA, childhood physical abuse (CPA), and childhood witnessing of IPV) were elevated among survivors of IPV; rates of CSA were 51.4% within our sample of female survivors of IPV, rates of CPA were 52.1%, and rates of childhood witnessing of IPV were 67.1% within the same sample. Among various somatic complaints studied (sleep difficulties, depression, eating difficulties, and weight problems), female CSA survivors of IPV evidenced higher rates of childhood sleep difficulties, childhood and adulthood depression, and adulthood eating difficulties than did female non-CSA IPV survivor controls. While participants overall evidenced high rates of problems with body image and sexuality, there were no significant differences between female CSA survivors of IPV and female non-CSA IPV survivor controls within this study. Possible reasons underlying the latter negative findings were discussed. Both groups showed higher rates of body image and sexual dysfunction than would be predicted for normative participants, though given the absence of a normal control group in the present study it is difficult to discern how much higher these rates might be.
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Hellman, Ann N. "A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experience of Adult Female Sexual Assault Survivors." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3054.
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Sexual assault is an international problem affecting hundreds of thousands of women each year. Significant psychological, physical, and financial consequences result from sexual assault. The prevalence of sexual assault suggests that nurses frequently encounter survivors yet minimal literature exists focusing on how nurses should adjust their care to meet the needs of this population.
The phenomenon of sexual assault has been widely studied from multiple perspectives and across disciplines. Likewise, studies of spiritual and religious beliefs and practices and their impact at the end-of-life and in disease, grief, and loss are extensive in nursing literature. However, a nominal number of studies examine the recovery process following sexual assault, resilience as an aspect of recovery, behaviors to aide in the recovery process, and the role which spirituality and religious beliefs and practices may play in that process. Therefore, a hermeneutical phenomenological study occurred to explore the meaning of the lived experience of sexual assault recovery and to increase understanding of the participants’ experiences of recovery. No other hermeneutical phenomenological study on this subject was present in the literature prior to this study. This method was congruent with the aims and the ultimate goals for the study. The aim of the study was to examine the lived experience of adult female sexual assault survivors while examining the influence of spirituality and religious practices upon the recovery process.
After performing a qualitative analysis of the transcripts from nine participant interviews, findings for this phenomenological study resulted in five constitutive patterns: forever changed with fourteen related themes; coping afterwards with five related themes; finding strength through faith and a greater being with six related themes; focusing on what helps with three related themes, and talking is healing with three related themes. This study provides insight into what it means to live as a sexual assault survivor and provides the impetus for multiple future studies potentially impacting future nursing practice.
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Wilson, Dr Arlether Ann. "Female Police Officers' Perceptions and Experiences with Marginalization: A Phenomenological Study." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2948.
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There is a lack of female police officer representation in police departments nationwide. Women's position, or lack thereof, in law enforcement is a topic of discussion in many police literature reviews. However, there were minimal studies detailing female police officers' personal experiences in the law enforcement profession. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe and understand the perceptions and lived experiences of female police officers, as well as the impact those experiences had on their careers. Female participants from 3 police departments formed the purposive sample that included 8 full-time female police officers. The feminist theory helped to clarify the constructed meanings the women attached to their experiences. In-depth interviews were conducted, and the data analysis was guided by the Stevick-Colaizzi-Keen method. The findings revealed that all of the women pursued law enforcement careers and remained in the profession for reasons similar to what they perceived to be the reasons among the male police officers in their respective departments. The participants also suggested that the perceived intentional institutional barriers did not impact the female police officers' job satisfaction. This study contributes to social change by raising awareness about the current status, concerns, and accomplishments of women in law enforcement. Additionally, findings may assist police administrators and legislators in creating policies and procedures that incorporate the needs of female officers.
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Rutter, Lucie Elisabeth. "Kidney transplantation : investigating sexual functioning in female recipients and exploring the lived experience of donors." Thesis, Bangor University, 2016. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/kidney-transplantation-investigating-sexual-functioning-in-female-recipients-and-exploring-the-lived-experience-of-donors(c6bd8eab-2682-443b-82c7-f54d25b69bd0).html.
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This thesis explores aspects of kidney transplantation across three papers. A systematic literature review focuses on the sexual functioning of women following kidney transplant (KTx). A review of quantitative studies found that having a KTx improved sexual functioning when compared to other renal replacement therapies. However, as the studies were methodologically flawed it was difficult to conclude how much improvement in sexual functioning is gained. Some studies found sexual functioning was restored and is comparable to general population whereas others found problems continued following KTx. An empirical study explores the lived experience of living non-couple donors. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, six living donors agreed to share their stories. Three themes evolved from the data which revealed complexities in the decision making process, difficulties regarding loss and adjustment during and following the donation and donors’ minimisation of their difficulties. This appeared to contribute to the donors’ perception of a lack of care and support during their donation. Clinical recommendations include enhancing information and further preparation during the assessment process, access to psychological support and independent advocates and increasing clinician awareness of the barriers that prevent donors sharing any difficulties. A final paper considers the impact of the findings in both research and clinical fields. This paper highlights the lack of good quality research investigating psychological aspects of donating and receiving a kidney. The implications and recommendations for renal services are discussed, focusing on the increased utility of advocacy, psychology involvement and increasing clinicians’ awareness of the emotional impact of donating. In addition, this paper contains personal reflections regarding the research process and findings.
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Kelleher, Sarah Anne. "When women's touch turns to torture, the experience of women who were sexually abused as children by a female perpetrator." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq23004.pdf.
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Nearns, Jodi. "The contribution of the neighborhood context to social disparities in access to health care among sexually experienced adolescent females." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0001645.
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Bauer, Nicole. "THE IMPACT OF RELIGIOSITY ON SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION EXPERIENCES AND REPORTING BEHAVIORS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2008. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2249.
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This study investigated the relationship between religiosity of female college students and sexual victimization experiences. These experiences include the reporting behaviors that take place subsequent to an act of sexual victimization. The study utilized secondary data gathered from the forth wave of a longitudinal study funded by the National Institute of Justice between 1990 and 1995. The study used multidimensional levels of religiosity to analyze and to assess its impact on the sexual victimization experiences. Findings ascertained that certain behavioral measures of religiosity were consistently found to be a protective factor against sexual victimization. On the other hand, subjective measures of religiosity were not found to be a protective measure for victimization. Instead, this measure was statistically determined to be related to experiencing acts of sexual victimization. Recommendations were given for a greater focus on campus resources pertaining to student victimization and more in-depth research on the role churches have in dealing with this issue.M.A.
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Hershman, Cassandra Marie. "Understanding the Influence of Childhood Experiences on the Development of Female Sexual Perpetrators against Underage Individuals." Thesis, Marshall University, 2021. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=27993485.
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Females who are perpetrators of sexual offenses are an understudied population. Due to societies’ failure to recognize that female perpetrators exist and to recognize their abuse when it occurs, sexual abuse completed by females often goes unreported. As a result, females engaging in sexual offenses, particularly pedophilia, is seen as a rare occurrence. However, research suggests that the actual rate of female pedophilic behavior is occurring at a rate three-four times higher than what is actually reported (Cortoni, Babchishin, & Rat, 2017). This study used anonymous data from 2,828 adult females in the IRB approved study [127810-11] Effects of Recalled Family Attitudes and Childhood Sexual Experiences on Adult Sexual Attitudes and Adjustment. A total of 45 variables were analyzed to determine predictors of adult females having sexual activity of any kind with underage partners. The strongest predictor of engaging in sexual activity of any kind with underage partners as an adult was participating in sexual activity of any kind with a partner under the age of 18 while also being under the age of 18. Twelve variables were statistically significant predictors of females who had underage male partners, but only two were also clinically significant. Females who later chose underage male partners had early sexual experiences with male partners while they were under the age of 18 and shared a bed for sleeping with a younger male partner more than four years younger than them while they were under the age of 18. Nine variables were statistically significant predictors of females who had underage female partners, but only one was also clinically significant. Females who later chose underage female partners had early sexual experiences with female partners while they were under the age of 18.
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Romero, Susana. "Hembros : A thematized queer phenomenologic study on the lived experiences of trans-people in Quito-Ecuador." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för genus, kultur och historia, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-16961.
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The aim of this essay is to examine the narrated experiences of three Trans- masculine activists in relationship to the emergence of a new term "hembros" as a forum for diverse forms of gender expression and subjectivity. The present study is an attempt to examine gender expression from a nomadic subjective approach and a queer phenomenological theoretical framework. The results of this study have shown that gender expression, although not free from the tensions that social sanctions present, could be proposed from different locations of embodied gender subjectivity. Meaning that awareness about the gender system and the structures of power, and working within those frames, one can create new notions of gender expression, taking the body as a starting point.
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Park, Candace N. "A Phenomenological Investigation of the Reporting Experience for Female Survivors of Sexual Assault on College Campuses." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2015. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1978.
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A qualitative phenomenological design was used to explore the lived experiences of college women who reported sexual assault to law enforcement officials. Utilizing a feminist conceptual framework, the purpose of the present study was to identify the essence of the reporting experience for college women who experienced a sexual assault. Six college women agreed to participate in the study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with open-ended questions to better understand the experience of the phenomenon under investigation. The Modification of the Stevick-Colaizzi-Keen Method of Analysis of Phenomenological Data (Moustakas, 1994) was utilized for analysis of the data collected in order to identify meaning units and themes. Four common themes emerged from the narratives of the six participants: Making the Decision to Report, Internal Experience of the Reporting Process, Following the Report, and Making the Report. The identified themes contributed to the participant descriptions, which highlighted the essence of the participants’ lived experiences of reporting sexual assault to law enforcement. The identified themes provided insight into how counselors can better serve college women who have reported or are considering reporting sexual assault to law enforcement officials. Implications for counselor educators, college counselors, and campus police and off-campus police officers were also addressed.
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Bingham, C. Raymond. "Family Background and Personal Characteristics as Correlates of Sexual Intercourse Experience Among Adolescent Females." DigitalCommons@USU, 1988. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2691.
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A sub-sample of 814 nonvirgin, adolescent females was drawn from the 1979 U. S. National Survey of Young Women in order to study the correlates of age at first sexual intercourse. This sample was analyzed using a conceptual model developed from past research, as well as some intuitively interesting associations meriting investigation.
Multiple regression procedures were used in analysis of variables by block. In the block analysis several variables were found to predict age at first sexual intercourse. These variables included all the control variables (respondent's age, race, religion, and age at menarche), household income, ideal age for first marriage, ideal age for first birth, and enjoyment of dangerous activities.
The control variables were found to account for a major portion of the variance in the model. Of the controls, chronological age and age at menarche were highly significant across all the models tested. The significant independent variables in the model were total household income, ideal age for marriage and ideal age at first birth, however, these three variables accounted for a small proportion of the total variance in the model, net of controls.
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Cai, Ying Suree Kanjanawong. "Daily life and sexuality in heterosexual love relation of female students : Experiences from a University in Beijing, China /." Abstract, 2007. http://mulinet3.li.mahidol.ac.th/thesis/2550/cd400/4838030.pdf.
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Denov, Myriam. "Gender typifications and the experiences of survivors of child sexual abuse by female perpetrators: A qualitative analysis." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/10334.
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As a result of contemporary North American culture's reliance on the gender typifications that females are nurturing, sexually passive, and frequent victims of abuse, and that males are assertive, sexually aggressive, and frequent perpetraturs of abuse, people are more likely to perceive of females in the role of sexual abuse victims and males in the role of sexual abuse perpetrators. Furthermore, males are assumed to enjoy or profit from any form of sexual contact with females, and females are assumed to be incapable of causing harm through coercive sexual contact. This study demonstrates that such gender typifications overlook other "atypical" or "deviant" realities, namely the reality where females are perpetrators of sexual abuse and males or females are their victims. Moreover, the experiences of victims of sexual abuse by females clearly defy conventional gender typifications. Their reported experiences reveal that females can he perpetrators of sexual abuse, males can be sexually victimized by females, males do not enjoy or profit from coerced sexual contact with females, and that there can be varying degrees of psychological harm following coerced sexual contact with a female. Finally, this study reveals that there are consequences to opposing gender typifications. The survivors of sexual abuse in this study faced negative consequences as a result of reporting a reality that defied the "typical". Participants maintained that professionals, be they, police officers, child protection agents and mental health professionals, responded to their claims of sexual abuse with shock, disbelief, and denied their victimization and injury as a result of the gender of their sexual abuse perpetrator. Professionals often renegotiated the behaviours of alleged female perpetrators so that they were more consistent with conventional gender roles. According to respondents, the responses of professionals' heightened their feelings of self-blame, denial, resignation, anger and helplessness. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
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Leighton-Herrmann, Ellyn. "A Mixed-Methods Examination of Racial Differences in Females' Perceptions and Experiences of Sexual Objectification." VCU Scholars Compass, 2014. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3485.
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Sexual objectification has become a pervasive problem, negatively affecting the mental and physical health of many women. Understanding the influence of visual media, social-support networks and social interactions on young women's health is essential to addressing issues related to objectification. We do not have an in-depth understanding of how Black and White young adult women make meaning of objectification. Further, the existing literature suggests that experiences of objectification are likely different for Black and White women. The current research employed two studies, one qualitative and one quantitative, to address these particular gaps. Study 1 used focus groups to assess young Black and White women’s attitudes and experiences related to objectification. Four focus groups were conducted with university students, two with White women (N=11) and two with Black women (N=17). Results indicated that sexual objectification is a complex and unfortunate reality in the women’s daily lives; driven by the media, men and even other women. Participants’ immediate responses to objectifying experiences are multi-faceted and the potential consequences of long-term exposure can be detrimental to a woman’s well-being. Racial differences arose in relation to standards of beauty as well as examples of and reactions to objectifying experiences. Study 2 study assessed two different models of sexual objectification for White and Black women. Female, undergraduate and graduate students completed an online questionnaire about sources of objectification; 155 White women and 173 Black women were included in the analyses. The results suggest there are significant relationships between certain sociocultural sources of objectification, body image preoccupation and the associated consequences of depression, eating disturbances. Skin color dissatisfaction was an additional negative outcome for Black participants. The models for Black and White participants were not equivalent. Understanding how women experience sexual objectification and racial differences has implications for how objectification and related outcomes are measured. This information also has implications for developing appropriately tailored programming related to the objectification and psychological well-being of women. The information from these studies can hopefully be used to inform individuals of the risks associated with sexual objectification, as well as develop educational programs on college campuses.
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Tripp, Margaret Murphy. "Contributing Risk Factors in the Association Between Sexual Abuse Experiences and Disturbed Eating Patterns in College Females." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1999. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278854/.
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This study examined two theoretical factors proposed to explain the relationship between sexual abuse experiences and disturbed eating patterns. Over 300 women completed questionnaires designed to assess sexual abuse histories, bodily shame, body disparagement, and disordered eating behaviors. Multivariate analyses indicated that bodily shame, body image dysphoria, and bodily dissatisfaction were significantly higher in participants with previous sexual violations. In addition, disordered eating symptoms and behaviors were related to reported severity of sexual abuse experiences. However,
the relationship between the severity of disturbed eating patterns and sexual abuse histories appears to be more meaningful in relation to the presence of bodily shame and body dissatisfaction, as proposed in previous research. Future research implications are discussed.
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Sloan, Ashlee Elizabeth. "Conflict Resolution Styles as Mediators of Female Childhood Sexual Abuse Experience and Couple Relationship Satisfaction and Stability in Adulthood." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2013. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3715.
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Post-traumatic stress theory applied to the experience of female incestuous childhood sexual abuse survivors (ICSA) suggests that the trauma may result in negative psychological consequences affecting relationships in adulthood. This study sought to explore the relational consequences of ICSA, specifically focusing on conflict resolution styles (CRS), relationship satisfaction, and relationship stability. This research used data from the RELATionship Evaluation questionnaire. Participants included 487 heterosexual couples in which only the female partner experienced ICSA compared to a comparison group of 1827 couples in which neither partner experienced ICSA. Analyses tested for differences in the frequencies of reported CRS (Gottman 1994) for ICSA and non-ICSA groups. A path analysis also explored the mediating effects of CRS on the relationship between ICSA, and self and partner reported relationship satisfaction and stability. Significant differences in the reports of types of CRS were found for ICSA versus non-ICSA groups. Path analysis showed that although ICSA and CRS were negatively related to relationship satisfaction and stability, the mediating effects of CRS types were not found. Ways clinicians may want to focus on CRS when treating these types of couples reporting low relationship satisfaction are discussed.
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Axelsson, Amanda, and Emma Karlberg. "En litteraturöversikt : Kvinnors upplevelser av hur deras sexuella hälsa har påverkats av behandling mot bröstcancer." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för hälsa och lärande, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-13093.
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Bakgrund: Kvinnors sexuella hälsa kan påverkas negativt av behandlingar mot bröstcancer samt orsaka lidande. Medicinsk behandling mot bröstcancer orsakar bland annat klimakteriebesvär, trötthet och håravfall, medan kirurgisk behandling kan påverka kvinnornas självbild. Syfte: Att belysa kvinnors upplevelser av hur den sexuella hälsan har påverkats av behandling mot bröstcancer. Metod: En litteraturöversikt baserad på kvalitativa och kvantitativa forskningsresultat. Resultat: Tre kategorier identifierades i resultatet; nedsatt sexuell aktivitet, förändrad kroppsuppfattning och självbild samt relationens påverkan på den sexuella hälsan. De vanligaste biverkningarna som upplevdes var minskad sexuell lust och smärta vid samlag på grund av vaginal torrhet. Förlust av kvinnlighet till följd av mastektomi var en vanligt förekommande upplevelse hos kvinnorna. En stöttande och förstående partner belystes vara betydelsefullt och främjade deras sexuella hälsa. Konklusion: Kvinnors sexuella hälsa påverkas både mentalt och fysiskt av behandling mot bröstcancer vilket bör uppmärksammas av sjuksköterskor inom alla vårdinstanser. Det är viktigt att sjuksköterskor arbetar utifrån ett patientcentrerat förhållningssätt och anpassar information och stöd efter individuella önskemål och behov för att förebygga sexuell ohälsa.Background: The sexual health might be negatively affected by breast cancer treatments and cause suffering for women. Medical treatments for breast cancer cause menopausal symptoms, fatigue and hair loss, while surgical treatments might affect women’s body image. Aim: To highlight women's experiences of how their sexual health has been affected by breast cancer treatments. Method: A literature review based on qualitative and quantitative research. Results: Three categories were identified in the result; reduced sexual activity, altered body image and the influence of relationships on the sexual health. The most common side effects that were experienced were reduced sexual desire and pain during sexual intercourse due to vaginal dryness. Loss of femininity as a result of mastectomy was a common experience among these women. It was found that a supportive and understanding partner is important to promote their sexual health. Conclusion: Women's sexual health is affected both mentally and physically by the breast cancer treatments, which should be observed by nurses in all health facilities. It is important that nurses are working from a patient centered approach and adjust information and support to individual requirements and needs to prevent sexual illness.
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Krawczyk, Ross. "The relationship between childhood and adolescent family environment and adult psychological functioning in females who experienced childhood sexual abuse." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002708.
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Meyer, Timothy. "A Test of Two-axis Male Mate Choice in Schizocosa Ocreata (Hentz) Based on Experience and Cues Indicating Female State." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1505149313740743.
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Robinson, Donelle M. "Variation in Female Mating Preferences in Swordtail Fishes: the Importance of Social Experience, Male Aggression and Genetic Variation." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1313612300.
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Mabovula, Nonceba. "A phenomenological investigation of a female leader's perceptions and experience of discrimination in the work place." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003582.
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Women are now making their mark in virtually every economic sector including traditionally male strongholds of engineering, heavy transport, construction and manufacturing. Probably the most spectacular progress by women has been in the public sector. Many women now have voting rights, follow careers which demand that they work outside of the home, enjoy professional status equal to their male compatriots, occupy top leadership positions in their societies and, furthermore, fulfil their traditional roles of wife and mother. The present study is an attempt to explore a female eader’s perceptions and experience of discrimination in her place of work. The problem has been that although there have been significant changes in women’s increased representation in recent years, it is believed that women who succeed in obtaining top management posts still have to deal with unfair barriers. These need to be more carefully explored and understood. In this study I focus on one female leader’s perceptions and experiences of leadership in an institution of higher learning. The advantages and disadvantages of such a small case study are discussed later. A phenomenological approach was used for obtaining information pertaining to the phenomenon “female leadership”, because phenomenology does offer ways of understanding not offered by other research methodologies. It enables the researcher to enter the lived world of the researched, and understand events and perceptions from a fresh point of view. A semi-structured interview was used to allow the respondent freedom to elaborate on responses in whatever manner she wished. The results obtained indicate that women are in a life-world in which, apart from the general experiences shared with their male counterparts, they are also exposed to many other forms of discrimination. Some of these are subtle, and result from years of socialisation into perceived gender role expectations. I hope that what I have discovered may help to contribute to the small but growing body of literature that seeks to understand women leaders’ experiences, and perhaps in time play a role in enhancing their relative position in education and society at large.
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Andersson, Marie, and Linda Ludvigsson. "Kvinnors upplevelser av sexuell dysfunktion : En litteraturstudie." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för hälsa och välfärd, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-36792.
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Sexualiteten är en grundläggande del av att vara människa och sexuell hälsa är en viktig del i holistiskt vårdande. Fler kvinnor än män lider av sexuell dysfunktion. Trots detta adresserar sjuksköterskor sällan kvinnors sexuella hälsa. Syftet med studien var att belysa kvinnors upplevelser av sexuell dysfunktion. För att svara på syftet genomfördes en allmän litteraturstudie. En systematisk litteratursökning resulterade i 14 resultatartiklar som granskades kritiskt. I databearbetningen framkom tre kategorier: Oförmåga att leva upp till sociala förväntningar, Dysfunktionens påverkan på hälsan och Behov av stöd. Resultatet visade att kvinnor med sexuell dysfunktion upplevde sociala förväntningar som med sexuell dysfunktion blev omöjliga att leva upp till. Kvinnorna uttryckte att dysfunktionen påverkade hälsan och det framkom även ett behov av stöd från såväl partnern som sjukvården. Sjukvårdens bekräftelse av dysfunktionen beskrevs kunna minska de upplevda förväntningarna. Att omdefiniera sexualiteten kunde verka stödjande för att hitta nya vägar till sexuell hälsa. Sjukvården beskrevs vara den mest pålitliga informationskällan och kvinnor uttryckte ett stort förtroende för sjuksköterskeprofessionen. Utifrån resultaten i denna studie bedöms sjuksköterskor ha stora möjligheter att stödja kvinnor till sexuell hälsa. Sjuksköterskor behöver rutinmässigt lyfta frågan om sexualiteten. Sexuell hälsa behöver även vara ett viktigt inslag i sjuksköterskeutbildningen så att sexualitet blir lika självklart att adressera som t.ex. tobaksvanor och sömn.Sexuality is a fundamental part of being human and sexual health is an important part of holistic care. More women than men suffer from sexual dysfunction. Nevertheless, nurses rarely address women's sexual health. The purpose of the study was to highlight women's experiences of sexual dysfunction. In response to the purpose, a general literature study was conducted. A systematic literature search resulted in 14 results critically reviewed. Data processing revealed three categories: Inability to live up to social expectations, The impact of dysfunction on health and The need for support. The result showed that women with sexual dysfunction experienced social expectations that with sexual dysfunction became impossible to live up to. The women expressed that dysfunction affected health and there was also a need for support from both the partner and the healthcare sector. The healthcare confirmation of dysfunction was described to reduce the perceived expectations. Redefining sexuality could be supportive in finding new ways of sexual health. Healthcare is considered to be the most reliable source of information and women experience a high level of confidence in the nursing profession. Based on the results of this study, nurses are expected to have great opportunities to support women for sexual health. Nurses need to routinely raise the issue of sexuality. Sexual health also needs to be an important part of nursing education so that sexuality becomes as obvious as addressing, for example, tobacco habits and sleep.
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Andersson, Anna, and Anna Gardvik. "Bröstcancer och kvinnlig sexualitet : En litteraturstudie om hur kvinnor upplever att bröstcancer förändrar deras sexualitet och sexuella relation." Thesis, University of Skövde, School of Life Sciences, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-1067.
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Anledningen till att författarna gjorde denna studie var att bröstcancer är en av de vanligaste cancertyperna som drabbar kvinnor. Diagnosen innebär för de flesta kvinnor att hela eller delar av bröstet opereras bort. För många kvinnor representerar bröstet sexualitet och kvinnlighet. Syftet var att beskriva hur kvinnors sexualitet och sexuella relation förändras efter genomgången kirurgisk bröstcanceroperation och efterföljande behandling. Metoden var en kvalitativ litteraturstudie. Studien resulterade i tre huvudkategorier: (1) en förändrad kropp – en förändrad sexualitet, (2) en förändrad sexualitet – en förändrad sexuell relation, (3) emotionella förändringar i sexualiteten, samt tretton underkategorier. Resultatet visar att kvinnors sexualitet förändras både fysiskt och psykiskt. De flesta upplever en förändrad kroppsbild, minskad sexuell lust och njutning. Samlagen blir ofta smärtsamma vilket gör att många kvinnor drar sig undan sin partner. Många kvinnor upplever svårigheter i att prata om sin förändrade sexualitet med sin partner. Resultatet visar också att sjukvården ibland ger bristfällig information till kvinnor om eventuella biverkningar till följd av en bröstcanceroperation och efterföljande behandling. Då många bröstcancerdrabbade kvinnor upplever sexuella problem bör sjuksköterskor ge bättre information om eventuella biverkningar av behandlingen samt uppmärksamma dessa problem mer. Sjuksköterskor bör även möjliggöra till samtal med kvinnan om hennes funderingar kring sin förändrade sexualitet.
The reason why the authors conducted this study was that breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer among women. For most women the diagnosis means that the entire or parts of the breast will have to be removed. For most women the breast represents sexuality and femininity. The aim was to describe how female sexuality and sexual relationship change after breast cancer surgery and subsequent treatment. The method was a qualitative litterature review. The study resulted in three main categories: (1) a changed body – a changed sexuality, (2) a changed sexuality – a changed sexual relationship, (3) emotional changes in sexuality, and thirteen subcategories. The result shows that female sexuality changes physically as well as psychically. Most women experience changes in body image, decreased sexual desire and pleasure. Intercourse becomes painful which makes many women withdraw from their partner. Many women experience difficulties in communicating about their changed sexuality with their partner. The result also shows that sometimes health care providers give poor information to women about plausible side effects due to breast cancer surgery and subsequent treatment. Because many women with breast cancer experience sexual problems nurses should give better information about plausible side effects from the treatment and highlight these problems. Nurses should also enable conversations with women regarding their thoughts concerning their changed sexuality.
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Forsman, Ida, and Linnea Hedman. "Någon kunde ha förberett mig för detta : En litteraturstudie om sexuell hälsa och gynekologisk cancer." Thesis, Röda Korsets Högskola, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:rkh:diva-1451.
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Bakgrund: Gynekologisk cancer är ett utbrett spektrum av cancersjukdomar bland kvinnor och behandlingarna har betydelse för upplevelsen av den sexuella hälsan. Den sexuella hälsan är viktig för människans totala upplevelse av hälsa. Om den sexuella hälsan upplevs otillfredsställande kan ett lidande uppstå. Syfte: Syftet är att beskriva kvinnors upplevelse av sexuell hälsa vid gynekologisk cancer. Metod: En litteraturöversikt över tolv kvalitativa artiklar har genomförts. Resultat: Resultatet visade upplevda barriärer för sexuell hälsa vid gynekologisk cancer. Barriärerna presenteras i tre huvudkategorier: Den sexuella kroppen, Sexuella hinder och Sexuella relationer. Slutsats: Kvinnor med gynekologisk cancer upplever huvudsakligen flera barriärer för sexuell hälsa. Upplevelsen av dessa sexuella barriärer kan leda till en otillfredsställande sexuell hälsa vilket vidare kan orsaka ett lidande. Genom kunskap om upplevelsen av sexuell hälsa vid gynekologisk cancer kan sjukvården erbjuda vård som omfattar flera aspekter av sjukdomen och därmed minska risken för lidande. Klinisk betydelse: Denna litteraturstudie kan bidra med kunskap om kvinnors upplevda sexuella hälsa vid gynekologisk cancer. Sjukvården har en viktig roll att uppfylla med hänsyn till kvinnors upplevelse av bristande information. Utbildning och diskussion kring sexuell hälsa på sjuksköterskeutbildningen skapar förutsättningar för att samtal om sexuella hälsa ska bli ett självklart inslag i vården.Background: Gynecological cancer is an expanded spectrum of cancer diseases among women and the treatments have importance for the experience of sexual health. Sexual health is important for the total experience of health. If the sexual health is perceived unsatisfactory, a suffering can arise. Aim: The aim is to describe women’s experience of sexual health within gynecological cancer. Method: A literature review of twelve qualitative articles was performed. Results: The analysis resulted in experienced barriers for sexual health within gynecological cancer. The barriers are presented in three main categories: The sexual body, Sexual obstacles and Sexual relations. Conclusion: Women with gynecological cancer mainly experience several barriers for sexual health. The barriers can lead to an unsatisfied sexual health which can cause a suffering. By knowledge about the experience of sexual health within gynecological cancer, the health care can provide care including several aspects of the disease and thereby decrease the risk for suffering. Clinical significance: This study can contribute knowledge about women’s perceived sexual health within gynecological cancer. Health care providers have an important role to fulfill regarding women’s experience of lack of information. Education and discussion about sexual health in the nursing education creates conditions for conversations about sexual health to become an obvious part of the health care.
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Paulse, Jessica Lynn. "Experience and perception of risky sexual behaviours in the context of crystal meth use among female adolescents at rehabilitation centers in Cape Town." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_9525_1319014305.
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Drug abuse as well as risky sexual behaviours has been identified, globally as well as in South Africa, as social problems with dire consequences. Research suggests that crystal methamphetamine use leads to risky sexual behaviours such having unprotected sex, which can lead to unplanned pregnancies, and sexually transmitted infections (STI's) including HIV infection. Adolescents as well as females have been identified as risk populations for both sexual risk behaviours and drug abuse. Furthermore, the Western Cape showed high rates of crystal methamphetamine addiction, especially in the under 20 age category, and the highest increase in the incidence of HIV infections in South Africa. This may be indicative of the magnitude of the problem of risky sexual behaviours in the context of crystal methamphetamine use in the Western Cape.
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Falconer, Jayne. "Eccentric abstraction : investigations into the transformation of objects in clay, a physical process of emotional repression and absence." Thesis, University of Derby, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10545/621591.
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Friberg, Therese, and Wan-Yin Susanna Chan. "Kvinnor drabbade av gynekologisk cancer upplever hinder för att nå tillfredsställande sexuell hälsa." Thesis, Röda Korsets Högskola, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:rkh:diva-2018.
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Bakgrund: Vid gynekologisk cancer involveras organ som är relaterade till kvinnlighet och sexualliv. Sjukdomen och behandlingen kan innebära en negativ inverkan på kvinnans sexuella hälsa vilket är en viktig del av livet och kan ha en stor påverkan på livskvalitén. I sjuksköterskans profession ingår att främja och bevara patientens hälsa och därmed sexuell hälsa. Syfte: Syftet var att belysa kvinnors upplevelser av sexuell hälsa vid gynekologisk cancer. Metod: En litteraturstudie med en kvalitativ ansats baserad på en analys av 10 artiklar genomfördes. Resultat: Kvinnor drabbade av gynekologisk cancer upplevde att sjukdomen och dess behandlingar hade påverkan på den sexuella hälsa. Sex teman identifierades, varav brist på information var det mest framträdande. Slutsats: Kvinnor drabbade av gynekologisk cancer upplevde flera hinder för att uppnå en tillfredsställande sexuell hälsa. Det främsta hindret och den gemensamma nämnaren, var bristen på information om hur behandlingar och dess biverkningar påverkade den sexuella hälsan, vilket medförde onödigt lidande och försämrad livskvalité. Klinisk betydelse: En ökad förståelse av kvinnornas upplevelser kan hjälpa sjuksköterskor att tillgodose en omvårdnad innefattande flera aspekter av sjukdomen, såsom sexuell hälsa. På grund av ämnets känsliga natur behöver det lyftas i grundutbildningen för sjuksköterskor, så att studenterna skall bli bekanta med och känna sig bekväma med ämnet så att det ska bli en naturlig del i den kliniska omvårdnaden. PLISSIT-modellen bör implementeras som ett verktyg för sjuksköterskor att använda vid samtal med patienter om sexuell hälsa.Background: Gynecological cancer involves organs related to femininity and sexual life. The disease and treatment can have a negative impact on the woman's sexual health, which is an important part of life and can have a major impact on quality of life. The nurse´s profession includes promoting and preserving the health of the patient and thus the sexual health. Aim: The aim of this study was to highlight women's experiences of sexual health in gynecological cancer. Method: A literature review was conducted with a qualitative approach based on an analysis of 10 articles. Results: Women suffering from gynecological cancer experienced that the disease and its treatments had an impact on their sexual health. Six themes were identified of which, lack of information was the most prominent. Conclusion: Women with gynecological cancer experienced several obstacles to achieve satisfactory sexual health. The main obstacle and the common denominator was the lack of information on which impact treatments and their side effects had on sexual health, causing unnecessary suffering and impaired quality of life. Clinical suggestions: An increased understanding of women´s experiences can help nurses to meet the care, such as sexual health. Because of the sensitive nature of the topic, the authors consider that it needs to be emphasized in the nursing education, for students to become familiar with and feel comfortable with the topic to become an integrated part of clinical care. The PLISSIT-model should be implemented as an instrument for nurses to use in conversations with patients about sexual health.
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Wright, Tessa. "Gender and sexuality in non-traditionally female work : an intersectional analysis of the experience of women in different occupational groups in the UK construction and transport industries." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 2011. http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/2503.
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Intersectionality is a much-debated concept within gender and race studies, but there are few empirical studies that operationalise the concept in examining work organisations and occupational careers. This thesis applies an intersectional analysis to a study of the UK construction and transport sectors exploring how gender, sexuality and occupational class shape women’s work experiences. Sexuality is one of the least explored intersections, in particular its interaction with class; additionally the thesis addresses gaps in research evidence concerning the experience of women in non-professional occupations in construction and transport. In seeking to avoid prioritising either structure or agency, the research employs a multilevel framework (Layder, 1993) that addresses several dimensions of women’s experience of male-dominated work: the current policy context; women’s choices and identifications in relation to traditionally male occupations; gendered, sexualised and classed workplace interactions; participation in separate support networks and trade union structures; and the interaction of domestic circumstances with work participation. The multi-strategy qualitative methodology includes 50 interviews with key experts and heterosexual and lesbian women working in professional/managerial and nonprofessional occupations in the construction and transport sectors, plus two focus groups with women workers in construction and observation of events to raise awareness of non-traditional work. This intersectional approach permits consideration of both advantage and disadvantage and questions cumulative conceptions that presume, for example, that gender and sexuality compound to disadvantage lesbians at work. The contribution of this thesis is to reveal the circumstances in which sexuality, occupational class or gender is most salient in shaping work identity or experience, together with the ways they interact. Thus sexualised workplace interactions could at times be avoided by open lesbians, but all women were at risk of sexual or homophobic harassment, although it was more prevalent in the workplaces of non-professional women. Interviewees also highlighted benefits of male-dominated occupations, including increased gendered self-confidence from doing ‘men’s work’, and material pay advantages, particularly for nonprofessionals, which in some cases produced a shift in the domestic division of labour within households.
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Taylor, Michelle Flowers. "Sacred Spaces| A Narrative Analysis of the Influences of Language and Literacy Experiences on the Self-Hood and Identity of High-Achieving African American Female College Freshmen." Thesis, Loyola Marymount University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3722850.
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Late-adolescent African American students face unique difficulties on their journey to womanhood. As members of a double minority (i.e., African American and female) (Jean & Feagin, 1998), certain limiting stereotypes relevant to both race and gender pose challenges to these students. They must overcome these challenges in order to excel within the various and changing environments they move through on a daily basis (hooks, 1981, 1994). Within the context of social justice, this dissertation provides insight into the role that language and literacy practices play to help enable the positive and affirming development of self-hood of African American college freshmen. This research is qualitative and employs critical narrative inquiry to analyze data collected from six academically high-achieving African American female freshmen college students attending Ivy League, Historically Black Colleges, and private and state universities in the United States.
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Henry-Campbell, Suzette Amoy. "The Future of Work: An Investigation of the Expatriate Experiences of Jamaican C-suite Female Executives in the Diaspora, on Working in Multi-national Companies." Diss., NSUWorks, 2019. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/shss_dcar_etd/124.
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The purpose of this study was to understand the lived experiences of Jamaican Expatriate Female C-suite executives in the diaspora of working in Multi-national Companies (MNCs). A further question to be answered was the meaning they derived from their experiences. With little research emerging from the Caribbean about this elite class of professionals, the research intended to expose the challenges faced as an outsider in unfamiliar spaces. Research on other groups have exposed limiting factors to women’s progress in MNCs. Critical Race Theory with a brief mention of Critical Human Geography and Intersectionality are lens applied to critique the experiences of the eight participants.
This research mined the extant literature that looked at navigating barriers, disrupting stereotypes and gender diversity in international careers. The method of inquiry applied to this research was existential phenomenology and its utility in getting to the essence of the women’s lived experiences highlighted the glass-border phenomenon.
In reflecting on the outcome, this research opens the door for scholars and practitioners alike, to critically assess the expatriate literature and to probe further the complex relationship between international business, the movement of black talent across geographic and culturally diverse boundaries and the challenges encountered. The results of this study illuminated several themes from the participants textural descriptions: (1) Moving from Invisible to Visible – Disrupting Bias; (2) Who am I? – Identity, Gender and Heritage; (3) Renegotiating the Rules of Engagement paired with Re-branding the Role and Authority of Women in Business; (4) Male Sponsorship Leads to Acceptance; (5) Improving Skill and Competency Capital for New Roles; (6) Building and Maintaining Bridges – Network Management.
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Barkat, Daoud Saïda. "Savoirs, Représentations & Pratiques d'intervention sur le Sexe altéré des Femmes Noires (France, XVIIe-XXIe siècle). Le dispositif biopolitique de la chirurgie des mutilations sexuelles : technologie de genre, Race, Réparation et Soin." Thesis, Paris, EHESS, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019EHES0168.
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L'altération du sexe des femmes africaines et afropéennes a souvent été appréhendée comme relevant d'institutions culturelles, de conventions, ou encore de normes sociales régissant les rapports sociaux de sexe dans les groupes la mettant en œuvre. Privilégiant plutôt une interprétation en termes de technologie – le dispositif de la lame comme ensemble de discours, pratiques et expériences incorporées – cette thèse étudie le dispositif de la "chirurgie des mutilations" à propos duquel elle se pose deux questions. Quel le devenir du sexe altéré à l'épreuve de la lame ? L'articulation des rapports entre sexualité, corps, violence, réparation et technologie de genre est étudiée dans les pratiques médicales de deux protocoles de chirurgie réparatrice. La médecine s'attelle-t-elle à guérir les femmes des mutilations sexuelles ou à soigner la violence infligée par la lame à leur sexe. Quels sont les enjeux attachés au corps, à la sexualité et à la souffrance des femmes excisées dans l'intérêt singulier que suscitent les mutilations sexuelles dans la société française des époques modernes et contemporaines ? L'exploration d'un vaste corpus de sources manuscrites et d'archives a permis de tracer la construction médicale et anthropologique du Corps Noir Altéré à travers les discours de la médecine au XVIème siècle, des récits de voyage au XVIIème siècle, puis de l'anthropologie raciale du XIXème siècleThe alteration of African and Afropean women genitals has often been seen as a matter of cultural institutions, conventions, or social norms governing gender relations in the groups implementing it. Rather, favouring an interpretation in terms of technology - the device of the blade as a set of embedded discourses, practices and experiences - this thesis studies the device of "mutilation surgery" about which it raises two questions. What is the becoming of the altered sex under the blade proof? The articulation of relationships between sexuality, body, violence, violence, reparation and gender technology is studied in the medical practices of two reconstructive surgery protocols. Is medicine working to heal women from female genital mutilation or to heal gender violence inflicted by the blade? What are the issues related to the body, sexuality and suffering of excised women in the singular interest that sexual mutilation arouses in French society in modern and contemporary times? The exploration of a vast corpus of manuscript sources and archives has made it possible to trace the medical and anthropological construction of the Altered Black Body through the discourses of medicine in the 16th century, travel accounts in the 17th century, and racial anthropology in the 19th century
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Stewart, Marion. "Female therapists' experience of client sexual advances." Master's thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10048/957.
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Client sexual advances may be a common occurrence in therapy, yet there is little information available with strategies for managing them. In hope of initiating a dialogue, five female therapists experiences were examined for possible insights. Informal semi-structured interviews provided data for a qualitative thematic analysis. Questions focussed on therapists accounts of incidents, how they were managed, impact on therapy, and speculations on potential differences between female and male therapists experiences. Discussing the topic with colleagues or supervisors and adequacy of training were also explored. Six overarching themes were derived; (1) sexual advances, (2) special relationships, (3) impact on therapist, (4) maintaining boundaries, (5) taboo topic and, (6) being female. Implications for counsellor training, supervision, and future research were discussed.Counselling Psychology
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Stewart, Marion Patricia. "Female therapists' experience of client sexual advances." 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10048/957.
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Thesis (M. Ed.) -- University of Alberta, 2010."A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education in Counselling Psychology, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta." Title from pdf file main screen (viewed on February 11, 2010) Includes bibliographical references.
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"Unlocking desire : young women reflect on early experiences of sexual desire and the development of the sexual self." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2013-09-1229.
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The goal of this research was to explore how young women make meaning of early experiences of sexual desire, and how these experiences contribute to the development of their sexual selves. The development of the sexual self is one of the fundamental building blocks to adulthood for adolescents, but there are many strong and some diametrically opposing viewpoints on how the discussion around sexuality should be framed. Much of the literature has focused on the health risks and social consequences of sexual activity, such as unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (Brook, Brook, Rubenstone, Zhang & Rivera, 2010) with less examination of the positive aspects of this phenomenon (e.g. pleasure, respect, emotional connection). In 1988, Michelle Fine opened a dialogue with adolescent women about their experience of and opinions about sexual desire, attempting to shed light on the consequences of suppressing this discourse, including disconnection from their physical selves, possible victimization, and a denial of pleasure. In the last two decades, there has been interest in the concept of sexual desire and its role in the development of sexual subjectivity.
Sexual subjectivity is particularly important in the lives of young women, who live, work and learn in a patriarchal society which objectifies their bodies and sexual identities (Levy, 2005; Tolman, 2002a). I interviewed 5 women (19-25 years old) about how they make meaning of their early experiences of sexual desire and how this contributes to the development of their sense of sexual selfhood. I recruited participants using posters placed across a university campus to facilitate interest. I used interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) as developed by Smith, Flowers and Larkin (2012) to understand how participants perceive their experiences to have influenced their feelings and ideas about their sexual desires. My study design also addressed how they retrospectively view early experiences and understandings of sexual desire to have contributed to the development of their sexual identities. In my interviews I also employed the listening guide developed by Gilligan (1982) and Brown and Gilligan (1991). Analysis revealed an overarching theme of unlocking desire with trust and connection, as well as superordinate themes of exploring desire through fantasy and imagination, the power of desire, the spectrum of desire and reflections on lived experiences of female desire. The current research study will be discussed in relation to previous literature (e.g. commonalities, distinctions, its strengths and weaknesses). Finally, future directions for the research, as well as implications for counselling practice, will be elucidated.