Women on men's sexual health and sexually transmitted infection testing: a gender relations analysis

被引：19

作者：

Oliffe, John L. ^{[1
]}

Chabot, Cathy ^{[2
]}

Knight, Rod ^{[2
]}

Davis, Wendy ^{[2
]}

Bungay, Vicky ^{[1
]}

Shoveller, Jean A. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ British Columbia, Sch Nursing, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada

[2] Univ British Columbia, Sch Populat & Publ Hlth, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada

来源：

SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS | 2013年 / 35卷 / 01期

关键词：

youth sexual health; gender relations; femininities; masculinities; MASCULINITIES; MORTALITY; FEMININITIES; EXPERIENCES; PROMOTION; BEHAVIOR; YOUTH; CARE;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1467-9566.2012.01470.x

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Sexual health and sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing is typically portrayed as a womens issue amid mens estrangement from healthcare services. While the underreporting of mens STIs has been linked to masculinities, little is known about how women interpret and respond to heterosexual mens sexual health practices. The findings drawn from this qualitative study of 34 young women reveal how femininities can be complicit in sustaining, as well as being critical of and disrupting masculine discourses that affirm sexual pleasure and resistance to health help-seeking as mens patriarchal privileges. Our analysis revealed three patterns: looking after the mans libido refers to womens emphasised femininity whereby the mans preference for unprotected sex and reticence to be tested for STIs was accommodated. Negotiating the stronger sex refers to ambivalent femininities, in which participants strategically resist, cooperate and comply with mens sexual health practices. Rejecting the patriarchal double standard that celebrates men as studs and subordinates women as sluts for embodying similar sexual practices reflects protest femininities. Overall, the findings reveal that conventional heterosexual gender relations, in which hegemonic masculinity is accommodated by women who align to emphasised femininity, continues to direct many participants expectations around mens sexual health and STI testing.

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