Culture, Health & Sexuality最新文献

Co-worker dynamics among Canadian sex workers in a stigmatised and criminalised environment.

IF 1.8 3区医学

Culture, Health & Sexuality Pub Date : 2025-02-04 DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2025.2458094

Cecilia Benoit, Michaela Smith, Mikael Jansson, Doug Magnuson, Andrea Mellor, Brett Koenig

{"title":"Co-worker dynamics among Canadian sex workers in a stigmatised and criminalised environment.","authors":"Cecilia Benoit, Michaela Smith, Mikael Jansson, Doug Magnuson, Andrea Mellor, Brett Koenig","doi":"10.1080/13691058.2025.2458094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2025.2458094","url":null,"abstract":"Social support from colleagues is important for workers' health and wellbeing and provides both instrumental support through material assistance, and expressive support through emotional validation. Numerous structural barriers to supportive work relationships exist, especially in service jobs located at the bottom half of today's 'care economy'. In this paper, we present descriptive findings from sex workers' evaluation of the quality of their co-worker relationships. In-person interviews were conducted in 2013 with sex workers (n = 218) from six municipalities in Canada, under Canada's (then) sex work legislation which criminalised most aspects of sex work. Although sex workers' collegial relationships were negatively impacted by economic competition, criminalisation, and stigmatisation, nevertheless, in certain contexts, supportive relationships with co-workers were found that help sex workers perform their work and provides emotional support. We identify social factors that help reduce peer conflict between sex workers and enhance peer support.","PeriodicalId":10799,"journal":{"name":"Culture, Health & Sexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143188570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Beyond dichotomies: contesting cultural stereotypes through the lived experience of sexuality among Turkish-Dutch women. 超越二分法：通过土耳其-荷兰妇女的性生活体验来质疑文化陈规定型观念。

IF 1.8 3区医学

Culture, Health & Sexuality Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-26 DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2366957

Simay Çetin

{"title":"Beyond dichotomies: contesting cultural stereotypes through the lived experience of sexuality among Turkish-Dutch women.","authors":"Simay Çetin","doi":"10.1080/13691058.2024.2366957","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13691058.2024.2366957","url":null,"abstract":"This article offers a critique of the dominant secular/sexual paradigm in the Netherlands by focusing on everyday experiences of sexuality among Turkish-Dutch women. A secular approach towards sexuality rests on the fictive duality of a sexually liberated, progressive majority Dutch and a conservative cultural 'Other'. This paper argues that despite scholarly work challenging the secular/framework within which minoritised women's sexuality is problematised, cultural stereotypes continue to persist in Dutch populist discourse and everyday life. Based on life story interviews conducted with eight women, it illustrates the specific ways in which normative expectations are imposed on minoritised women based on perceived religious or cultural differences. These expectations constitute a 'script' that is imbued with cultural stereotypes. Dissonant moments emerge when my interlocutors fail to conform to the 'script'. In contrast, when their choices validate these expectations, they are interpreted as a reflection of their 'cultural background' instead of being seen as instances of agentic behaviour. These processes further reify dichotomies in the form of sexually liberated and oppressed as the choices these women make are never seen as individual expressions of sexuality unless they openly contest these expectations.","PeriodicalId":10799,"journal":{"name":"Culture, Health & Sexuality","volume":" ","pages":"220-235"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141449939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

The role of activists' sexual orientation and gender identity in their participation in LGBT movements: a case study from Yunnan, China. 积极分子的性取向和性别认同在参与男女同性恋、双性恋和变性者运动中的作用：来自中国云南的案例研究。

IF 1.8 3区医学

Culture, Health & Sexuality Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-08 DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2364768

Yifu Liu, Joyee Shairee Chatterjee

{"title":"The role of activists' sexual orientation and gender identity in their participation in LGBT movements: a case study from Yunnan, China.","authors":"Yifu Liu, Joyee Shairee Chatterjee","doi":"10.1080/13691058.2024.2364768","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13691058.2024.2364768","url":null,"abstract":"The role played by activists' sexual orientation and gender identity in their involvement and commitment to LGBT movements is an understudied area in the Chinese context. Using identity and dramaturgical theory, this qualitative study explored how activists' work and commitment toward promoting LGBT rights and services is shaped and influenced by their identities. The study draws on data from life history interviews conducted with 20 long-time LGBT activists in Yunnan, China. The findings indicate that their sexual orientation and gender identities were, in the long run, seen as assets by the activists that shaped their work and commitment in the LGBT movement. Despite initial challenges in establishing identity-based connections with co-workers/clients, the emergence of sense of inclusiveness through recognition of activists' efforts, particularly when working with diverse gender and sexual minorities, stands out as a prominent theme in this context. This dynamic is important in bolstering the longevity of activists' commitment and building the continued momentum of LGBT movements in the region and internationally.","PeriodicalId":10799,"journal":{"name":"Culture, Health & Sexuality","volume":" ","pages":"191-204"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141554372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

LGBTQ+ disclosure: challenges and possibilities. LGBTQ+ 披露：挑战与可能性。

IF 1.8 3区医学

Culture, Health & Sexuality Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-07 DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2360989

Maya Rabins, Jill Brennan-Cook, Gillian Jackson, Amie Koch

引用次数: 0

'Sometimes white doctors are not very friendly or inclusive': a Critical Race Theory analysis of racism within and beyond sexual health settings. 有时白人医生并不友好或不包容"：对性健康环境内外种族主义的批判种族理论分析。

IF 1.8 3区医学

Culture, Health & Sexuality Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-22 DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2367683

Abdi Hassan, Joshun Dulai, MacKenzie Stewart, Heeho Ryu, Praney Anand, Catherine Worthington, Mark Gilbert, Daniel Grace

{"title":"'Sometimes white doctors are not very friendly or inclusive': a Critical Race Theory analysis of racism within and beyond sexual health settings.","authors":"Abdi Hassan, Joshun Dulai, MacKenzie Stewart, Heeho Ryu, Praney Anand, Catherine Worthington, Mark Gilbert, Daniel Grace","doi":"10.1080/13691058.2024.2367683","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13691058.2024.2367683","url":null,"abstract":"Many Two-Spirit, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other queer Black, Indigenous, people of colour in Canada encounter racism when testing for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections. Our objective in this study was to understand how racism shapes testing experiences for these communities in Ontario, Canada. Four peer researchers conducted recruitment and data collection in consultation with a community advisory board. Focus groups and interviews took place with 21 participants and their narrative accounts were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. Participants identified three interrelated issues when testing: (1) experiencing judgement and discomfort due to racism; (2) lack of community and cultural indicators in testing spaces; and (3) barriers to accessing testing centres and services. Systemic racism was linked to each of these barriers, including increased distance to testing centres due to racial segregation. Participant accounts signal the need for antiracist testing spaces and practices. Key implications include the need for antiracism training for health service providers and others working with Two-Spirit, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other queer Black, Indigenous, people of colour, and the organisations that serve them, in order to make testing spaces safer. Dismantling systemic racism is imperative to achieve health equity for members of these communities.","PeriodicalId":10799,"journal":{"name":"Culture, Health & Sexuality","volume":" ","pages":"236-252"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141440290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

The medicalisation of female genital cutting in Kenya: a threefold exposition. 肯尼亚切割女性生殖器的医学化：三重论述。

IF 1.8 3区医学

Culture, Health & Sexuality Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-11 DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2363412

Jolien Inghels, Sarah Van de Velde, Naomi Biegel, Samuel Kimani, Nina Van Eekert

{"title":"The medicalisation of female genital cutting in Kenya: a threefold exposition.","authors":"Jolien Inghels, Sarah Van de Velde, Naomi Biegel, Samuel Kimani, Nina Van Eekert","doi":"10.1080/13691058.2024.2363412","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13691058.2024.2363412","url":null,"abstract":"In Kenya, the prevalence of Female Genital Cutting (FGC) is slowly decreasing. Simultaneously, the practice is increasingly being performed by healthcare providers rather than traditional circumcisers, which may pose the risk of legitimising the practice. To date, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Using the 1998, 2008-09, and 2014 Kenyan Demographic Health Surveys, this study aims to enhance understanding by mapping both FGC prevalence and medicalisation rates across birth cohorts and ethnic groups. Additionally, the study delves into data from the Kisii community, where FGC medicalisation is particularly high, to examine the association between medicalisation and a mother's social position, as she is typically the primary decision-maker regarding the practice. Findings reveal that the coexisting trends of decreasing prevalence and increasing medicalisation exhibit significant ethnic variation. Among the Kisii, greater wealth is associated with higher odds of a medicalised cut compared to a traditional cut, while higher education and media use are linked to higher odds of not undergoing cutting at all compared to a medicalised cut. Our findings nuance the international community's premise that the medicalisation of FGC hinders the eradication of the practice.","PeriodicalId":10799,"journal":{"name":"Culture, Health & Sexuality","volume":" ","pages":"174-190"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141300276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Taking matters into our own hands? Hierarchies of power and knowledge in online framings of IUD self-removal. 自己的事情自己做？网上宫内节育器自行取出框架中的权力和知识等级。

IF 1.8 3区医学

Culture, Health & Sexuality Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-07 DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2362292

Kristina Saunders

{"title":"Taking matters into our own hands? Hierarchies of power and knowledge in online framings of IUD self-removal.","authors":"Kristina Saunders","doi":"10.1080/13691058.2024.2362292","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13691058.2024.2362292","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines how intrauterine device (IUD) self-removal is framed in online sources containing the views of contraceptive providers. While research has explored power and knowledge hierarchies in clinical interactions between contraceptive users and providers, and has highlighted the safety of IUD self-removal, little is known about how self-removal is represented by providers in accessible online sources that may be relied upon by contraceptive users for information. A discourse analysis of 42 provider-generated online sources found that provider authority over contraception is reinforced through biomedical constructions of risk and safety in framings of self-removal. The data reveal how the sharing of self-removal experiences between IUD users via online platforms was perceived to threaten contraceptive provider expertise, resulting in the dismissal of users' experiential knowledge. While some sources were supportive, the framings of self-removal discussed in this paper typically mirror the unequal power relations of in-person contraceptive user/provider interactions. The sources analysed therefore demonstrate how power and knowledge hierarchies are reproduced and extend beyond clinical interactions to the digital context, reflecting broader socio-structural controls over bodies, knowledge, and reproductive decision-making.","PeriodicalId":10799,"journal":{"name":"Culture, Health & Sexuality","volume":" ","pages":"158-173"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141283273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

'Yeah, they suck. It's like they don't care about our health.' Medical mistrust among Black women under community supervision in New York city. '是啊，他们太差劲了。他们好像根本不关心我们的健康。纽约市接受社区监管的黑人妇女对医疗的不信任。

IF 1.8 3区医学

Culture, Health & Sexuality Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-24 DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2358084

Dawn Goddard-Eckrich, Kristi L Stringer, Ariel Richer, Anindita Dasgupta, Deidra Brooks, Melissa Cervantes, Dget L Downey, Phoebe Kelleher, Sydney L Bell, Timothy Hunt, Elwin Wu, Karen A Johnson, Jennifer Hall, Gail-Ann N Guy-Cupid, Brittany V Thomas, Kevonyah Edwards, Vineha Ramesh, Louisa Gilbert

{"title":"'Yeah, they suck. It's like they don't care about our health.' Medical mistrust among Black women under community supervision in New York city.","authors":"Dawn Goddard-Eckrich, Kristi L Stringer, Ariel Richer, Anindita Dasgupta, Deidra Brooks, Melissa Cervantes, Dget L Downey, Phoebe Kelleher, Sydney L Bell, Timothy Hunt, Elwin Wu, Karen A Johnson, Jennifer Hall, Gail-Ann N Guy-Cupid, Brittany V Thomas, Kevonyah Edwards, Vineha Ramesh, Louisa Gilbert","doi":"10.1080/13691058.2024.2358084","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13691058.2024.2358084","url":null,"abstract":"Black women in the USA experience some of the poorest health outcomes and this is especially true for those involved in the carceral system who are at elevated risks for HIV/STIs, reproductive health, and chronic diseases. This study aimed to investigate Black women's experience accessing healthcare services. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 43 women from Project EWORTH under community supervision in New York City. We analysed responses focusing on barriers to healthcare engagement. All interviews were recorded, and data analysis was conducted using NVivo. Themes influencing Black women's ability to engage with healthcare providers and systems included: 1) disclosed provider mistrust/judgement; 2) feeling disrespected by providers and the medical system; 3) mistrust of medical providers/system/hospital/government; 4) lack of health communication; 5) low health literacy; 6) provider gender preference. Findings highlight the need to improve trust and collaboration between healthcare providers and Black women. This study addresses the critical gap in understanding perceptions of discrimination, stigma, and barriers to attaining health care. Funders and accreditation agencies must hold providers and organisations accountable for acquiring and making available diversity, equity and inclusion training for providers, demonstrating increasingly equitable medical relationships through responsiveness to patient feedback, and increasing the number of Black providers.","PeriodicalId":10799,"journal":{"name":"Culture, Health & Sexuality","volume":" ","pages":"127-142"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11666802/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141445852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abortion in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. 老挝人民民主共和国的堕胎问题。

IF 1.8 3区医学

Culture, Health & Sexuality Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-05 DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2366954

Holly High, Amelie Katczynski

{"title":"Abortion in the Lao People's Democratic Republic.","authors":"Holly High, Amelie Katczynski","doi":"10.1080/13691058.2024.2366954","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13691058.2024.2366954","url":null,"abstract":"Ministerial Approvals in 2021 clearly articulated for the first time the wide range of circumstances under which abortion in Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) is legal. These approvals likely reflect norms around abortion existent since the establishment of the Lao PDR in 1975: unregulated abortion is and remains illegal, but abortion that meets certain criteria is and has always been legal in Lao PDR. The legal status of abortion was fuzzy in practice until 2021, likely due to cultural factors. Buddhist conceptions of life and morality contribute to a widespread sense that abortion is fundamentally wrong and ought to be illegal. Laos' political culture strongly values solidarity, meaning prolonged public discussion of potentially divisive topics is rare. As a result, abortion is often misunderstood in international research. For instance, Laos regularly appears on lists of the few countries where abortion is completely banned. Abortion is also not a politically charged topic in Lao PDR. Women's experiences of accessing abortion are not rooted in a rights-based discourse. Instead, abortion is a possible (and legal) path in Laos, but one that entails considerable anguish and concern about its moral and ethical consequences.","PeriodicalId":10799,"journal":{"name":"Culture, Health & Sexuality","volume":" ","pages":"205-219"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141533890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Agency in young people's unsafe abortion trajectories in Papua New Guinea. 巴布亚新几内亚年轻人不安全堕胎轨迹中的代理。

IF 1.8 3区医学

Culture, Health & Sexuality Pub Date : 2025-01-28 DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2025.2456623

Elke Mitchell, Lisa M Vallely, Sophie Ase, Herick Aeno, Priscilla Ofi, Richard Nake Trumb, Agnes Mek, Elissa Kennedy, Kirsten Black, Glen D L Mola, Mary R Bagita, William Pomat, Angela Kelly-Hanku, Stephen Bell

{"title":"Agency in young people's unsafe abortion trajectories in Papua New Guinea.","authors":"Elke Mitchell, Lisa M Vallely, Sophie Ase, Herick Aeno, Priscilla Ofi, Richard Nake Trumb, Agnes Mek, Elissa Kennedy, Kirsten Black, Glen D L Mola, Mary R Bagita, William Pomat, Angela Kelly-Hanku, Stephen Bell","doi":"10.1080/13691058.2025.2456623","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13691058.2025.2456623","url":null,"abstract":"Unsafe abortion is a preventable contributor to maternal morbidity and mortality, particularly for young unmarried women in low resource settings. In Papua New Guinea, abortion is legally restricted and highly stigmatised, limiting access to safe abortion and post-abortion care, resulting in unsafe abortion. This paper explores young people's lived experiences and agency in relation to unsafe abortion. We undertook qualitative research between 2019 and 2021 in rural, peri-urban and urban settings in Papua New Guinea and found that agency was enacted or constrained at different points along their abortion trajectories. Findings demonstrate the ways in which abortion was negotiated within (and outside of) young people's intimate relationships, while highlighting the social, temporal and emotional dimensions of this agency. By considering what agency means, and the different forms it takes, it is possible to identify critical support mechanisms and socio-structural changes that could support young people at different stages of their abortion trajectories, from accessing modern contraceptives to prevent unintended pregnancy, to seeking support for safe abortion. Moving forward, we call for greater attentiveness to young people's everyday lived experiences of sexual and reproductive health as a basis for understanding how to support them to safely prevent and manage unintended pregnancy.","PeriodicalId":10799,"journal":{"name":"Culture, Health & Sexuality","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143051895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0