How Iranian Women Conceptualize the Role of Cultural Norms in Their Sexual Lives.
In Iran, women’s sexual perceptions have not been researched in detail. In this interpretive inquiry, we explore answers to the question of how women conceptualize the role of cultural norms in their lived sexual experience. The study was carried out in Shiraz and Tehran, two large cities in Iran, w...
| Publicado en: | Sexuality & Culture Vol. 22; no. 4; pp. 1376 - 1391 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=132730101&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 132730101 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10955143 DZ0 jtl: Sexuality & Culture issn: 10955143 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2018 vid: 22 iid: 4 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 132730101 10.1007/s12119-018-9531-5 ppf: 1376 ppct: 15 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 638KB tig: atl: How Iranian Women Conceptualize the Role of Cultural Norms in Their Sexual Lives. aug: au: Maasoumi, Raziyeh Taket, Ann Zarei, Fatemeh affil: Department of Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Centre for Health Through Action on Social Exclusion, School of Health and Social Development, Faculty of Health, Deakin University Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, 3125, Burwood, VIC, Australia Department of Health Education, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box 14115-331, Tehran, Iran su: Women Cultural activities First sexual experiences Puberty Patriarchy sug: subj: Women Cultural activities First sexual experiences Puberty Patriarchy keyword: Culture Iran Qualitative research Sexual behavior ab: In Iran, women’s sexual perceptions have not been researched in detail. In this interpretive inquiry, we explore answers to the question of how women conceptualize the role of cultural norms in their lived sexual experience. The study was carried out in Shiraz and Tehran, two large cities in Iran, where in-depth interviews were conducted with 31 Iranian married women of reproductive age. Conventional content analysis was used to extract meanings and perceptions. We identified one main theme as “culturally adapted manner,” and four subthemes of “obligation to cultural subjective norms”, “interweaving of androcentricity and patriarchy”, “acquiring power in the sexual relationship”, and “appeasement of feelings of sexual dissatisfaction.” Exploring the women’s stories demonstrated that cultural norms play a formative role in shaping Iranian women’s sexual perceptions. Moreover, the concepts of patriarchal and androcentric were understood as the same. Nuanced understandings of the ways in which women are trying to deal with perceived effects of cultural determinants of the quality of their sexual lives are revealed. To deliver responsive women’s reproductive health care, health providers need to recognize the cultural factors that affect women’s perceptions and presentation within the consultation, and respond appropriately to these. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Sexuality & Culture is a copyright of Springer, 2018. All Rights Reserved. item: Sexuality & Culture holder: Springer Nature dt: @attributes: year: 2018 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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