ABSTRACT This study uses intersectional methodology to critically explore vulvodynia, chronic female genital pain, as it disrupts norms governing gender roles in heterosexual sex and reproduction. Interviews with 26 women with vulvodynia illuminate core tenets of the critical interpersonal and family communication (CIFC) framework, which include power; private and public sphere bidirectionality; the critique, resistance, and transformation of the status quo; and considerations of author reflexivity. As the author is herself a heterosexual woman navigating vulvodynia, reflexivity is particularly salient. Status quo social constructs are explicated. Results demonstrate how participants experience losses of relational power and problematic media depictions establishing standards for “normal” heterosexual sex. Discourses and practices concerning the perpetuation, resistance, and potential transformation of the status quo are described. Video abstract Read the transcript Watch the video on Vimeo

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破坏性规范：重要的人际关系和家庭沟通（CIFC）框架在外阴痛背景下的应用

摘要这项研究使用交叉方法严谨地探讨了外阴痛，慢性女性生殖器疼痛，因为它破坏了规范异性恋性行为和生殖中性别角色的规范。对26名外阴痛妇女的访谈阐明了关键的人际和家庭沟通（CIFC）框架的核心宗旨，其中包括权力；私人和公共领域的双向性；对现状的批评，抵抗和转变；和作者反思性的考虑。由于提交人本人是一名患有外阴痛的异性恋女性，因此反身性尤为突出。阐明了当前的社会结构。结果表明参与者如何经历关系能力的丧失和有问题的媒体描述，从而建立了“正常”异性性行为的标准。描述了有关永存，抵抗和潜在改变现状的论述和实践。视频摘要阅读成绩单在Vimeo上观看视频