Abstract

The origin of women’s sexual pain and difficulties with intercourse is still under-researched. The aim of this study was to examine women’s constructions of origins. Twenty-eight participants previously diagnosed with vaginismus or dyspareunia were recruited via patient lists and private practices. Interviews had a semi-structured biographic-narrative format; transcripts were analyzed using Grounded Theory. Participants’ narratives were constructed based on two major processes: Negotiating Womanhood and Othering the Body. They were integrated in an explanatory model. Identified processes permeated women’s subjective experience and construction of the origin of their sexual difficulties, and were related to societal discourses and women’s embodied experience.

摘要

女性性交疼痛和性交困难的根源仍未得到充分研究。本研究的目的是检验女性的起源建构。通过患者名单和私人诊所招募了 28 名先前被诊断出患有阴道痉挛或性交困难的参与者。访谈采用半结构化的传记叙述形式；使用扎根理论分析成绩单。参与者的叙述是基于两个主要过程构建的：协商女性身份和异化身体。它们被整合到一个解释模型中。认同的过程渗透到女性的主观体验和对其性困难起源的建构，并与社会话语和女性的具身体验有关。