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'I want to be a different kind of father': a qualitative analysis of adolescent fatherhood in Perú. Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-20 Maria Luisa Jimenez Sanchez,Paula Gamarra,Jillian Brunner,Helen A Williams,Melissa LaNoire,Yasmin V Barrios,Victor O Cruz,Marta B Rondon,Bizu Gelaye,Elizabeth J Levey
Adolescent parents and their offspring experience worse health outcomes throughout the life course. While over 90% of adolescent births occur in low- and middle-income countries, data from many such countries are lacking, particularly from fathers. This qualitative study conducted in Lima, Peru characterises the experience of adolescent fathers and identifies potential intervention targets. Interviews
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When assisted reproductive technology (ART) opens the door for inclusivity in a highly charged cultural milieu: an exploration of news articles on the establishment of ART clinics in Zimbabwe Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-17 Gerald Mirirai Mabweazara, Karin Hammarberg, Pakhani Mhazo
The study focuses on how infertility and assisted reproductive technology (ART) have been portrayed in the Zimbabwean print news media, specifically looking at articles related to the country’s two...
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Hauora hinengaro o takatāpui: analysing the effectiveness of mental health policies in addressing the needs of Takatāpui in Aotearoa New Zealand. Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-18 Emma Benvie-Watson,Lara M Greaves
Many studies have documented the effect that colonisation has had on takatāpui, that is, Māori (the Indigenous peoples of New Zealand) with diverse gender identities, sex characteristics and sexualities. In this paper, we explore whether current Aotearoa New Zealand (hereafter Aotearoa) mental health policies meet the needs of takatāpui. We identified five mental health policy needs, informed by the
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Disability, culture, and erased sexuality: curated raw narratives of disabled women with significant impairments in India. Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-17 Preethi Srinivasan,Hemachandran Karah,Sujatha Srinivasan
Disabled women with significant impairments (DWSI) are not adequately recognised within feminist disability studies. They face stigma, carnal taboos, and systemic exclusion from economies of desire and sexuality. Their voices are seldom heard, and their stories, when captured, are whitewashed. There is an urgent need for these women to gain voice and visibility as a unique category within the political
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Between personal and social matters: identifying public perceptions of childfree decisions in Indonesia Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-12 Nadya Anjani Rismarini, Nesya Adira
The decision of couples or individuals to not have any children or to be childfree has recently stirred up heated controversy in Indonesia, especially after some prominent social media influencers ...
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From AIDS to COVID-19: the interplay between dual pandemics in social perceptions of disease Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-07 Robert Wyrod, Matthew Bravo
This paper is one of the few to examine how people who have lived through both COVID-19 and AIDS understand these pandemics in relation to each other. Data were collected in Uganda, and we found th...
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Parental attitudes towards sexual orientation and gender diversity: challenging LGBT discrimination in Australian schools. Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-04 Jacqueline Hendriks,Neil Francis,Hanna Saltis,Katrina Marson,Jenny Walsh,Tasha Lawton,Sharyn Burns
As Australia considers legislative reform regarding the rights of religious schools to discriminate against LGBT students and staff, claims are often made that religious parents or those enrolling children in religious schools do not affirm diversity of sexuality or gender. Using a national dataset of parents (n = 2418), attitudes towards sexual orientation, gender diversity, homophobia and transphobia
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Reproductive futures within a context of uterus transplants in India Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-04 Arpita Das
Reproduction is considered a core event in a cisgender heterosexual woman’s life. Several hierarchies exist within the field of reproduction, with reproduction being privileged among people from do...
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Medical gendered racism and Black women’s experiences of genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder in the USA – A conceptual exploration Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-04 Katharina A. Azim, Andrea A. Lewis, Alison Happel-Parkins, Courtney Johnson-Benson, Margaux Kraemer, Hadyatou Diallo
Medical gendered racism in the USA has been and continues to be a significant issue for Black women across various healthcare domains, including sexual and pelvic healthcare. The experiences of Bla...
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Communicating sexual health to the incarcerated population: information dissemination in a US sample of inmate handbooks. Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-03 Jessie L Krienert,Jeffrey A Walsh,Kimberly A Ingold
Incarcerated individuals frequently enter prison with a history of high-risk lifestyle behaviours likely to contribute to the transmission of infectious disease. Prisons offer a unique setting in which to advance health equity to an underserved population by disseminating information and education. Sexual health education has the potential to mitigate negative health consequences in the incarcerated
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‘It’s not a me thing’: the role of transcendence and critical politics in Black LGBTQ wellness in Montreal Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-03 Darius Scott
This study explores well-being strategies and challenges for Black LGBTQ individuals in Montreal, Canada. Semi-structured interviews were conducted between March and May 2023 with key informants, o...
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‘I never see anyone like myself represented in discussions about endometriosis’: priorities of LGBTQIA + endometriosis patients in New Zealand Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-28 Katherine Ellis, Wayne Armour, Rachael Wood
Limited information is available regarding the experiences and perspectives of LGBTQIA + patients internationally, and no literature exists for New Zealand. Twenty-eight LGBTQIA + endometriosis pat...
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Managing the business of sex: swinger club managers and sexual health promotion Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-27 Chris Haywood
The increased popularity of swinger clubs across the UK in the past two decades has not been met with commensurate public health initiatives or interventions that engage with the relationship betwe...
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Sexual healthcare to meet the needs of sexuality and gender diverse aboriginal young people: imagined possibilities Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-24 Heather McCormack, Michelle Dickson, Thomas Harrington, Mahlia Garay, Robert Whybrow, Julie Mooney-Somers, Peter Aggleton, Lise Lafferty, Elke Mitchell, Jessica Morris, Bridget Haire
In Australia, Aboriginal young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer or otherwise sexuality and gender diverse (LGBTQ+) are recognised within several overlapping priority populations ...
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Reconciling moral discourses on choice, risk and pronatalism: the politics of elective egg freezing in Singapore. Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-17 Gracia J Lee
This article examines the framing of choice, risk and pronatalism in Singapore's debate on elective egg freezing, beginning from the government's review of the ban in 2012 and ending in 2023 when the procedure was legalised. It demonstrates the possibility of reconciling liberal discourses on reproductive choice with technocritical discourses on egg freezing as a risky and oppressive pronatalist technology
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First Nations music and social emotional wellbeing and health among LGBTIQA+SB First Nations peoples: a review of the literature Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-15 Kristy Apps, Naomi Sunderland, Te Oti Rakena
Music has been linked to improved social and emotional wellbeing for First Nations Peoples, yet little research directly explores the link between music and social emotional wellbeing of Lesbian, G...
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What counts as mutilation—and who should decide? Disrupting dominant discourses on genital cutting and modification Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-12 Brian D. Earp, Jasmine Abdulcadir, Arianne Shahvisi
Published in Culture, Health & Sexuality: An International Journal for Research, Intervention and Care (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Cripping and queering gender-based violence prevention: bridging disability justice, queer joy, and consent education Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-10 JJ Wright, Caitlin A. Manuel
Although frequently relegated to the periphery in conversations about gender-based violence prevention, the disabling impacts of traumatised subjectivity both affect survivors’ abilities to fully p...
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Women’s experiences of needing abortion care whilst incarcerated: a systematic review of the international literature Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-06 Conor Murray, Emma Campbell, Dean Burns, Rachel Roth, Dorothy Newbury-Birch, Fiona Bloomer
Incarcerated women are confined in institutions designed to punish. These sites often ignore the complex mental and physical health needs of people who are incarcerated. Despite the World Health Or...
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Barriers and facilitators to healthcare utilisation by Arab sexual minority women migrants in the USA Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-02 Aeysha Chaudhry, Jennifer Hebert-Beirne, Edward J. Alessi, Maya Z. Khuzam, Uchechi Mitchell, Yamile Molina, Dhuha Wasfie, Samara Fox, Sarah Abboud
Limited research on sexual minority women migrants demonstrate that they face elevated rates of mental health problems compared to their heterosexual and male counterparts, and less is known about ...
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Regimes of truth regarding ‘sexual justice’ in academic literature from 2012 to 2022: a scoping review Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-02 Pedro Pinto, Catriona Ida Macleod, Megaera Jones
The notion of ‘sexual justice’ has gained traction in academic and policy arenas in recent years. This paper presents a scoping literature review of the regimes of truth, following Foucault, of ‘se...
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Changes in ageing women’s sexual subjectivity as seen from a life course perspective: security, caring, and desire Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Anna Temkina, Larisa Shpakovskaya, Maya Lavie-Ajayi, Anna Rotkirch
This article explores the sexual subjectivity of women of post-reproductive age who seek partners on dating apps. The existing literature highlights the sexual subjectivity and agency of older wome...
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A qualitative study of women’s experiences of vaginal douching in Türkiye Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-30 Sibel Yalvaç, Deniz Akyıldız, Ayşegül Dönmez
Vaginal douching, a practice that has existed for many years, is defined as the process of intravaginal cleansing using a liquid solution. Despite its negative consequences with respect to health, ...
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Exploring the role of motherhood in healthcare engagement for women living with HIV in the USA Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Whitney S. Rice, Celeste K. Ellison, Beverly Bruno, Sophia A. Hussen, Max Chavez, Tessa M. Nápoles, Melonie Walcott, Abigail W. Batchelder, Bulent Turan, Mirjam-Colette Kempf, Gina M. Wingood, Deborah J. Konkle-Parker, Tracey E. Wilson, Mallory O. Johnson, Sheri D. Weiser, Carmen H. Logie, Janet M. Turan, Kendra Piper
Mothers living with HIV are faced with managing their own complex healthcare and wellness needs while caring for their children. Understanding the lived experiences of mothers living with HIV, incl...
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School teachers’ menstrual experiences and practices: reflections from rural Rajasthan, India Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-26 Sabna E. S., Meenu Anand
Menstruation is considered an off-limits subject in India where menstruating woman continue to face silence, discrimination and isolation. A mesh of patriarchal cultural practices surrounding the s...
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Correction Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-18
Published in Culture, Health & Sexuality: An International Journal for Research, Intervention and Care (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Helping to destigmatise the use of period products for trans, masculine presenting, non-binary and gender diverse (TMNG) consumers through an inclusive communication design framework Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-17 Jane Connory, Shivani Tyagi
This study aimed to understand the experiences that trans, masculine presenting, non-binary and gender diverse (TMNG) people who menstruate have with period product packaging and marketing, and ide...
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‘Boy smell’: transgender and nonbinary people’s experiences of bodily smell Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-18 Gwyn Easterbrook-Smith
Although smell is sometimes treated with little regard, it is invested with cultural meaning and conveys a great deal of information, including about gender, sexuality and identity. This article dr...
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‘Manopause’: sexual response changes as a threat to ageing manhood Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-17 Maria N. Scaptura
When men root manhood in sexual performance, their inability to get and maintain an erection (i.e. erectile dysfunction) may pose a threat to ageing men’s ability to enact masculinity. Using data f...
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Heteronormative geographies and other sexual practices in rural Haryana, India Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-13 Vishavjeet Dhanda, Kiran Bhairannavar
Kinship patterns and caste structures have a significant effect on Indian people’s lives. Rural Haryana has a strong caste-based kinship system organised around a heteronormative narrative that sha...
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Growing up in the shadow of HIV: post-AIDS generation of HIV-negative men who have sex with men in Sweden and their perceptions of HIV and stigma Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-16 Nicklas Dennermalm, Carl Fredrik Sjöland, Mats Christiansen, Lena Nilsson Schönnesson, Karin Laine, Erica Kanon, Daniel Suarez, Anna Mia Ekström, Helle Mølsted Alvesson
Despite growing understanding and acceptance of the concept of Undetectable = Untransmittable (U = U) among gay men, HIV stigma remains a burden for people living with HIV. This study explored perc...
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‘Trauma sits in your body and makes you shut down:’ sexual and reproductive health professionals’ views of the impact of trauma on the sexual health of Native American older adolescent and young adult women Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-12 Gabrielle S. Evans, Sheryl McCurdy, Katie Schultz, Melissa F. Peskin, Lauren Tingey, Christine Markham
A history of colonisation and corresponding traumas has resulted in disparate rates of violence and sexual health inequities among many Native American populations. As a result, Native American ado...
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Bleeding beyond binaries: a critical interpretive review of trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming experiences with menstruation Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-12 Helen Martin, Miya Narushima
While some barriers for managing menstruation have been mitigated for cisgender women, trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people still struggle to navigate menstruation in a gendered soci...
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‘I just LOVE data’: perceptions and practices of data sharing and privacy among users of the Lioness Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-06 Belinda Middleweek, Liz Klinger
High profile data breaches and the proliferation of self-tracking technologies generating bio-feedback data have raised concerns about data privacy and data sharing practices among users of these d...
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From stigma to solutions: harnessing local wisdom to tackle harms associated with menstrual seclusion (chhaupadi) in Nepal Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-06 Sara E. Baumann, Megan A. Rabin, Mary Hawk, Bhimsen Devkota, Kajol Upadhaya, Guna Raj Shrestha, Brigit Joseph, Jessica G. Burke
In Nepal, menstrual practices, and particularly chhaupadi, impose restrictive norms affecting women’s daily lives. Chhaupadi is a tradition that involves isolating women and girls during menstruati...
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Abortion in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-05 Holly High, Amelie Katczynski
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 ...
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Beyond dichotomies: contesting cultural stereotypes through the lived experience of sexuality among Turkish-Dutch women Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-26 Simay Çetin
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 sexu...
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Women at crossroads: a qualitative study of induced abortion and violence in a Ghanaian region Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-29 Mercy Nana Akua Otsin, Georgina Yaa Oduro
Unsafe abortions contribute significantly to maternal mortality and morbidity in Ghana. To reduce this, in 1982 abortion laws in Ghana underwent reform to broaden the conditions under which abortio...
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‘Sometimes white doctors are not very friendly or inclusive’: a Critical Race Theory analysis of racism within and beyond sexual health settings Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-22 Abdi Hassan, Joshun Dulai, MacKenzie Stewart, Heeho Ryu, Praney Anand, Catherine Worthington, Mark Gilbert, Daniel Grace
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 obj...
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‘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 Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-24 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
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 heal...
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The medicalisation of female genital cutting in Kenya: a threefold exposition Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Jolien Inghels, Sarah Van de Velde, Naomi Biegel, Samuel Kimani, Nina Van Eekert
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 circumcis...
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Indigenous research methods for healing sexual trauma with Cree women Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Josie C. Auger, Janelle Baker, Lorraine Cardinal, Angela James, Melissa Jay, Sharon Loonskin
In this study, exploratory research on self-determination using Indigenous research methods provided a model to help heal trauma and discuss recovery for traumatic sexual experiences. The methods a...
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Taking matters into our own hands? Hierarchies of power and knowledge in online framings of IUD self-removal Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-07 Kristina Saunders
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 hierarc...
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LGBTQ+ disclosure: challenges and possibilities Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-07 Maya Rabins, Jill Brennan-Cook, Gillian Jackson, Amie Koch
This paper uses Ambiguous Loss Theory to explore the anticipatory and ambiguous losses and stressors surrounding the decision to come out as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or Queer. Purposive ...
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One person, many changes: a socioecological qualitative analysis of the experiences of transfeminine individuals undergoing feminising gender-affirming hormone therapy Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-03 James A. Fowler, Sarah Warzywoda, Mera Reyment, Tyson Crilly, Nia Franks, Fiona Bisshop, Penny Wood, Judith A. Dean
Gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) comes with many physical, psychological, and social changes that are often considered in isolation. This research uses a socioecological lens with a sample o...
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Being a good boy: pup play, body image, and the self for gay, bi, trans, and queer men Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-29 Phillip Joy, Brianna Hammond, Chad Hammond, Kinda Wassef, Olivier Ferlatte
Puppy play is a kink activity, in which people dress as, take on the role of, and mimic the physical and emotional behaviours of young canines or pups. We explore how the pup identity, depicted in ...
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Hypersexualisation and racialised erotic capital in sex work Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-24 Julie Ham
Eight people, including six women of East Asian descent, at three massage spas were killed on 16 March 2021 in Atlanta, USA by a 21-year-old White man who sought to eliminate ‘temptation’ for a sex...
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The juxtaposition of invalidation and “inviting in”: a qualitative study of bisexual identity in South Africa Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-23 Charné Petinger, Kyle Jackson, Michelle Andipatin
Understanding one’s sexual orientation plays a significant role in contributing to one’s sexual identity and developing a coherent sense of self. Misconceptions and prevailing prejudices make it di...
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‘Protecting your body and loving yourself’: strategies Black male caregivers use to protect Black girls sexuality in the USA Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-23 Natasha Crooks, Wuraola Sosina, Alyssa Debra, Kimberly Sanker-Panchal, Annette Okafor, Diamond Coleman, Rabiatu Barrie
Black girls in the USA face disproportionate rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV, and sexual violence, prompting research into the sociocultural factors such as adultification, rac...
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Informed, but uncertain: managing transmission risk and isolation in the 2022 mpox outbreak among gay and bisexual men in Australia Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 Daniel Storer, Martin Holt, Sara Paparini, Bridget Haire, Vincent J. Cornelisse, James MacGibbon, Timothy R. Broady, Timmy Lockwood, Valerie Delpech, Anna McNulty, Anthony K. J. Smith
In 2022, a global outbreak of mpox (formerly ‘monkeypox’) emerged in non-endemic countries, including Australia, predominantly affecting gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. Public he...
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COVID-19, lockdowns, and the mental wellbeing of LGBTQ people in Australia Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Natalie Amos, Adam Bourne, Paola Gioia Macioti, Adam O. Hill, G. J. Melendez-Torres
LGBTQ communities around the world entered the COVID-19 pandemic with generally high rates of poor mental health and faced additional challenges including stigma, discrimination, and barriers to ca...
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Malay-Muslim women’s perceptions of sunat perempuan in the Malaysian context Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Nik Soffiya Nik Mat, Stefanie Pillai, Surinderpal Kaur
Female circumcision (genital cutting) in Malaysia is largely understudied at present. This study unpacks the perceptions of Malay-Muslim women with regards to sunat perempuan (female circumcision) ...
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“You feel like you’re fairly disadvantaged with an advert over your head saying ‘in final years of reproduction’”: social egg freezing, dating and the (unequal) politics of reproductive ageing Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Kylie Baldwin
Recent decades have seen an increasing gap occurring between the ‘desired’ and ‘actual’ family size of middle-class and professional women. This situation of ‘unrealised fertility’ and ‘incomplete ...
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From the bar to the cowshed: the impact of COVID-19 on female sex workers in Pattaya, Thailand Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Simon Bishop, Onn Laingoen
The COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on the health and wellbeing of populations around the world, with vulnerable groups, including sex workers, being disproportionately affected. This st...
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Understanding service preferences among consensually non-monogamous individuals seeking sexual healthcare Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Ryan Scoats, Christine Campbell
Despite consensually non-monogamous people being a minority population with specific healthcare needs, research on this group is minimal, especially in relation to sexual healthcare. This study exp...
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‘We did not want to marry then, but’: understanding early marriage among Muslims in the context of the ‘Kerala model’ of development Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Muhammed Haneefa, Shafana Shaffi
Kerala, the Indian state with the highest reported level of social development, faces a challenge with persistent early marriage, particularly among Muslims in Malappuram. This study explores the s...
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‘You are looked upon as a luxury tool’: Young Tanzanian women’s perception of community norms supporting partner violence during transactional sex (kudanga) Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Kate Rogers, Lusajo Kajula, Mrema Noel Kilonzo, Tia Palermo, Meghna Ranganathan, R. Lorraine Collins, Jennifer A. Livingston, Thespina Yamanis
This paper explores the definition of, and perceived community attitudes, toward kudanga, a Swahili street term for a type of transactional sex practised in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Rooted in econo...
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A decade of PrEP: the evolution of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis content and sentiments in South African print news media, 2012–2021 Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Simmona M. Coelho, Joseph G. Rosen, Gretchen Schulz, Kristin Meek, Lillian Shipp, Chitra Singh, Kalai Willis, Alison Best, Mfezi Mcingana, Jenny Mcloughlin, Harry Hausler, Chris Beyrer, Stefan D. Baral, Sheree R. Schwartz
After nearly a decade of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) rollout in sub-Saharan Africa, there has been limited study of PrEP messaging in news media. We selected twenty South African newspapers...
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Female genital cosmetic surgery in Indonesia: a qualitative analysis of medical advertising on Instagram Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Pramasari Edie Wijaya, Jane Fisher, Maggie Kirkman
Research on female genital cosmetic surgery usually comes from Anglophone countries. We investigated female genital cosmetic surgery in the predominantly Muslim South-East Asian country of Indonesi...
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Using an intersectional life course perspective to understand familial environment and its impact on sexuality development among Asian American sexual minority college students Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Talia Kim-Thanh Kieu, Emily F. Galper, Cierra Raine Sorin, Brittnie E. Bloom
There is a dearth of research understanding the sexual health of Asian American adolescents, and even more so for those who identify as sexual minorities (lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, asexual, an...