Exploring gender in portuguese bedrooms : men’s and women’s narratives of their sexuality through a mixed methods approach

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Autor(a) principal: Alarcão, Violeta
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: Virgolino, Ana, Roxo, Luis, Machado, Fernando L., Giami, Alain
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/22814
Resumo: © Sociological Research Online
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spelling Exploring gender in portuguese bedrooms : men’s and women’s narratives of their sexuality through a mixed methods approachIntimacy(Double standard of) Sexual behaviorScripting theorySexual experiencesGenderPortugal© Sociological Research OnlineThe nature of intimacy and self-identity changed profoundly over the past century. The disruption between sex and procreation enabled the emergence of new forms of relationships and contributed towards the legitimacy of a sexuality focused on pleasure, as a mean of self-realization and an expression of intimacy. Despite the evidence that most individuals now approach close relations with expectations of mutual emotional support and romantic love, intimate relationships remain highly gendered, particularly in societies where traditional roles of men and women persist in the growing diversity of sexual relationships. To address this topic, an empirical research was conducted in the Greater Lisbon area using a mixed methods approach. First, a quantitative study, with 323 primary healthcare users, intended to explain how gender influences self-constructions of sexuality and intimacy. Then, a qualitative study, with a subsample of 10 heterosexual men and 15 heterosexual women, employed in-depth interviews to explore how individuals construct their etiquette of sexual behavior. Building upon Gagnon and Simon's scripting theory and Giddens' transformations of intimacy, along with feminist criticisms concerning male dominance in hetero-relationships, we have reached an explanatory typology that focuses on Portuguese specificity in terms of the subjective experience of sexuality and intimate relationships. Sexuality and intimacy are complex and multifaceted phenomena that are affected by sexual and non-sexual factors, both in and out of the bedroom. Key findings reveal a coexistence of highly gendered sexual scripts with increasingly more egalitarian sexual roles, namely among the youngest and the most educated generations in Portuguese society.SAGE PublicationsRepositório da Universidade de LisboaAlarcão, VioletaVirgolino, AnaRoxo, LuisMachado, Fernando L.Giami, Alain2016-03-04T11:45:46Z20152015-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/22814engSociological Research Online, 20 (2), 81360-780410.5153/sro.3619metadata only accessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:10:28Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/22814Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:40:20.957984Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Exploring gender in portuguese bedrooms : men’s and women’s narratives of their sexuality through a mixed methods approach
title Exploring gender in portuguese bedrooms : men’s and women’s narratives of their sexuality through a mixed methods approach
spellingShingle Exploring gender in portuguese bedrooms : men’s and women’s narratives of their sexuality through a mixed methods approach
Alarcão, Violeta
Intimacy
(Double standard of) Sexual behavior
Scripting theory
Sexual experiences
Gender
Portugal
title_short Exploring gender in portuguese bedrooms : men’s and women’s narratives of their sexuality through a mixed methods approach
title_full Exploring gender in portuguese bedrooms : men’s and women’s narratives of their sexuality through a mixed methods approach
title_fullStr Exploring gender in portuguese bedrooms : men’s and women’s narratives of their sexuality through a mixed methods approach
title_full_unstemmed Exploring gender in portuguese bedrooms : men’s and women’s narratives of their sexuality through a mixed methods approach
title_sort Exploring gender in portuguese bedrooms : men’s and women’s narratives of their sexuality through a mixed methods approach
author Alarcão, Violeta
author_facet Alarcão, Violeta
Virgolino, Ana
Roxo, Luis
Machado, Fernando L.
Giami, Alain
author_role author
author2 Virgolino, Ana
Roxo, Luis
Machado, Fernando L.
Giami, Alain
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Alarcão, Violeta
Virgolino, Ana
Roxo, Luis
Machado, Fernando L.
Giami, Alain
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Intimacy
(Double standard of) Sexual behavior
Scripting theory
Sexual experiences
Gender
Portugal
topic Intimacy
(Double standard of) Sexual behavior
Scripting theory
Sexual experiences
Gender
Portugal
description © Sociological Research Online
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