Female sexuality in magazines
This paper results from an investigation on the discourse of female sexuality carried by women's magazines in the years 2005 and 2006. 'Claudia' and 'Mulher dia-a-dia' were the documents analyzed through a qualitative investigative approach. The data construction was underta...
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Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (Unesp)
2010-01-01
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| author | Luciana Patrícia Zucco Maria Cecília de Souza Minayo |
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| description | This paper results from an investigation on the discourse of female sexuality carried by women's magazines in the years 2005 and 2006. 'Claudia' and 'Mulher dia-a-dia' were the documents analyzed through a qualitative investigative approach. The data construction was undertaken through critical discourse analysis, and female sexuality was approached from a constructivist perspective. The main results showed that the discursive conventions present in the reports gave shape to dual positions on contemporary Western sexual dynamics, such as: adoption of symmetrical sexual practices versus continuation of asymmetrical sexual practices; female sexual autonomy versus female sexual dependency; activeness versus passiveness; female pleasure versus male pleasure. Thus, we argue that sexuality remains doubly informed by hegemonic standards in force within society. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d80801b0ef443c2b80488deabb7e6c42022-12-22T03:13:22ZengFaculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (Unesp)Interface: Comunicação, Saúde, Educação1414-32832010-01-015se10.1590/S1414-32832010000100009S1414-32832010000100009Female sexuality in magazinesLuciana Patrícia Zucco0Maria Cecília de Souza MinayoUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroThis paper results from an investigation on the discourse of female sexuality carried by women's magazines in the years 2005 and 2006. 'Claudia' and 'Mulher dia-a-dia' were the documents analyzed through a qualitative investigative approach. The data construction was undertaken through critical discourse analysis, and female sexuality was approached from a constructivist perspective. The main results showed that the discursive conventions present in the reports gave shape to dual positions on contemporary Western sexual dynamics, such as: adoption of symmetrical sexual practices versus continuation of asymmetrical sexual practices; female sexual autonomy versus female sexual dependency; activeness versus passiveness; female pleasure versus male pleasure. Thus, we argue that sexuality remains doubly informed by hegemonic standards in force within society.http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1414-32832010000100009&lng=en&tlng=enSexualidad femeninaMedios de comunicaciónDiscursosPublicaciones periódicas |
| spellingShingle | Luciana Patrícia Zucco Maria Cecília de Souza Minayo Female sexuality in magazines Interface: Comunicação, Saúde, Educação Sexualidad femenina Medios de comunicación Discursos Publicaciones periódicas |
| title | Female sexuality in magazines |
| title_full | Female sexuality in magazines |
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| title_short | Female sexuality in magazines |
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| topic | Sexualidad femenina Medios de comunicación Discursos Publicaciones periódicas |
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