Damaged goods: women managing the stigma of STDs

Nack, Adina

doi:10.1080/016396200266298

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“…Research has indicated that sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as genital herpes and genital human papilloma virus (HPV) frequently have a negative impact on an individual's sexuality (e.g., Brookes, Haywood, & Green, 1993;Catotti, Clarke, & Catoe, 1993;Clarke, Ebel, Catotti, & Stewart, 1996;Nack, 2000). Genital herpes is a viral infection caused by the herpes simplex virus, which may cause the development of painful fluid-filled blisters or ulcerations of the genital skin (International Herpes Management Forum [IHMF], 2003).…”

Section: Danielle C Newton and Marita Mccabementioning

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Effects of Sexually Transmitted Infection Status, Relationship Status, and Disclosure Status on Sexual Self-Concept

Newton

McCabe

2008

Journal of Sex Research

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Research has indicated that having a sexually transmitted infection (STI) such as genital herpes and genital human papilloma virus (HPV) can have a negative impact on an individual's sexuality. The current study was designed to evaluate the effect of STI status, relationship status, and disclosure status on various dimensions of sexual self-concept. A questionnaire that evaluated the above variables was completed by 117 individuals with genital herpes, 82 individuals with HPV, and 75 individuals with no STI. The results demonstrated that having herpes or HPV had a significant negative impact on aspects of sexual self-concept. It does not appear that an individual's relationship status is a factor associated with the impact of having an STI on the sexual self-concept. Respondents who had disclosed their STI to their partners, however, had significantly more positive feelings about aspects of their sexual self-concept than those who had not disclosed their STI to their partners. The implications of these research findings for health practitioners are discussed.

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Section: Danielle C Newton and Marita Mccabementioning

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Effects of Sexually Transmitted Infection Status, Relationship Status, and Disclosure Status on Sexual Self-Concept

Newton

McCabe

2008

Journal of Sex Research

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“…Acquiring HIV or another STI can adversely affect physical and mental health, lead to feelings of shame or guilt about one's sexual behavior, cause individuals to stop all sexual activity or constrain sexual behavior and pleasure, subject individuals to stigma and discrimination, and contribute to stress in sexual relationships or even their dissolution [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. Infection with HIV or viral STIs can have life-long effects on a person's ability to establish and maintain relationships because of the challenges of disclosing HIV/STI status to potential sex partners and of preventing HIV/STI transmission to others.…”

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Sexual Health, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States

2011

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The sexual health of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States is not getting better despite considerable social, political and human rights advances. Instead of improving, HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remain disproportionately high among MSM and have been increasing for almost two decades. The disproportionate and worsening burden of HIV and other STIs among MSM requires an urgent re-assessment of what we have been doing as a nation to reduce these infections, how we have been doing it, and the scale of our efforts. A sexual health approach has the potential to improve our understanding of MSM's sexual behavior and relationships, reduce HIV and STI incidence, and improve the health and well-being of MSM.

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“…Self-narratives consist of an "individual's account of the relationship among self-relevant events across time" (Gergen & Gergen, 1983). Sociologists have applied a narrative approach to study how women with sexually transmitted diseases manage stigmatized identities (Nack, 2000), how people-despite evidence to the contrary-construct identities as AIDS/HIV sufferers (Lombardo, 2004), how callers to a sex and relationship advice show construct moral identities (Ferris, 2004), how heavy drinkers distance themselves from the identity "alcoholic" (Jarvinen, 2001), and how the "co-dependent" self is created in support groups (Irvine, 2000). Whereas some scholars study retrospective accounts to explore how childhood behaviors may be linked with adult behaviors and identities (see, for example, Bailey & Zucker, 1995), a narrative approach views retrospective accounts as part of present, ongoing projects of identity work.…”

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Transsexuals' Sexual Stories

Schrock

Reid

2006

Arch Sex Behav

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When viewed through a popular cultural lens, male-to-female transsexuals' sexual biographies can appear to indicate male transvestitism, heterosexuality, or homosexuality rather than transsexuality. How do transsexuals subvert such implications and construct transsexual identities? Drawing on K. Plummer's (1995) approach to sexual stories, we examine how nine male-to-female transsexuals construct their sexual pasts to accomplish what sociologists call "identity work." Interviewees used gendered sexual scripts, cultural discourse on the biological basis of male sexual arousal, and a discourse of therapeutic individualism to narratively defetishize autoerotic crossdressing, queer straight sex, refashion transvestic sex, and straighten out gay sex.

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Damaged goods: women managing the stigma of STDs

Cited by 66 publications

References 11 publications

Effects of Sexually Transmitted Infection Status, Relationship Status, and Disclosure Status on Sexual Self-Concept

Effects of Sexually Transmitted Infection Status, Relationship Status, and Disclosure Status on Sexual Self-Concept

Sexual Health, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States

Transsexuals' Sexual Stories

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