The Construction of Adolescence in a Changing World: Implications for Sexuality, Reproduction, and Marriage

Caldwell, John C.; Caldwell, Pat; Caldwell, Bruce; Pieris, Indrani

doi:10.2307/172155

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“…For disabled people, communication about sexuality and SRH and rights is likely to have been especially silenced in conservative eras [36–38]. Recent decades have nevertheless seen SRH increasingly included within policy and programming [39].…”

Section: Sexuality Disability and Gender In Indiamentioning

confidence: 99%

‘You’re disabled, why did you have sex in the first place?’ An intersectional analysis of experiences of disabled women with regard to their sexual and reproductive health and rights in Gujarat State, India

Dean

Tolhurst

Khanna³

et al. 2017

Global Health Action

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ABSTRACTBackground: Globally, disabled people have significant unmet needs in relation to sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Disabled women in India face multiple discrimination: social exclusion, lack of autonomy with regard to their SRH, vulnerability to violence, and lack of access to SRH care. While they may face shared challenges, an intersectional perspective suggests that considering disabled women as a uniform and ‘vulnerable’ group is likely to mask multiple differences in their lived experiences. Objective: To explore commonality and heterogeneity in the experiences of disabled women in relation to their SRH needs and rights in Gujarat State, India. Methods: We conducted 22 in-depth qualitative interviews with women between the ages of 18 and 49 with any form of self-identified disability. Intersectionality was used as a lens for analysis and in sampling. Results: Findings explore the experiences of disabled women in a number of different spheres related to decision making and SRH service use. Conclusions: Recognising heterogeneity is critical to inform rights-based approaches to promote SRH and rights for all disabled women. This suggests a need to encourage strategic alliances between social movements for gender equity and SRH and disability rights, in which common interests and agendas can be pursued whilst recognising and respecting differences.

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Section: Sexuality Disability and Gender In Indiamentioning

confidence: 99%

‘You’re disabled, why did you have sex in the first place?’ An intersectional analysis of experiences of disabled women with regard to their sexual and reproductive health and rights in Gujarat State, India

Dean

Tolhurst

Khanna³

et al. 2017

Global Health Action

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“…9 The caste system is still a major organizing institution in Indian society. 6 Caste is a construct of the Hindu religion, but it remains a secular societal construct for Christians, Jains, Muslims, and Sikhs as well. Cross-religious and cross-caste marriages are not promoted and considered unacceptable.…”

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“…Cross-religious and cross-caste marriages are not promoted and considered unacceptable. 6 Although in many areas of India women are married in their teens, a changing society along with the access of education for many women has pushed the average age to 20 years. 10,11 Men are married when they are aged 20 to 25 years.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A central religious tenet is that a family deliver a virginal bride. 6 In Indian culture it is believed that prepubertal or pubertal girls do not have sexual impulses. The girls are secluded from nonfamilial men or are tightly chaperoned.…”

Section: Sexual Education and Culture In Indiamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the other hand, it is thought that most men are not virgins at the time of their marriage and have had premarital sexual encounters with widows and deserted wives. 6 Many, if not most, families believe that married couples will learn through experience or discuss sexual issues with their friends. In one study, Indian medical college students had learned their knowledge of sexual practices mostly from friends, pornographic books, films, and magazines.…”

Section: Sexual Education and Culture In Indiamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Issues for South Asian Indian Patients Surrounding Sexuality, Fertility, and Childbirth in the US Health Care System

Fisher

Bowman²,

Thomas³

2003

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

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Background: In 1998 ethnic minorities comprised 28% of the US population, and India is the third most common country of origin for immigrants. Many recently immigrated South Asian Indian patients are seen in health care settings in the United States. To deliver health care effectively to these patients, it is helpful for physicians to understand common cultural beliefs and practices of South Asian Indian patients.Methods: Two illustrative cases are reported. One author's observations of the care of pregnant and parturient women in India and similar experiences in our own office spurred a literature search of the cultural behaviors surrounding sexuality, fertility, and childbirth. A literature search was conducted in Index Medicus, Grateful Med, and the catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania Arts and Sciences library, using the terms "Indian," "South Asian," "male and female gender roles," "gynecology in third world," "sexuality," "sexual health," "women's health," "women's health education," "obstetrical practices/India," and "female roles/India."Results: Issues surrounding sexuality and childbirth that arise during the US physician -South Asian Indian patient encounter might not correspond to the commonly held knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors of the US health care system. Common cultural beliefs and behaviors of South Asian Indian patients around sexuality and childbirth experience include the role of the individual patient's duty to society, the patient's sense of place in society, lack of formal sexual education, prearranged marriages, importance of the birth of the first child, little premarital contraceptive education, dominance of the husband in contraceptive decisions, and predominant role of women and lack of role for men (including the husband) in the childbirth process.

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Globalization, Societal Change, and Adolescence Across the World

Larson

Wilson

Rickman

2009

Handbook of Adolescent Psychology

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The Construction of Adolescence in a Changing World: Implications for Sexuality, Reproduction, and Marriage

Cited by 70 publications

References 7 publications

‘You’re disabled, why did you have sex in the first place?’ An intersectional analysis of experiences of disabled women with regard to their sexual and reproductive health and rights in Gujarat State, India

‘You’re disabled, why did you have sex in the first place?’ An intersectional analysis of experiences of disabled women with regard to their sexual and reproductive health and rights in Gujarat State, India

Issues for South Asian Indian Patients Surrounding Sexuality, Fertility, and Childbirth in the US Health Care System

Globalization, Societal Change, and Adolescence Across the World

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