The Implications of Erotic Plasticity and Social Constructionism in the Formation of Female Sexual Identity

McElwain, Alyssa; Grimes, Michele E.; McVicker, Melissa L.

doi:10.1080/08952830902911347

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“…In this seminal text, the authors suggested that when individuals interact with each other they do so on the understanding that their respective perceptions of reality are related, and as they act upon this understanding their knowledge of reality is reinforced. It also highlights how individuals and groups may have different and unique perceptions of reality (McElwain et al 2009). Some authors contend that constructionism mirrors intentionality, 101 the premise being that when human consciousness becomes aware of, familiar with and directed towards an object, that object is shaped by consciousness (Crotty 1998, Williams 2005.…”

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(Re)constructing Myself: the process of transition to motherhood for women with a disability

Lawler

Begley

Lalor

2015

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aim This paper presents a substantive theory that explains the transition to motherhood for women with a disability. Background Over the last thirty years, interest in exploring women's experiences of motherhood has increased. Extant theories on transition to motherhood originate, primarily, from the perspective and experiences of non‐disabled women with few exploring the phenomenon from the perspective and experiences of women with a disability. Those that do tend to focus on issues of accessibility, profiling the challenges that women with a disability encounter while accessing maternity services, attaining a maternal role and fulfilling the requirements of that role. Little is known about the experiences of women with a disability and their transition to motherhood and even less about the relationship of this process on the self. Design The study was conducted using a Strauss and Corbin approach to grounded theory. Method Individual interviews (n = 22) were conducted over 4 years (2008–2012). Women were interviewed during pregnancy and in the postnatal period. All interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim, imported into Nvivo 8 and analysed using the constant comparative method. Findings The substantive theory that emerged from the study provides a conceptual framework clinicians can reference when counselling, assisting and facilitating women with a disability during their preparation for and transition to motherhood. Conclusion The substantive theory presented in this paper will increase clinicians' understanding of the process involved in the transition to motherhood for women with a disability.

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Section: Constructionismmentioning

confidence: 99%

(Re)constructing Myself: the process of transition to motherhood for women with a disability

Lawler

Begley

Lalor

2015

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Inhabiting the Sexual Landscape: Toward an Interpretive Theory of the Development of Sexual Orientation and Identity

Gordon

Silva

2015

Journal of Homosexuality

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Building on Paula Rust's (1996) concept of a sexual landscape, we propose an interpretive theory of the development of both sexual orientation and sexual identity. We seek to reconcile human agency with active and shifting influences in social context and to recognize the inherent complexity of environmental factors while acknowledging the role that biological potential plays. We ground our model in the insights of three compatible and related theoretical perspectives: social constructionism, symbolic interactionism, and scripting theory. Within this framework, we explain how sexual orientation and sexual identities develop and potentially change.

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Embracing Our Eroticism: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of Women’s Eroticism

Ness

Miller

Negash

et al. 2017

Journal of Feminist Family Therapy

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The Implications of Erotic Plasticity and Social Constructionism in the Formation of Female Sexual Identity

Cited by 6 publications

References 26 publications

(Re)constructing Myself: the process of transition to motherhood for women with a disability

(Re)constructing Myself: the process of transition to motherhood for women with a disability

Inhabiting the Sexual Landscape: Toward an Interpretive Theory of the Development of Sexual Orientation and Identity

Embracing Our Eroticism: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of Women’s Eroticism

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