The PMS Illusion: Social Cognition Maintains Social Construction

Chrisler, Joan C.; Rose, Jennifer Gorman; Dutch, Susan E.; Sklarsky, Katherine G.; Grant, Marie Clare

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“…As a matter of fact, the results were in line with previous researches (i.e. Chrisler, Rose, Dutch, Sklarsky, & Grant, 2006; Jackson, 2018) and have depicted women as being debilitated by their monthly cycles. This is a much more implicit and subliminal way of maintaining the taboo perspective but it also restricts the participation of women in the public sphere, and further decreases women's opportunities in society (Burrows & Johnson, 2005; Chrisler & Caplan, 2002).…”

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confidence: 91%

Understanding menstruation: Influence of gender and ideological factors. A study of young people's social representations

Mondragón

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2019

Feminism & Psychology

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This research investigates social representations of menstruation. It analyses firstly how young Spanish people understand menstruation in their everyday lives. And secondly, it explores how gender and ideological factors (liberal vs. conservative; feminist vs. non-feminist) impact on the meaning of menstruation and its implications for acceptance of this process. A free association exercise elicited by the word “menstruation” was answered by 250 people and the content was examined by lexical analysis. The results divided social representations of menstruation into two levels: firstly, a traditionalist level that is clearly linked to a negative stigmatized discourse about menstruation; and, secondly, a progressive level where two different discourses emerge, one representing liberal men and the other representing feminist women. The results show that only the feminist conception of menstruation provides an empowered and emotionally positive representation. The concept of menstruation is concluded to emerge from various sources of information, values and social conventions that are somewhat removed from its scientific meaning. The representation of menstruation is therefore understood to be situated within a social, ideological and emotional context. Accordingly, health education campaigns should frame their discourse about menstruation within a feminist perspective as their point of departure, thereby increasing their effectiveness.

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confidence: 91%

Understanding menstruation: Influence of gender and ideological factors. A study of young people's social representations

Mondragón

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2019

Feminism & Psychology

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“…Stereotypes about PMS behaviors and what is appropriate feminine behavior intersect to encourage a moral dimension in the men’s attitudes. A feminine woman is gentle, kind, calm, and a nurturing person who puts her needs last; such characteristics absent during “PMS” (Chrisler, Rose, Dutch, Sklarsky, & Grant, 2006; Cosgrove & Riddle, 2003; Martin, 2006). Most of the participants realized that PMS was difficult to understand because of contradictory variation in symptoms.…”

Section: Only Women [Have Pms]? Interpretation and Discussionmentioning

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Men’s Perceptions and Attitudes Toward the Partner With Premenstrual Syndrome

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This study focused on the young adult men's perceptions and behavior toward their women partners who they acknowledged as experiencing the effects of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). A qualitative study was conducted, framed by social constructivism, where individual interviews with 20 young Brazilian men aged 21 to 29 years were analyzed thematically. Four descriptive categories to express the men's experiences: (a) men's observations on partner's behavior changes, (b) early in the relationship: apprehension and confusion, (c) knowledge about PMS led men to better understanding about changes, and (d) need for support from a health care provider and medication. The men's perceptions and behavior toward their partners were strongly influenced by biomedical conceptions of PMS. Participants believed that their partners' emotions and behaviors were determined by PMS during some days of the month, consequently PMS had affected the couple's relationship. Another consequence of such medicalization was that women's complaints about PMS were rendered invisible except when viewed as a serious medical problem requiring cure, rather than a part of women's cyclical patterns. It is the case that the systematic description of men's perceptions about their partner's PMS provides an approach to this topic in educational and health care activities, with the potential to improve gender relations.

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“…1, more biological articles (both those on biological mechanisms and on biological processes influenced by socialization) have appeared in the last 10 years of the journal than in its first 25 years. Perhaps this change is associated with Phyllis Katz (1975Katz ( -1990 Sue Rosenberg Zalk (1991 -2001) Joan Chrisler (2002Chrisler ( -2006 Irene Frieze (2007 -present) Biological Mechanisms Social Influences on Biological Processes Fig. 1 Biology articles in Sex Roles by editor in 5-year intervals.…”

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A Role for Biology in Gender-Related Behavior

2011

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We take the opportunity of the 35th anniversary of Sex Roles to examine the journal and the field of gender research from a biological perspective. We discuss the limited coverage of biological perspectives in the pages of the journal and likely reasons for it in light of historical perspectives on the role of biology in gendered psychological processes and behaviors, review briefly contemporary research on biological (especially hormonal) influences on gender-related behavior, advocate for greater attention to biological perspectives, and suggest ways to integrate biological and socialization approaches into questions of interest to gender researchers.In honor of the journal's 35th anniversary, the editors of Sex Roles are publishing a special series of articles (Frieze and Dittrich 2010). In our paper in this series, we consider the impact of biological factors on gender-related behavior and psychological processes. We are primarily concerned with characteristics that differ in level or form between boys or men and girls or women, most of which also show variations within each gender; we do not address social and political factors that disproportionately affect women's lives (such as sexual harassment or rape). Our domain of focus is usually referred to as gender differences, gender typing, gender-related behavior, or gendered characteristics (e.g., Ruble et al. 2006). We use this paper to consider historical and contemporary work on the biology of sex and gender, examine how these issues have been represented in Sex Roles, speculate about why biological research has not played a larger role than it has, and, finally, suggest some changes to the journal's mission.Why should gender researchers consider the possibility that genes and physiology (such as hormones and brain function) are important for behavior? Sex Roles has consistently been focused on social processes, stereotyping, and experiences of particular relevance to women's lives; this is the stated mission of the journal. But, increasingly, behavior of all types has been shown to be influenced by genes and physiology and mediated by the brain. A complete picture of gender-related behavior necessitates a consideration of biology.

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The PMS Illusion: Social Cognition Maintains Social Construction

Cited by 23 publications

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Understanding menstruation: Influence of gender and ideological factors. A study of young people's social representations

Understanding menstruation: Influence of gender and ideological factors. A study of young people's social representations

Men’s Perceptions and Attitudes Toward the Partner With Premenstrual Syndrome

A Role for Biology in Gender-Related Behavior

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