Work

Sexy Feminisms & Sexual Health: Theorizing Heterosex, Pleasure, and Constraint in Public Health Research

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: After outlining the "pleasure deficit" in public health research on family planning, this article applies feminist theorizations of heterosex to study contraceptive use and sexual pleasure. The author considers the limitations and potentials of theorizing heterosex variously as agential, transgressive, and/or constrained for public health research.

Source: Atlantis Critical Studies in Gender Culture & Social Justice

DOI: 10.7202/1121101ar

Author: Jenny Higgins

Institution: Columbia University

Language: English

Topic: Gender and Feminist Studies

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of Mental Health