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"Tjejerna är duktiga på att ta sina preventivmedel." En analys av dagens preventivmedelsdiskurser i fyra av Sveriges största dagstidningar.

Pettersson, Emma LU (2013) GNVK01 20131
Department of Gender Studies
Abstract
This study has examined how four of the largest newspapers in Sweden writes about contraception. The text in the articles, understood as articulations, forms certain ways of defining contraception, who uses it and which sexualities and sexual practices that becomes normal within the definition. The articles was analyzed with theoretical discourse analysis and queer theory and showed that the newspapers creates a discourse that says contraception is used by women to prevent them from getting pregnant. The discourse also creates a way of defining sexuality and sexual practice as heterosexual and the sexual practice associated with contraception as an intercourse between a woman and a man. The articulations are formed by a heterosexual... (More)
This study has examined how four of the largest newspapers in Sweden writes about contraception. The text in the articles, understood as articulations, forms certain ways of defining contraception, who uses it and which sexualities and sexual practices that becomes normal within the definition. The articles was analyzed with theoretical discourse analysis and queer theory and showed that the newspapers creates a discourse that says contraception is used by women to prevent them from getting pregnant. The discourse also creates a way of defining sexuality and sexual practice as heterosexual and the sexual practice associated with contraception as an intercourse between a woman and a man. The articulations are formed by a heterosexual matrix, which explain women and men as each others opposites and makes them the only two sex/gender identities possible to identify one self as. A few articulations that challenge the main discourse shows possible ways of define contraception as something that not only applies to birth control but also something that prevents you from getting a sexual transmitted infection. (Less)
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author
Pettersson, Emma LU
supervisor
organization
course
GNVK01 20131
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
sex/gender, newspapers, contraception, sexuality, queer theory
language
Swedish
id
3812535
date added to LUP
2013-09-20 09:56:59
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2013-09-20 09:56:59
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  abstract     = {{This study has examined how four of the largest newspapers in Sweden writes about contraception. The text in the articles, understood as articulations, forms certain ways of defining contraception, who uses it and which sexualities and sexual practices that becomes normal within the definition. The articles was analyzed with theoretical discourse analysis and queer theory and showed that the newspapers creates a discourse that says contraception is used by women to prevent them from getting pregnant. The discourse also creates a way of defining sexuality and sexual practice as heterosexual and the sexual practice associated with contraception as an intercourse between a woman and a man. The articulations are formed by a heterosexual matrix, which explain women and men as each others opposites and makes them the only two sex/gender identities possible to identify one self as. A few articulations that challenge the main discourse shows possible ways of define contraception as something that not only applies to birth control but also something that prevents you from getting a sexual transmitted infection.}},
  author       = {{Pettersson, Emma}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{"Tjejerna är duktiga på att ta sina preventivmedel." En analys av dagens preventivmedelsdiskurser i fyra av Sveriges största dagstidningar.}},
  year         = {{2013}},
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