Understanding Patriarchal Sexual Scripts in an Anonymous Survey Using Network Analysis
(2024) SIMZ21 20241Graduate School
- Abstract
- This thesis explores patriarchal sexual scripts through network analysis of data collected in an anonymous survey with a final sample of N = 1.029 responses. The aim is both conceptual and methodological insofar as the project uses Gaussian Graphical Models to develop a radical feminist point about patriarchal sexuality. For this purpose, the concept patriarchal sexual scripts is developed from radical feminist theory and sexual script theory and operationalised into a short questionnaire. Data was collected using this questionnaire in an anonymous public survey and analysed through several methods (descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, regression analysis, factor analysis, network analysis) with a focus on network analysis, within... (More)
- This thesis explores patriarchal sexual scripts through network analysis of data collected in an anonymous survey with a final sample of N = 1.029 responses. The aim is both conceptual and methodological insofar as the project uses Gaussian Graphical Models to develop a radical feminist point about patriarchal sexuality. For this purpose, the concept patriarchal sexual scripts is developed from radical feminist theory and sexual script theory and operationalised into a short questionnaire. Data was collected using this questionnaire in an anonymous public survey and analysed through several methods (descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, regression analysis, factor analysis, network analysis) with a focus on network analysis, within which four overarching themes can be detected: (1) sexual discomfort emerges as an overarching theme, (2) asymmetrical pleasure and phallocentrism are featured in all models, but configured differently according to gender, (3) masculine dominance emerges as a distinct theme for women, while (4) naturalized masculine initiative emerges as a distinct theme for men. These findings are interpreted to give a more nuanced account of radical feminist analysis of sexual intercourse and allow for a methodological discussion of the advantages and issues of network analysis in the context of understanding sexual scripts. (Less)
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- author
- Heyne, Ragna Lou LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SIMZ21 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Radical Feminism, Network Analysis, Sexual Scripts, Feminist Data Science, Survey Data
- language
- English
- id
- 9170886
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