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Fortællinger om Prævention & Ansvar. Et kvalitativt studie om unge heteroseksuelles forhandling og brug af prævention

Ravn, Lærke Cecilie LU (2018) SOCK04 20172
Department of Sociology
Sociology
Abstract
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to look into stories and expectations that appear and influence young heterosexuals in their negotiations of contraceptive use and responsibility. Using qualitative method the study is based on a focus group interview with women and men. The focus group interview is complimented by individual interviews with respectively men and women. The thesis brings up questions about risks – mainly unwanted pregnancy and sexual transmitted diseases. It looks into the logics that apply for risks among young heterosexuals and how these perceptions are used to justify unsafe sex. Furthermore it looks into the ideas and expectations that apply to the meeting of a sexual partner and to the act of the sexual intercourse.... (More)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to look into stories and expectations that appear and influence young heterosexuals in their negotiations of contraceptive use and responsibility. Using qualitative method the study is based on a focus group interview with women and men. The focus group interview is complimented by individual interviews with respectively men and women. The thesis brings up questions about risks – mainly unwanted pregnancy and sexual transmitted diseases. It looks into the logics that apply for risks among young heterosexuals and how these perceptions are used to justify unsafe sex. Furthermore it looks into the ideas and expectations that apply to the meeting of a sexual partner and to the act of the sexual intercourse. The thesis has its theoretical basis within the social constructivist paradigm. In order to unfold and interpret the stories and expectations that emerge in the empirical data, I use theoretical contributions from Jeffery C. Alexander, Erving Goffman, Scott & Lyman’s terminology about accounts and Foucault’s sexuality concept by Henning Bech. Through my analysis I point out nine stories, that appear and influence young heterosexuals in their negotiation of contraceptives and responsibility. Based on these stories I finally claim that young men and women share responsibility for contraception quite unequally, and that rather traditional ideas of gender and sexuality influence the perceptions and stories that apply to the negotiation of contraceptive use and responsibility. (Less)
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author
Ravn, Lærke Cecilie LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOCK04 20172
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Contraception, Birth control, Responsibility, Gender Norms, Sexuality, Young heterosexuals
language
Danish
id
8934929
date added to LUP
2018-02-08 15:32:22
date last changed
2018-02-08 15:32:22
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  abstract     = {{The aim of this bachelor thesis is to look into stories and expectations that appear and influence young heterosexuals in their negotiations of contraceptive use and responsibility. Using qualitative method the study is based on a focus group interview with women and men. The focus group interview is complimented by individual interviews with respectively men and women. The thesis brings up questions about risks – mainly unwanted pregnancy and sexual transmitted diseases. It looks into the logics that apply for risks among young heterosexuals and how these perceptions are used to justify unsafe sex. Furthermore it looks into the ideas and expectations that apply to the meeting of a sexual partner and to the act of the sexual intercourse. The thesis has its theoretical basis within the social constructivist paradigm. In order to unfold and interpret the stories and expectations that emerge in the empirical data, I use theoretical contributions from Jeffery C. Alexander, Erving Goffman, Scott & Lyman’s terminology about accounts and Foucault’s sexuality concept by Henning Bech. Through my analysis I point out nine stories, that appear and influence young heterosexuals in their negotiation of contraceptives and responsibility. Based on these stories I finally claim that young men and women share responsibility for contraception quite unequally, and that rather traditional ideas of gender and sexuality influence the perceptions and stories that apply to the negotiation of contraceptive use and responsibility.}},
  author       = {{Ravn, Lærke Cecilie}},
  language     = {{dan}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Fortællinger om Prævention & Ansvar. Et kvalitativt studie om unge heteroseksuelles forhandling og brug af prævention}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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