"A Woman Should Still Be a Woman” – A Grounded Theory of the Origins of Sexual Pain and Difficulties with Intercourse

Thula Koops; Peer Briken

doi:10.1080/0092623X.2021.1942348

"A Woman Should Still Be a Woman” – A Grounded Theory of the Origins of Sexual Pain and Difficulties with Intercourse

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"A Woman Should Still Be a Woman” – A Grounded Theory of the Origins of Sexual Pain and Difficulties with Intercourse. / Koops, Thula ; Briken, Peer.

In: J SEX MARITAL THER, Vol. 47, No. 7, 2021, p. 707-720.

Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review

Harvard

Koops, T & Briken, P 2021, '"A Woman Should Still Be a Woman” – A Grounded Theory of the Origins of Sexual Pain and Difficulties with Intercourse', J SEX MARITAL THER, vol. 47, no. 7, pp. 707-720. https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623X.2021.1942348

APA

Koops, T., & Briken, P. (2021). "A Woman Should Still Be a Woman” – A Grounded Theory of the Origins of Sexual Pain and Difficulties with Intercourse. J SEX MARITAL THER, 47(7), 707-720. https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623X.2021.1942348

Vancouver

Koops T , Briken P. "A Woman Should Still Be a Woman” – A Grounded Theory of the Origins of Sexual Pain and Difficulties with Intercourse. J SEX MARITAL THER. 2021;47(7):707-720. https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623X.2021.1942348

Bibtex

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abstract = "The origin of women{\textquoteright}s sexual pain and difficulties with intercourse is still under-researched. The aim of this study was to examine women{\textquoteright}s constructions of origins. Twenty-eight participants previously diagnosed with vaginismus or dyspareunia were recruited via patient lists and private practices. Interviews had a semi-structured biographic-narrative format; transcripts were analyzed using Grounded Theory. Participants{\textquoteright} narratives were constructed based on two major processes: Negotiating Womanhood and Othering the Body. They were integrated in an explanatory model. Identified processes permeated women{\textquoteright}s subjective experience and construction of the origin of their sexual difficulties, and were related to societal discourses and women{\textquoteright}s embodied experience.",

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