Parental Communications and Young Women's Struggle for Sexual Agency

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dc.contributor.authorAverett, Paigeen
dc.contributor.committeechairBenson, Mark J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFew-Demo, April L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFu, Victoria R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPiercy, Fred P.en
dc.contributor.departmentHuman Developmenten
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:20:17Zen
dc.date.adate2005-01-17en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:20:17Zen
dc.date.issued2004-12-03en
dc.date.rdate2005-01-17en
dc.date.sdate2004-12-14en
dc.description.abstractThis qualitative study examined how 14 young women's sexual desire and agency was influenced by the messages communicated from their parents and the quality of the parent-child relationship. Previous research results were supported, such as: parents do not communicate about sex frequently, or only about limited topics; mothers communicate more frequently than fathers, and peers communicate more sexual information. Utilizing a postmodern, feminist position, themes of parental transmission of patriarchal social controls were found, such as: fear of being viewed as a slut, gender roles that demand female passivity, sex is scary, and young women are not to have sex, or only in the context of committed relationships. Implications for parenting practices and the importance of developing sexual agency are discussed.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-12142004-161236en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12142004-161236/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/30091en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartAverettDissertation.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSexual Agencyen
dc.subjectParentingen
dc.subjectFeminist Theoryen
dc.subjectDesireen
dc.subjectAdolescent Womenen
dc.titleParental Communications and Young Women's Struggle for Sexual Agencyen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineHuman Developmenten
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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