Girls' experiences of menarche and menstruation
Girls' experiences of menarche and menstruation
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DOI：
10.1080/02646830500165846
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发表时间：
2005-08-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Johnson, S
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作者：
Burrows, A;Johnson, S
对有关女孩和妇女初潮和月经经历的文献进行审查后发现，传统和女权主义研究及理论中存在许多负面表述，但也有少数研究强调了积极方面。定性研究已经开始展示经验是如何构建的，为了进一步发展这一点，本文的目的是研究女孩如何在社会交往和特定背景下构建月经初潮和月经的意义。分析是由一个自反性的女权主义建构主义的方法。从九个女孩，年龄在12至15岁之间，谁参加了两个焦点小组讨论的数据进行了分析，与现有的文献。理论上，发展和变化，特定的环境，社会文化的表征和实践构建了与月经有关的意义。与其他女权主义文学一样，初潮和月经在很大程度上被构造为尴尬，可耻和隐藏的东西，特别是在学校环境中。月经也被认为是疾病。与性别有关的差异叙述的产生和延续也很明显。对个人的影响，以及对女孩和妇女的征服，进行了讨论，有人认为，目前的负面陈述，以及有关的做法，初潮和月经需要挑战。
A review of the literature on girls' and women's experiences of menarche and menstruation revealed many negative representations, both in traditional and feminist research and theorizing, though a few studies have highlighted positive aspects. Qualitative research has begun to show how experience is constructed and, to develop this further, the aim of this article is to examine how girls construct meaning around menarche and menstruation in social interactions and specific contexts. Analysis is informed by a reflexive feminist constructionist approach. Data from nine girls, aged between 12 and 15, who participated in two focus group discussions are analysed alongside existing literature. It is theorized that developing and changing, context specific, socio-cultural representations and practices construct meanings in relation to menstruation. In common with other feminist literature, menarche and menstruation were largely constructed as embarrassing, shameful and something to be hidden, specifically within the school context. Menstruation was also constructed as illness. The production and perpetuation of gender-related difference narratives was also evident. Implications for individuals, as well as for the subjugation of girls and women, are discussed, and it is argued that current negative representations of, and practices in relation to, menarche and menstruation need to be challenged.