"Yes" to abortion but "No" to sexual rights: The paradoxical reality of married women in rural Tamil Nadu, India
"Yes" to abortion but "No" to sexual rights: The paradoxical reality of married women in rural Tamil Nadu, India
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10.1016/s0968-8080(04)23133-0
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2004-05-01
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Balasubramanian, P
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作者：
Ravindran, TKS;Balasubramanian, P
这项研究在印第奥的泰米尔纳德邦农村地区进行，探讨了印度许多已婚妇女接受人工流产而不是使用可逆避孕来间隔或限制生育的原因，涉及妇女在婚姻中的性权利和生殖权利，以及更普遍的夫妇之间的性别关系。其中一些人曾堕胎，另一些人没有，来自98个农村村庄。调查对象是66名妇女和44名她们的丈夫。未经同意的性行为、性暴力和妇女无法拒绝丈夫的性要求，似乎是年轻妇女和老年妇女都需要堕胎的原因。许多男性似乎认为婚内性行为是他们的权利，而女性在这件事上没有任何责任。调查结果提出了关于法律的堕胎与享有生殖和性权利之间假定联系的问题。在这项研究中，大量堕胎的妇女被剥夺了性权利，但却被允许，甚至被迫终止妊娠，其原因与她们选择堕胎的权利无关。这项研究使人们认识到，需要采取行动，促进妇女的性权利，并开展反对婚姻中的性暴力的运动。(C)2004年生殖健康问题。All rights reserved.
This study in rural Tamil Nadu, Indio, explored the reasons why many married women in India undergo induced abortions rather than use reversible contraception to space or limit births in terms of women's sexual and reproductive rights within marriage, and in the context of gender relations between couples more generally It is based on in-depth interviews with two generations of ever-married women, some of whom had had abortions and others who hod not, from 98 rural hamlets. The respondents were 66 women and 44 of their husbands. Non-consensual sex, sexual violence and women's inability to refuse their husband's sexual demands appeared to underlie the need for abortion in both younger and older women. Many men seemed to believe that sex within marriage was their right, and that women hod no soy in the matter The findings raise questions about the presumed association between legal abortion and the enjoyment of reproductive and sexual rights. A large number of women who had abortions in this study were denied their sexual rights but were permitted, even forced, to terminate their pregnancies for reasons unrelated to their right to choose abortion. The study brings home the need for activism to promote women's sexual rights and a campaign against sexual violence in marriage. (C) 2004 Reproductive Health Matters. All rights reserved.