From Taboo to Pleasure: A Study of Breast Cancer Survivorship and Sexual Selfhood in the UK

从禁忌到快乐：英国乳腺癌幸存者和性自我的研究

• 批准号: 2745901
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: King's College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2745901
• 关键词: Taboo; Pleasure; Study; Breast; Cancer

One in seven women in the UK will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. Advances in detection and treatment are leading to improved survival rates, and the median age at diagnosis is reducing each year, therefore research into quality of life in survivorship is a necessary and growing field. Studies show that the impact on sexuality in people living with and beyond cancer remains the treatment burden least addressed or resolved despite the importance of sexual wellbeing to quality of life. Existing research into the impact of cancer on sexual wellbeing pays little attention to the role of social and cultural attitudes towards sex and gender in shaping people's experiences of their own sexuality. Studies tend to use narrow measures and frameworks which view sexual function through a male-centred lens, assuming heterosexuality and medicalising women's sexual health. This project will use participatory research methods toc reate a framework for understanding sexual selfhood in participants living with and beyond breast cancer in a UK context; use mixed-method research to gather data on people's physical and emotional sense of a sexual self; and will explore the impact and potential of creative group workshops on participants' experiences of sexuality after breast cancer. The project will address a significant need by prioritising the experiences of cancer survivors and bringing together academic, medical and artistic realms to examinesexual selfhood.

在英国，七分之一的女性在一生中会患上乳腺癌。检测和治疗的进步正在提高生存率，诊断时的中位年龄每年都在降低，因此对生存质量的研究是一个必要且不断增长的领域。研究表明，尽管性健康对生活质量很重要，但对癌症患者和癌症患者的性行为的影响仍然是治疗负担中最少解决或解决的问题。现有的癌症对性健康影响的研究很少关注社会和文化对性和性别的态度在塑造人们自己的性体验方面的作用。研究往往使用狭隘的衡量标准和框架，从以男性为中心的透镜看待性功能，假设是异性恋，并将妇女的性健康医学化。该项目将使用参与性研究方法，以创建一个框架，以了解在英国背景下患有乳腺癌和超越乳腺癌的参与者的性自我;使用混合方法研究收集人们对性自我的身体和情感感觉的数据;并将探索创造性小组研讨会对参与者乳腺癌后性体验的影响和潜力。该项目将通过优先考虑癌症幸存者的经历，并将学术，医学和艺术领域聚集在一起来研究性自我，从而解决一个重要的需求。