Sexual Practices Of Women Research Articles

Italian women who have sex with women: prevalence and co-occurrence of sexual practices.

Sexuality research on the sexual practices of women who have sex with women (WSW) has thus far mostly centered on risk factors and addressed a limited number of practices, with a focus on oral sex and insertive vaginal sex. This study arises from the need to fill such a significant gap, which prevents researchers, clinicians, and policy makers from being adequately up-to-date on the sexual habits and tendencies of this population. A multiple-choice questionnaire was completed by 723 WSW with a mean (SD) age of29.14 (6.94) years. The survey included closed questions on sexual practices, including genital and oral sex, but also nongenital sexual contact (petting and intercrural sex), anal sex, and kinky practices. The most common sexual practices were self-masturbation (99.03%), oral sex (performed or received, 98.20%), and insertive genital sex (performed or received, 89.07%). Half of our sample had tried kinky practices at least once in a lifetime (51.31%). Respondents tended to experiment sexually more with stable partners rather than with casual ones. Comparisons among practices in the lesbian and bisexual population are presented. Providers should be aware that sexual orientations have their own specificities, including sexuality and practices, which should increase their knowledge and comfort in working with sexual minorities. The novel topic of the study addresses the gap in sexuality research among WSW. Strengths include the sex-positive approach, the inclusion of an array of sexual practices, and the consideration of the specificities of the group. Limitations in the generalization of the results are the cross-sectional design and the explicit topic, which may have kept some persons from responding. We propose the framing of sex as going beyond genital contact, and we invite clinicians and researchers who come into contact with WSW to be aware that sexual orientation can be associated with specificities regarding sexuality and sexual practices.

Sexual practices of women who have sex with women and condom use

Objective: to analyze the sexual practice of women who have sex with women and its association with condom use. Methods: correlational study involving 231 women who have sex with women, recruited through electronic application (Instagram and WhatsApp). A questionnaire was applied through Google Forms, containing sociodemographic data, sexual history, and the types of sexual practices. Results: most women performed oral sex (86.4%) and manual sex (86.9%) without using condoms. A large proportion (84.8%) reported the use of fomites in sexual practices without condoms. The inexistence of a fixed partnership (p=0.000) and the performance of sex with vaginal contact (p=0.013) were associated with sexual intercourse without condoms. Conclusion: the sexual practice of women who have sex with women points to greater vulnerability to sexually transmitted infections, by practicing oral and vaginal sex with manual practices without the use of barrier methods.

Cultural factors and sexual practices of women living with HIV / AIDS in South West, Nigeria.

The study examined the cultural factors and sexual practices of women living with HIV/AIDS in South West, Nigeria. Three states were chosen out of the six states in South West. One hundred and Eighty Three women living with HIV/AIDS were drawn from the three states. Descriptive survey research design was used for the study. A questionnaire titled “Questionnaire on women living with HIV/AIDS (QWLH/A)” was administered on the respondents. The findings revealed that there is high significant relationship between cultural factor and sexual practices in placing women on the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS. Based on the findings, it was recommended that government should introduce sex education for young Nigerians. The practice of widow inheritance can die slowly by testing both parties involved before the inheritance is carried out.

VIOLÊNCIA SEXUAL CONTRA A MULHER

A violência sexual sofrida por mulheres é um problema de saúde pública. Segundo a Organização das Nações Unidas, estima-se que um terço das mulheres no mundo já foram vítimas de violência. Ademais, existe uma forte relação entre declínios cognitivos, disfunções sexuais e a manutenção de Transtorno de Estresse Pós-Traumático em mulheres vitimadas. Por esse motivo, o objetivo deste trabalho foi evidenciar o olhar da Psicologia, mais especificamente das neurociências, sobre as práticas sexuais de mulheres, por meio de uma revisão bibliográfica. Discutir a vida sexual de mulheres vítimas de violência sexual revelou-se como um problema para esta investigação, pela escassez nas análises psicológicas, especialmente as inseridas no âmbito da cognição e das neurociências. Porém, os dados encontrados revelaram que existe uma preocupação, principalmente em outros países, para retornar estas mulheres a uma vida sexual satisfatória. É cabível uma reflexão sobre a necessidade de maiores estudos por meio da cognição e das neurociências, especialmente no que se refere ao desenvolvimento de metodologias para abarcar as necessidades dessas mulheres e meios de proporcionar melhoria na qualidade de vida de maneira geral, e em termos de vida sexual, de maneira específica.

Description of sexual practices of women who have sex with other women to HIV / AIDS in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire)

The response to HIV must be based on all situations of risk and vulnerability related to sexual behavior. Sexual practices of women who have sex with other women to HIV described in his study come within this framework. This transversal and descriptive study on the sexual practices of 150 women who have sex with other women to HIV was conducted from July to September 2010 in Abidjan. Mean age of the respondents was 26.6 years. Among them, 21.3% was illiterate, 41.4% had no earned income and 57.3% was Christians. At the time of data collection, the majority (70.7%) did not know their HIV status. The analysis of sexual practices has found 13.3% of lesbians, bisexual, 36% and 50.7% of women who say they are lesbian even if they have had sex with men. Women who have sex with other women had sexual risk behavior. It was mostly the non-systematic use of the condom during sexual relation (60%). Among the 26.7% of respondents who had lesbian practices with penetration, 40% took no precaution to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Taking into account these results could help to develop specific strategies to promote responsible sexual practices among women who have sex with other women.

DIREITO E SEXUALIDADE

O presente trabalho faz uma leitura da situação da mulher no início do século XX no campo da sexualidade e das sucessivas leis que contribuíram para o surgimento da mulher atual. Trata-se de uma revisão bibliográfica envolvendo Tratados de Direitos, Legislações e obras relativas ao tema. O Código Civil de 1916 propunha um ordenamento em moldes patriarcais, sendo a mulher considerada um ser inferior. A sexualidade e a prática sexual da mulher eram reprimidas tanto na família quanto na sociedade estando sujeita a punições legais caso agisse de forma contrária a moral socialmente estabelecida. Sucessivas mudanças nos dispositivos legais (Estatuto da Mulher Casada de 1962, Lei do Divórcio de 1977, Código Civil de 2002 entre outros) permitiram que assumisse status de igualdade em relação aos homens e o controle sobre o próprio corpo. Embora existam resistências ao novo modelo de mulher, são significativos os ganhos obtidos no campo jurídico e sexual.

Perception of women on cancer screening and sexual behavior in a rural area, Jamaica: Is there a public health problem?

Background:The Ministry of Health in Jamaica recommends that cervical cancer screening be undergo by women 25-54 years old. The age range is based on international standards, but this is in need for revision based on the parish of St. Thomas.Aims:The study aimed to evaluate the perception and practice of Pap smear and the sexual practices of women in St. Thomas in order to aid policy.Patients and Methods:This is a cross-sectional descriptive study of 210 women (15-54 years) from St. Thomas, Jamaica.Results:Eighty eight percent of the sample had done a Pap smear and 24% indicated that they did this at least once every 12 months. The Pap smear results revealed that 83.2% of the sample was normal and 11.5% of the participants knew that their Pap smear was abnormal. Eighty percent of those with abnormal Pap smear were aged between 20-35 years. Sixty percent indicated that they did not believe they were infected with any STDs, but the Pap smear results showed that 76.4% of them had STDs. Eighty-three percent of the sample indicated having one sexual partner; 22.1% indicated that they began having sex before 15 years; 71% began having sex at 15-20 years; 76% of the sample used a condom and 12% reported that they had never practiced safe sex.Conclusion:This study finds that the age interval for conducting Pap smear screening should be lowered to 20 years for women in the parish of St. Thomas, Jamaica.

Sexual practices of women within six months of childbirth in Mulago hospital, Uganda.

To establish the sexual practices and their associated morbidity among women within 6 months of childbirth in Kampala Uganda. Cross-sectional descriptive study. The three Mulago hospital child immunization clinics. Two hundred and seventeen eligible mothers took part in the study from November to December 2001. Time to resumption of sexual intercourse after childbirth, reasons for resumption and problems associated with it. Partially coded questionnaires Sexual intercourse was resumed by 66.4% of the women within six months of childbirth. Of these 49.3% did so during the puerperium. The main reasons for early resumption of sexual intercourse were husbands' demands, cultural demands and inherent inability to do without sexual intercourse but not level of education of mothers. Of the mothers who resumed sexual intercourse 22.2% had sexual problems. The problems included vaginal pain (62.5%), discharge (18.8%), bleeding (15.6%) and bruises or tears (3.1%). Perineal or genital damage at the time of delivery was not associated with a delayed resumption of sexual intercourse with (OR1.08, 95% CI 0.51-2.30). Of those who had sexual intercourse and had problems only 59.4% sought medical assistance. The reasons for not resuming sexual intercourse within six months of delivery included advise from health workers (38.4%), husbands were away (21.9%), no interest (21.9%) and not feeling well(17.8%). Most women resumed sexual intercourse within six months of childbirth and had high morbidity. There is need for appropriate postpartum sexual practice advice. SITE OF STUDY: Mulago hospital.

Boundaries of Legitimacy: Sex, Violence, Citizenship, and Community in a Local Sexual Economy

Studies of prostitution have overlooked the role of law in constituting the identities and sexual practices of women in the sex trade and defining the boundary between legitimate and illegitimate violence in the sexual economy. Drawing on field work with sex trade participants in a northwestern United States city, this paper explores how the cultural logic of modern liberal law shapes women's identities and interpretations of their actions. In positioning women in the sex trade as “sexual outlaws” to be managed and subjected to the full scope of legal authority, the law simultaneously limits women's citizenship and withdraws its protection. Moreover, in restricting women's capacity to invoke fundamental legal rights, the law effectively sanctions “private” or extralegal forms of discipline and creates a space for violence. Given the paradoxical position these women hold as sexual outlaws on the one hand and frequent victims of physical and sexual assault on the other, I explore how they negotiate consent and resist violence.

The African Sexual System: Comment on Caldwell et al.

This rebuttal to the Caldwell et al article positing a distinctly African sexual system is based on pointing out the bias in selecting data that may not be representative or universal. The authors identify methodological flaws and ethnographic omissions. It is concluded that there is evidence that does not support the existence of a distinctive African pattern of sexuality but rather a wide variety of patterns in sub-Saharan Africa. Many African populations have very strict controls over female sexuality. The social context of AIDS transmission in Africa must take into account the economics of increasing urbanization labor migration urban poverty and poor sanitation. Sexual practices alone should not be isolated in any policy-oriented study. Education and improved living conditions are 2 important intervention strategies. In the discussion of methodological flaws it is mentioned that there were no moral and institutional limitations on sexual practices of women in particular and the nature of the sexual system leads to the spread of AIDS. Substantiation of this thesis was made without putting the studies in the context of representativeness or time frame. Even in the referenced studies there are cautionary warnings about the lack of representativeness. The 1st flaw then is the absence of explicit criteria of inclusion/exclusion of the literature. The 2nd flaw is that equal weight is given to studies conducted in the 1920s and present ones with no recognition of change. The 3rd flaw is that too few examples are used to extrapolate to the whole of sub-Saharan Africa. The 4th flaw is the inappropriate use of the central piece of supporting evidence the Molnos collection. Ethnographic omissions distort the original conceptualizations. A primary source provided by Goody of comparative Eurasian and African societies presents for example African sexuality as deriving from the economic context but Caldwell et al. present it as a determinant in and of itself. Other studies cited which complicate their thesis are minimized. Although there is agreement that sexuality is a neglected theme in the ethnographic literature there is ample published evidence to contradict the idea that there is a sexual pattern general to Africa and to support the notion that sexuality is regulated. There is considerable support for a diverse view of sexual behavior and lineage ties have weakened and lead to conjugal instability matrifocality and single parenthood not the nuclear family.