Koutroulis G
Department of Sociology, La Trobe University, Bundoora.
Community Health Stud. 1990;14(1):73-84. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.1990.tb00024.x.
A content analysis was carried out on obstetric and gynaecological textbooks recommended for medical students at four Australian universities. The texts were read for a hidden curriculum of sexist ideology. This study is a partial replication of a study carried out by Scully and Bart in the United States eighteen years ago. The findings of Scully and Bart demonstrated that obstetric and gynaecological texts contained outdated and erroneous views about women's sexuality and portrayed women in stereotyped roles. It was anticipated that institutionalized changes may have occurred since the time that Scully and Bart carried out their research and the texts would reflect this accordingly; particularly with the effect of the women's health movement which has been expressing dissatisfaction with the health care system. The findings of this research show that sexist ideology still pervades the obstetric and gynaecological texts, though to a lesser extent than eighteen years ago. There are some differences from what Scully and Bart discovered, but major similarities were found. The main difference between the results of this study and the findings of Scully and Bart, is that the majority of texts analysed here did not contain outdated and incorrect information about women's sexual response. For example, none of the texts refer to vaginal orgasm as the 'mature' response for women. The main similarity is that women's sexuality is still depicted with a heterosexual perspective, with marriage and mothering the 'natural' aspirations of all women.
对澳大利亚四所大学推荐给医学生的妇产科教科书进行了内容分析。阅读这些文本以寻找性别歧视意识形态的隐性课程。本研究部分重复了18年前斯卡利和巴特在美国进行的一项研究。斯卡利和巴特的研究结果表明，妇产科文本包含关于女性性行为的过时和错误观点，并将女性描绘成刻板的角色。预计自斯卡利和巴特进行研究以来可能已经发生了制度化的变化，文本也会相应地反映这一点；特别是受到对医疗保健系统表示不满的妇女健康运动的影响。这项研究的结果表明，性别歧视意识形态仍然充斥在妇产科文本中，尽管程度比18年前要轻。与斯卡利和巴特的发现存在一些差异，但也发现了主要的相似之处。本研究结果与斯卡利和巴特的发现之间的主要差异在于，这里分析的大多数文本不包含关于女性性反应的过时和错误信息。例如，没有一篇文本将阴道高潮视为女性的“成熟”反应。主要的相似之处在于，女性的性行为仍然从异性恋的角度来描述，婚姻和生育是所有女性的“自然”愿望。
