Fahs Breanne
Women and Gender Studies Program, Arizona State University, Glendale, AZ, USA.
Body Image. 2014 Jun;11(3):210-8. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.03.002. Epub 2014 Apr 3.
An emerging body of research targets women's relationship to their genitals, particularly as pubic hair removal and the promotion of female genital surgeries increase in popularity and visibility. This study asked women to discuss their subjective feelings about three related but distinct genital attitudes: pubic hair grooming, sex during menstruation, and genital/vaginal self-image. Specifically, this study applied thematic analysis to qualitative interviews with a community sample of 20 women (mean age=34, SD=13.35) from diverse ages, races, and sexual identity backgrounds to illuminate seven themes in women's narratives about their vaginas: (1) "dirty" or "gross"; (2) needing maintenance; (3) unknown or frustrating; (4) unnatural; (5) comparative; (6) ambivalent; (7) affirmative. Overwhelmingly, women used strong emotional language when discussing their genitals, often evoking descriptions of anxiety, excess, and need for control. Fusions between sexuality and body image, and connections between "genital panics" and internalized racism, sexism, and homophobia, also appeared.
越来越多的研究关注女性与自身生殖器的关系，尤其是随着刮除阴毛和推广女性生殖器手术的现象越来越普遍且受到关注。这项研究要求女性讨论她们对三种相关但又不同的生殖器态度的主观感受：阴毛修剪、经期性行为以及生殖器/阴道自我形象。具体而言，本研究对来自不同年龄、种族和性取向背景的20名女性（平均年龄 = 34岁，标准差 = 13.35）组成的社区样本进行定性访谈，并运用主题分析法，以阐明女性关于其阴道的叙述中的七个主题：(1) “脏”或“恶心”；(2) 需要保养；(3) 未知或令人沮丧；(4) 不自然；(5) 比较性的；(6) 矛盾的；(7) 肯定的。绝大多数情况下，女性在谈论自己的生殖器时使用了强烈的情感语言，常常引发焦虑、过度和控制需求等描述。性取向与身体形象之间的融合，以及“生殖器恐慌”与内化的种族主义、性别歧视和恐同症之间的联系也有所显现。
