'I think in some way you're afraid to lose your dignity, maybe': Exploring Danish girls concerns in relation to sexual activity

Katrine Bindesbøl Holm Johansen, Bodil Maria Pedersen, Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review

Resumé

This article explores the issue of girls’ concerns about sexual activity in a liberal Nordic context. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among young people in Denmark, the article identifies three types of concerns girls can have about sexual activity: social expectations, relational expectations and dignity. Whilst contemporary research has tended to focus on the influence different sexual morality discourses have in shaping different expectations and concerns about these, little attention seems to be paid to girls’ normative concerns about sex related to well-being. This article sheds light on how these normative concerns are related to girls’ sense of dignity based on Andrew Sayer’s work on dignity and moral sentiments. Finally, the article argues that tension between sexual morality discourses and moral sentiments may be the source of resistance that girls practise with a new ‘fuckboy’ discourse.This article explores the issue of girls’ concerns about sexual activity in a liberal Nordic context. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among young people in Denmark, the article identifies three types of concerns girls can have about sexual activity: social expectations, relational expectations and dignity. Whilst contemporary research has tended to focus on the influence different sexual morality discourses have in shaping different expectations and concerns about these, little attention seems to be paid to girls’ normative concerns about sex related to well-being. This article sheds light on how these normative concerns are related to girls’ sense of dignity based on Andrew Sayer’s work on dignity and moral sentiments. Finally, the article argues that tension between sexual morality discourses and moral sentiments may be the source of resistance that girls practise with a new ‘fuckboy’ discourse.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftEuropean Journal of Women's Studies
ISSN1350-5068
StatusE-pub ahead of print - feb. 2019

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Bindesbøl Holm Johansen, Katrine ; Pedersen, Bodil Maria ; Tjørnhøj-Thomsen, Tine . / 'I think in some way you're afraid to lose your dignity, maybe' : Exploring Danish girls concerns in relation to sexual activity. I: European Journal of Women's Studies. 2019.
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'I think in some way you're afraid to lose your dignity, maybe' : Exploring Danish girls concerns in relation to sexual activity. / Bindesbøl Holm Johansen, Katrine; Pedersen, Bodil Maria; Tjørnhøj-Thomsen, Tine .

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Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review

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Bindesbøl Holm Johansen K, Pedersen BM, Tjørnhøj-Thomsen T. 'I think in some way you're afraid to lose your dignity, maybe': Exploring Danish girls concerns in relation to sexual activity. European Journal of Women's Studies. 2019 feb.