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Publication date: 26 April 2022

Hilary L. Coulson, Yali Zou and Frank Fernandez

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Transformational University Leadership
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ISBN: 978-1-83982-118-9

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Publication date: 14 October 2022

Esmée Sinéad Hanna and Brendan Gough

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(In)Fertile Male Bodies
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ISBN: 978-1-80071-609-4

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Publication date: 4 June 2021

Samantha Keene

Mainstream pornography is popular, freely accessible, and infused with themes of male dominance, aggression, and female subservience. Through depicting sex in these ways…

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Mainstream pornography is popular, freely accessible, and infused with themes of male dominance, aggression, and female subservience. Through depicting sex in these ways, mainstream pornography has the potential to influence the further development of harmful sexual scripts that condone or endorse violence against women and girls. These concerns warrant the adoption of a harms-based perspective in critical examinations of pornography's influence on sexual experiences. This chapter reports on findings from interviews with 24 heterosexual emerging adults living in Aotearoa/New Zealand about how pornography has impacted their lives. Despite a shared awareness among participants of mainstream pornography's misogynistic tendencies, and the potential for harm from those displays, men's and women's experiences were profoundly gendered. Men's reported experiences were often associated with concerns about their own sexual behaviors, performances, and/or abilities. Conversely, women's experiences were often shaped by how pornography had affected the way that men related to them sexually. Their experiences included instances of sexual coercion and assault which were not reported by the men. These findings signal the need for a gendered lens, situated within a broader harms-based perspective, in examinations of pornography's influence.

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The Emerald International Handbook of Technology-Facilitated Violence and Abuse
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ISBN: 978-1-83982-849-2

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Publication date: 27 June 2022

Harriet Bradley, Richard Waller and Laura Bentley

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Selling Our Youth
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ISBN: 978-1-80117-239-4

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Publication date: 27 July 2022

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The Affective Researcher
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ISBN: 978-1-80262-336-9

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Publication date: 18 March 2024

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Building a Better Normal
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ISBN: 978-1-80455-413-5

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Publication date: 26 October 2022

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Recognizing Promise
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ISBN: 978-1-80262-703-9

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Publication date: 9 August 2012

Elena Frank

The discovery of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes has facilitated the construction of a new group of women referred to as “previvors” – individuals who are survivors of a predisposition…

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The discovery of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes has facilitated the construction of a new group of women referred to as “previvors” – individuals who are survivors of a predisposition to cancer but who are not presently ill. These “previvors” constitute the first generation of women faced with the option to make preventative health choices based on this kind of genetic information. Therefore, this research examines how young BRCA positive women negotiate the medicalization of their bodies based on their new “potentially ill” status. Analyzing the posts in an online forum specifically for “young previvors,” the findings indicate that the majority share an “anything's better than cancer” mantra, suggesting that fear of death largely outweighs all other fears or concerns. Consequently, asserting control by taking preventative action is considered a mechanism for quelling the fear, uncertainty, and stress associated with being a BRCA gene carrier. Constructed as a medical diagnosis, carrying the BRCA mutation is consequently perceived as requiring a corresponding medical treatment. As such, despite the connection these women describe feeling with the “parts that make them a woman,” they appear to believe that they must undergo prophylactic surgery and disassociate from their bodies in order to save their lives. Ultimately, they convince themselves to view their breasts and ovaries simply as nonessential organs, rather than as core components of their feminine, sexual, and reproductive identities.

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Issues in Health and Health Care Related to Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, SES and Gender
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ISBN: 978-1-78190-125-0

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Publication date: 9 May 2022

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Theory of Change
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ISBN: 978-1-80071-787-9

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Publication date: 8 August 2022

Carola Boehm

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Arts and Academia
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ISBN: 978-1-83867-730-5

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