A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Negotiating Norms: Girls, Pornography and Sexual Scripts in Finnish Question and Answer Forum




AuthorsSanna Spišák

PublisherSAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD

Publication year2017

JournalYoung

Volume25

Issue4

First page 359

Last page374

Number of pages16

ISSN1103-3088

eISSN1741-3222

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1177/1103308816660482

Web address http://you.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/11/03/1103308816660482.full.pdf+html


Abstract

Drawing on 91 pornography-related submissions sent by young Finns to a moderated question and answer forum on sexual health, this article explores the personal narratives of adolescents on pornography use. Special attention is given to the submissions by girls to explore the widely circulated narratives on the sexualization of adolescence more precisely. In focusing on these accounts of sexual exploration, learning and the pursuit of pleasure, the article examines how girls’ interests in sexually explicit media can be reflexively understood in the context of everyday sexual practices that are already socially constructed and negotiated. The material reveals that Finnish girls depict themselves as invested with substantial agency, competence and volition despite the occasional gender-specific anxieties that their encounters with pornography have created.



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