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| Title: |
Sexual Health among Young Somali Women in Sweden: Living with
Conflicting Culturally Determined Sexual Ideologies |
| Fulltext: |
Available
as: PDF
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| Author: |
Johnsdotter, Sara and Essén, Birgitta |
| Year: |
2004 |
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| Document Type: |
Conference Paper |
| Conference: |
Advancing Knowledge on Psycho-Sexual Effects of FGM/C: Assessing
the Evidence |
| Conference location: |
Alexandria, Egypt. |
| Status: |
Unpublished |
| Refereed: |
No |
| Abstract: |
Young Somali women in Sweden are affected by two conflicting
ideologies on sexuality: on theone hand, the traditional values
demanding chastity and modesty in women and, on the otherhand, the
public sexual ideology in Sweden, emphasising sexual liberty and the
dismissal of sexual taboos.In addition, they have to deal with
national campaigns condemning “female genital mutilation”.Some of
these young women arrived in Sweden already circumcised. The public
message to themis that they are “mutilated” and, consequently,
deprived of their ability to enjoy sex.A planned project, Sexual
Health among Young Somali Women in Sweden, aims at a
deeperunderstanding of the sexual experiences among older Somali
women in Sweden, and intends tomap the internal discourse in this
field. The study also intends to find methods of transferring
apositive self-image of sexuality, prevalent among older Somali
women, to the younger women.1Discussing sexual matters is
traditionally taboo among Somalis. Even if this situation is
changingin exile, many young Swedish Somali women have to make their
sexual débuts with only limitedknowledge about the possibilities of
their own sexuality. |
| Subject: |
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| Department: |
Administrative,
Economics and Social Sciences: Department of Sociology: Social
Anthropology
Faculty
of Medicine: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Malmö
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| Document id: |
18019 | |