NDLI: Conundrums of Desire: Sexual Discourses of Mexican-Origin Mothers

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Reyes, Daisy Verduzco
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Given the social construction of Latina sexuality as a social problem associated with high fertility and over-sexualization in popular media, Mexican-origin mothers use protective discourses to educate their daughters about their sexuality. Based on in-depth interviews with 34 Mexican-origin women (seventeen mother-daughter dyads), this study explores how mothers communicate with their daughters about not only sexual relations and virginity directly, but also the relevant topics of menstruation, tampon use, and masturbation. I find that mothers’ tend to employ one of two types of sexual discourse: disembodied and objectified or embodied and subjective. In the disembodied and objectified view, mothers urge their daughters to remain virgins until marriage—even avoiding tampon use in order to do so—and expect their daughters to have no interest in sexual pleasure prior to sexual initiation by a man. In the embodied and subjective view, mothers emphasize that sex should be an expression of love and connectedness, ideally in marriage, but they have more flexible views regarding menstruation and masturbation. These findings suggest that Mexican-origin women’s ideas about sexuality are dynamic and complex, while also broadening our understanding of how and through what topics mothers and daughters talk about sex.
Starting Page	1020
Ending Page	1041
Page Count	22
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10955143
Journal	Sexuality and Culture
Volume Number	20
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	19364822
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2016-07-11
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Latina sexualities Sexual subjectivities Mothering Menstruation Virginity Masturbation Social Sciences Personality and Social Psychology Psychology Regional and Cultural Studies
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Gender Studies Cultural Studies

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