Faire de son couple une cause
Drawing on interviews with fourteen women patients experiencing sexual difficulties and having consulted a sexologist, this article analyzes the role of coupledom in their experience. Specifically, the data reveal that relationship issues are the underlying causes for their sexology consultations an...
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| Language: | fra |
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Genre, Sexualité et Société
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Genre, Sexualité et Société |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/gss/4114 |
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| Summary: | Drawing on interviews with fourteen women patients experiencing sexual difficulties and having consulted a sexologist, this article analyzes the role of coupledom in their experience. Specifically, the data reveal that relationship issues are the underlying causes for their sexology consultations and that they interrupt their sexuality through the lens of coupledom, as do to many of their peers. However, analyzing their explanations for their decisions to see a sexologist, the article shows that these women mobilize two registers drawing on two distinct perspectives about sexuality to justify themselves. First, they usually use a register of “necessity.” They resort to sexology in direct response to the perceived threat that their relationship will end because of a lack of sex, which either goes against an egalitarian ideal they have of sexuality in a relationship, or because they think it may lead to infidelity. Then, usually later in the interview, they use a register of “intention.” They talk of their choice as a project in their relationships, which is part of a larger strategy of constructing and managing their couples. |
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| ISSN: | 2104-3736 |