Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans
Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2019
Öğrenci: Yeliz Turan Yunusoğlu
Danışman: FATMA YILDIZ ECEVİT
Özet:The purpose of the current study was to explore cultural, interpersonal, and intrapsychic sexual scripts framing vaginismus in Turkey and situate women’s personal experiences of vaginismus in the patriarchal discourse rather than putting them into health and illness domain. In order to better capture women’s subjective experiences of vaginismus, semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 11 women who overcame vaginismus in the recent past in Turkey. In analyzing data, thematic analysis was used and feminist research practices were reflected upon research behavior. Six overarching sexual scripts at the cultural, interpersonal, and intrapsychic levels were identified from participants’ reports. These sexual scripts included (1) fear and (2) virginity at the cultural level; (3) sexual incompatibility and (4) sexual performance at the interpersonal level; (5) sexual inhibition and (6) social comparison at the intrapsychic level. The results suggested that sexual scripts at three different levels were highly infected with sexual double standards, which had detrimental impact on women’s sexual health and satisfaction. The results were discussed in terms of their implications for individual transformation and social change and they reflect the need for studying women’s sexual problems from an interdisciplinary framework whereby the myths and discourses on female sexuality can be revealed.