Stephanie Cosma
Biographic Data
| ID | 188030 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephanie Cosma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephanie |
| FAMILY NAME | Cosma |
| SIGNATURE | COSMA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Toronto Metropolitan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9167-2237 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Overcoming the "valleys of death" in advanced therapies: The role of finance
Advanced therapies are the frontier of medical research and have a relevant therapeutic potential and a profound social value. Despite this, their funding is hindered by many heterogeneous factors that obstruct their translation and survival on the market, even when approved and effective. Using an extensive bibliometric and systematic review of 174 articles published between 2001 and 2023, this study aims to identify the factors hindering the fi…
Securing sex: Embattled masculinity and the pressured pursuit of women’s bodies in men’s online sex advice
This article describes findings from a study examining men’s sex advice centered on cultivating masculinity markers by obtaining sex from multiple women. Employing a feminist poststructuralist framework, discourse analysis is used to investigate how casual sex with multiple women is positioned as a crucial requirement in accruing social status and esteem in men’s online Pick-Up Artist (PUA) advice media. Three interpretive repertoires emerged: (a…
(Re)producing the ‘natural man’ in men’s online advice media: Achieving masculinity through embodied and mental mastery
This paper focuses on analysis of one component of a larger study exploring men’s online sex advice. The parent project examines the use of casual sex with multiple women as a mandatory obligation in accumulating social status and esteem in men’s online Pick-Up Artist (PUA) advice outlets. While earlier analysis focused on the adoption of militaristic language and the sexual use of women’s bodies to defend male privilege among PUA members, the pr…
Sexually progressive and proficient: Pornographic syntax and postfeminist fantasies
Mainstream and pornographic images and practice norms are becoming increasingly blurred (Paasonen et al., 2007), while sexual entrepreneurship discourses ( Gill, 2009 ) promote ongoing sexual self-transformation. Women’s sexuality, specifically, is expected to be proficient and perpetually practising. We examine what the mainstreaming of pornography means for sexual desire and agency among 27 young women negotiating heterosex. Participants’ accou…
Affective conjunctions: Social norms, semiotic circuits, and fantasy
Postfeminist and neoliberal discourses that characterize sexual meanings, messages, and mandates in a contemporary Western context invoke choice, liberation, and mastery to propel a perpetually performing female sexuality. Agency and autonomy have been co-opted as robust scaffolding for regulatory regimes, such that practices of mandatory self-objectification and self-surveillance are rebranded as playful practices arising from a range of prefere…
Managed Not Missing: Young Women’s Discourses of Sexual Desire Within a Postfeminist Heterosexual Marketplace
Our article describes findings from a project exploring sexual agency and desire among young women, focusing on the negotiation of sexuality within relationship contexts. Adopting a social constructionist framework, we used discourse analysis to examine semi-structured, audio-taped interviews with 39 Canadian young women (aged 18–26). Three related interpretive repertoires were identified, namely, (a) Sex as Relationship Hygiene (i.e., beneficial…
Managed Not Missing: Young Women’s Discourses of Sexual Desire Within a Postfeminist Heterosexual Marketplace
Our article describes findings from a project exploring sexual agency and desire among young women, focusing on the negotiation of sexuality within relationship contexts. Adopting a social constructionist framework, we used discourse analysis to examine semi-structured, audio-taped interviews with 39 Canadian young women (aged 18–26). Three related interpretive repertoires were identified, namely, (a) Sex as Relationship Hygiene (i.e., beneficial…
Securing sex: Embattled masculinity and the pressured pursuit of women’s bodies in men’s online sex advice
This article describes findings from a study examining men’s sex advice centered on cultivating masculinity markers by obtaining sex from multiple women. Employing a feminist poststructuralist framework, discourse analysis is used to investigate how casual sex with multiple women is positioned as a crucial requirement in accruing social status and esteem in men’s online Pick-Up Artist (PUA) advice media. Three interpretive repertoires emerged: (a…
(Re)producing the ‘natural man’ in men’s online advice media: Achieving masculinity through embodied and mental mastery
This paper focuses on analysis of one component of a larger study exploring men’s online sex advice. The parent project examines the use of casual sex with multiple women as a mandatory obligation in accumulating social status and esteem in men’s online Pick-Up Artist (PUA) advice outlets. While earlier analysis focused on the adoption of militaristic language and the sexual use of women’s bodies to defend male privilege among PUA members, the pr…
Affective conjunctions: Social norms, semiotic circuits, and fantasy
Postfeminist and neoliberal discourses that characterize sexual meanings, messages, and mandates in a contemporary Western context invoke choice, liberation, and mastery to propel a perpetually performing female sexuality. Agency and autonomy have been co-opted as robust scaffolding for regulatory regimes, such that practices of mandatory self-objectification and self-surveillance are rebranded as playful practices arising from a range of prefere…
Managed Not Missing: Young Women’s Discourses of Sexual Desire Within a Postfeminist Heterosexual Marketplace
Our article describes findings from a project exploring sexual agency and desire among young women, focusing on the negotiation of sexuality within relationship contexts. Adopting a social constructionist framework, we used discourse analysis to examine semi-structured, audio-taped interviews with 39 Canadian young women (aged 18–26). Three related interpretive repertoires were identified, namely, (a) Sex as Relationship Hygiene (i.e., beneficial…
Sexually progressive and proficient: Pornographic syntax and postfeminist fantasies
Mainstream and pornographic images and practice norms are becoming increasingly blurred (Paasonen et al., 2007), while sexual entrepreneurship discourses ( Gill, 2009 ) promote ongoing sexual self-transformation. Women’s sexuality, specifically, is expected to be proficient and perpetually practising. We examine what the mainstreaming of pornography means for sexual desire and agency among 27 young women negotiating heterosex. Participants’ accou…
(Re)producing the ‘natural man’ in men’s online advice media: Achieving masculinity through embodied and mental mastery
This paper focuses on analysis of one component of a larger study exploring men’s online sex advice. The parent project examines the use of casual sex with multiple women as a mandatory obligation in accumulating social status and esteem in men’s online Pick-Up Artist (PUA) advice outlets. While earlier analysis focused on the adoption of militaristic language and the sexual use of women’s bodies to defend male privilege among PUA members, the pr…
Securing sex: Embattled masculinity and the pressured pursuit of women’s bodies in men’s online sex advice
This article describes findings from a study examining men’s sex advice centered on cultivating masculinity markers by obtaining sex from multiple women. Employing a feminist poststructuralist framework, discourse analysis is used to investigate how casual sex with multiple women is positioned as a crucial requirement in accruing social status and esteem in men’s online Pick-Up Artist (PUA) advice media. Three interpretive repertoires emerged: (a…
Overcoming the "valleys of death" in advanced therapies: The role of finance
Advanced therapies are the frontier of medical research and have a relevant therapeutic potential and a profound social value. Despite this, their funding is hindered by many heterogeneous factors that obstruct their translation and survival on the market, even when approved and effective. Using an extensive bibliometric and systematic review of 174 articles published between 2001 and 2023, this study aims to identify the factors hindering the fi…
Gender, Feminism, and Media (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Human sexuality (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social science (3 works)