Andréa Becker
Biographic Data
| ID | 3927335 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andréa Becker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andréa |
| FAMILY NAME | Becker |
| SIGNATURE | BECKER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | City University of New York |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7948-4276 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 81 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
“I don't want to be in the energy of that situation”: Embodied experiences with telehealth medication abortion
Medication abortion makes up the majority of abortions in the U.S. today. Use of medication abortion by telehealth, in which the entire abortion process occurs remotely, has also grown in recent years. In this study, we examine embodied experiences of telehealth abortion through 30 in-depth interviews. We explore how participants’ preferences for telehealth medication abortion and their assessment of a successful abortion were informed by embodie…
Imagining Coat‐Hangers and Pills: A Qualitative Exploration of Abortion Beliefs and Attitudes in Hostile Policy Contexts in the United States
Objective We explored awareness of and attitudes about the safety of various methods people use to attempt to end a pregnancy without medical assistance, which we refer to in this study collectively as self‐managed abortion (SMA). Methods In 2020, we invited individuals living in eight United States (US) states considered “hostile” to abortion rights or with a history of criminalizing abortions performed outside the formal healthcare system to pa…
It Was So Easy in a Situation That's So Hard: Structural Stigma and Telehealth Abortion
For decades, sociological research has examined the role of stigma in contributing to health disparities, yet such research seldom grapples with the interplay between individuals and structures. There is a particular paucity of research on abortion that concurrently examines individual experiences with stigma and structural barriers. In this article, we use telehealth abortion as a case, which now accounts for one in five abortions in the United …
Medicalization as a social good? Lay perceptions about self-managed abortion, legality, and criminality
Interest in ending a pregnancy outside the formal healthcare sector, also known as self-managed abortion (SMA), is expected to increase in the wake of the overturning of Roe v Wade. However, there is little social scientific research on public perceptions of SMA, particularly regarding opinions around legality and criminalization. We seek to fill this gap in this paper by drawing on 54 in-depth interviews with a mixed-gender sample (men, women, n…
Sexual and Reproductive Justice and Health Equity for LGBTQ+ Women
LGBTQ+ women have long been overlooked in sexual and reproductive health research. However, recent research has established that LGBTQ+ women have unique and specific needs that need to be addressed in order to improve effectiveness of sexual health education and practice with this historically and presently underserved population. Informed by a reproductive justice framework coupled with liberation psychology theory, this review discusses the cu…
Exposure to Lived Representations of Abortion in Popular Television Program Plotlines on Abortion-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Support: An Exploratory Study
Evidence suggests that entertainment media may influence knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to health topics. After the overturning of Roe v. Wade , it is critical to examine how these media may be associated with people’s knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral intentions related to abortion. Using a non-experimental ex post facto design, we examined whether exposure to any of three abortion plotlines was correlated with (a) greater knowle…
Support for criminalization of self-managed abortion (SMA): A national representative survey
Why would we take men? This is an OB/GYN”: Gender, hysterectomy, and the patriarchal dividend
Hysterectomy experiences among transmasculine individuals represent a powerful case to examine gendered dynamics in healthcare, especially given the continued cultural association between the uterus and womanhood. In this paper, I draw on theories from feminist science and technology studies and medical sociology to examine in‐depth interviews with 46 trans or nonbinary individuals who have had, want, or are considering an elective premenopausal …
Stratified Reproduction, Hysterectomy, and the Social Process of Opting into Infertility
Shifting cultural norms transform the uses and meanings of medical practices, and, in turn, medical practices have the capacity to alter social relations. In this article, I use hysterectomy as a case for understanding how reproductive health practices are constrained by and contribute to notions of gender, race, and stratified reproduction. Hysterectomy is regularly performed yet understudied and has been transformed by both technological advanc…
Gendered Racism on the Body: An Intersectional Approach to Maternal Mortality in the United States
It makes it more real: Examining ambiguous fetal meanings in abortion care
Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft / Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science (HSK)
A Situation Where There Aren't Rules: Unwanted Sex for Gay, Bisexual, and Questioning Men
Although college gay and bisexual men report elevated rates of sexual victimization, their accounts have received less scholarly attention. This article examines 18 gay, bisexual, and questioning (GBQ) men's narratives about their experiences of unwanted sex in college. Our findings suggest that men are motivated to have unwanted sex while trying to navigate ambiguous sexual scripts amid male power dynamics, sexual inexperience, and ubiquitous he…
Confusing Stalking for Romance: Examining the Labeling and Acceptability of Men’s (Cyber)Stalking of Women
The Racialization of Latino Immigrants in New Destinations: Criminality, Ascription, and Countermobilization
Hana E. Brown, Jennifer A. Jones, Andrea Becker, The Racialization of Latino Immigrants in New Destinations: Criminality, Ascription, and Countermobilization, RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 5, Immigration and Changing Identities (August 2018), pp. 118-140
The Racialization of Latino Immigrants in New Destinations: Criminality, Ascription, and Countermobilization
Hana E. Brown, Jennifer A. Jones, Andrea Becker, The Racialization of Latino Immigrants in New Destinations: Criminality, Ascription, and Countermobilization, RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 5, Immigration and Changing Identities (August 2018), pp. 118-140
Gendered Racism on the Body: An Intersectional Approach to Maternal Mortality in the United States
Confusing Stalking for Romance: Examining the Labeling and Acceptability of Men’s (Cyber)Stalking of Women
Support for criminalization of self-managed abortion (SMA): A national representative survey
It makes it more real: Examining ambiguous fetal meanings in abortion care
Stratified Reproduction, Hysterectomy, and the Social Process of Opting into Infertility
Shifting cultural norms transform the uses and meanings of medical practices, and, in turn, medical practices have the capacity to alter social relations. In this article, I use hysterectomy as a case for understanding how reproductive health practices are constrained by and contribute to notions of gender, race, and stratified reproduction. Hysterectomy is regularly performed yet understudied and has been transformed by both technological advanc…
Exposure to Lived Representations of Abortion in Popular Television Program Plotlines on Abortion-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Support: An Exploratory Study
Evidence suggests that entertainment media may influence knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to health topics. After the overturning of Roe v. Wade , it is critical to examine how these media may be associated with people’s knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral intentions related to abortion. Using a non-experimental ex post facto design, we examined whether exposure to any of three abortion plotlines was correlated with (a) greater knowle…
Why would we take men? This is an OB/GYN”: Gender, hysterectomy, and the patriarchal dividend
Hysterectomy experiences among transmasculine individuals represent a powerful case to examine gendered dynamics in healthcare, especially given the continued cultural association between the uterus and womanhood. In this paper, I draw on theories from feminist science and technology studies and medical sociology to examine in‐depth interviews with 46 trans or nonbinary individuals who have had, want, or are considering an elective premenopausal …
A Situation Where There Aren't Rules: Unwanted Sex for Gay, Bisexual, and Questioning Men
Although college gay and bisexual men report elevated rates of sexual victimization, their accounts have received less scholarly attention. This article examines 18 gay, bisexual, and questioning (GBQ) men's narratives about their experiences of unwanted sex in college. Our findings suggest that men are motivated to have unwanted sex while trying to navigate ambiguous sexual scripts amid male power dynamics, sexual inexperience, and ubiquitous he…
The Racialization of Latino Immigrants in New Destinations: Criminality, Ascription, and Countermobilization
Hana E. Brown, Jennifer A. Jones, Andrea Becker, The Racialization of Latino Immigrants in New Destinations: Criminality, Ascription, and Countermobilization, RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 5, Immigration and Changing Identities (August 2018), pp. 118-140
Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft / Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science (HSK)
A Situation Where There Aren't Rules: Unwanted Sex for Gay, Bisexual, and Questioning Men
Although college gay and bisexual men report elevated rates of sexual victimization, their accounts have received less scholarly attention. This article examines 18 gay, bisexual, and questioning (GBQ) men's narratives about their experiences of unwanted sex in college. Our findings suggest that men are motivated to have unwanted sex while trying to navigate ambiguous sexual scripts amid male power dynamics, sexual inexperience, and ubiquitous he…
Confusing Stalking for Romance: Examining the Labeling and Acceptability of Men’s (Cyber)Stalking of Women
It makes it more real: Examining ambiguous fetal meanings in abortion care
Gendered Racism on the Body: An Intersectional Approach to Maternal Mortality in the United States
Why would we take men? This is an OB/GYN”: Gender, hysterectomy, and the patriarchal dividend
Hysterectomy experiences among transmasculine individuals represent a powerful case to examine gendered dynamics in healthcare, especially given the continued cultural association between the uterus and womanhood. In this paper, I draw on theories from feminist science and technology studies and medical sociology to examine in‐depth interviews with 46 trans or nonbinary individuals who have had, want, or are considering an elective premenopausal …
Stratified Reproduction, Hysterectomy, and the Social Process of Opting into Infertility
Shifting cultural norms transform the uses and meanings of medical practices, and, in turn, medical practices have the capacity to alter social relations. In this article, I use hysterectomy as a case for understanding how reproductive health practices are constrained by and contribute to notions of gender, race, and stratified reproduction. Hysterectomy is regularly performed yet understudied and has been transformed by both technological advanc…
Medicalization as a social good? Lay perceptions about self-managed abortion, legality, and criminality
Interest in ending a pregnancy outside the formal healthcare sector, also known as self-managed abortion (SMA), is expected to increase in the wake of the overturning of Roe v Wade. However, there is little social scientific research on public perceptions of SMA, particularly regarding opinions around legality and criminalization. We seek to fill this gap in this paper by drawing on 54 in-depth interviews with a mixed-gender sample (men, women, n…
Sexual and Reproductive Justice and Health Equity for LGBTQ+ Women
LGBTQ+ women have long been overlooked in sexual and reproductive health research. However, recent research has established that LGBTQ+ women have unique and specific needs that need to be addressed in order to improve effectiveness of sexual health education and practice with this historically and presently underserved population. Informed by a reproductive justice framework coupled with liberation psychology theory, this review discusses the cu…
Exposure to Lived Representations of Abortion in Popular Television Program Plotlines on Abortion-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Support: An Exploratory Study
Evidence suggests that entertainment media may influence knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to health topics. After the overturning of Roe v. Wade , it is critical to examine how these media may be associated with people’s knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral intentions related to abortion. Using a non-experimental ex post facto design, we examined whether exposure to any of three abortion plotlines was correlated with (a) greater knowle…
Support for criminalization of self-managed abortion (SMA): A national representative survey
Imagining Coat‐Hangers and Pills: A Qualitative Exploration of Abortion Beliefs and Attitudes in Hostile Policy Contexts in the United States
Objective We explored awareness of and attitudes about the safety of various methods people use to attempt to end a pregnancy without medical assistance, which we refer to in this study collectively as self‐managed abortion (SMA). Methods In 2020, we invited individuals living in eight United States (US) states considered “hostile” to abortion rights or with a history of criminalizing abortions performed outside the formal healthcare system to pa…
It Was So Easy in a Situation That's So Hard: Structural Stigma and Telehealth Abortion
For decades, sociological research has examined the role of stigma in contributing to health disparities, yet such research seldom grapples with the interplay between individuals and structures. There is a particular paucity of research on abortion that concurrently examines individual experiences with stigma and structural barriers. In this article, we use telehealth abortion as a case, which now accounts for one in five abortions in the United …
“I don't want to be in the energy of that situation”: Embodied experiences with telehealth medication abortion
Medication abortion makes up the majority of abortions in the U.S. today. Use of medication abortion by telehealth, in which the entire abortion process occurs remotely, has also grown in recent years. In this study, we examine embodied experiences of telehealth abortion through 30 in-depth interviews. We explore how participants’ preferences for telehealth medication abortion and their assessment of a successful abortion were informed by embodie…
Psychology (11 works) · Political science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Abortion (8 works) · Pregnancy (8 works) · Reproductive Health and Contraception (8 works) · Reproductive Health and Technologies (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Medicine (6 works)