Femininity, Sexual Positions and Choice

Bibliographic Data

ID18967985
AuthorsDaniel Y Fiaveh (0000-0002-2505-4465, University of Cape Coast, corresponding author), Michael Pk Okyerefo (University of Ghana)
Year2019
Volume22
Issue1-2
Pages131-147
Publication date2019-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSexualities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1363-4607 • E-ISSN: 1461-7382
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1363460716677281
OpenAlexW2587024950
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited19

While women present themselves and their sexuality through dress and their deportment, there are areas of their sexual lives that are not so public and are less easy to research, such as intimate sexual relations. In this study, the authors report findings from interviews with men and women about a topic not often reported on – choice of sexual positions. The focus on sexual positions raises questions about sexual agency – who chooses, what do they choose, and why? It also raises issues of gender power and inequality between consenting (heterosexual) adults. In this study from urban Ghana, the authors show that women exercise sexual agency in the ‘bedroom’ but do so in ways that reflect emotional and relational security and, in turn, reflect men’s power. However, the article’s argument is not just about the power of men to seek and obtain pleasure. Women seek and obtain pleasure too

Bedroom · Femininity · Geography · Human sexuality · Pleasure · Sexual attraction · Sexual desire · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology

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