Semen Anxiety
Materiality, Agency and the Internet
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2171835 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alex Shand (Atrial Fibrillation NETwork, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 241-250 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology and Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1364-8470 • E-ISSN: 1469-2910 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13648470701694446 |
| PMID | 27268739 |
| OpenAlex | W2142671313 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
Semen is a potent cultural symbol of masculinity. The social life of semen is poorly understood because of the intensely personal nature of its being. But the Internet has opened up new avenues for people to explore sensitive issues without disclosing their identity. This paper examines a set of questions submitted anonymously for answering by a medical team over a three month period to a UK-based consumer health website. The questions are analysed for emergent themes and these are divided into three groups: those concerning the material quality of semen; semen relating to masturbation; and those that concern semen and potency. It argues that far from being a phenomenon isolated to non-western cultures, semen anxiety is present in the UK in the twenty-first century and is the expression of anxieties surrounding shifting gender roles and masculine identities
Aesthetics · Agency (philosophy · Andrology · Art · Masculinity · Materiality (auditing · Semen · Social science · Sociology · Symbol (formal · The Internet · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Gender Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |