Girl Power
Risky Sexual Behaviour and Gender Identity amongst Young Spanish Recreational Drug Users
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2392997 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nuria Romo (Universidad de Granada), Nuria Romo Avilés (0000-0002-2142-2726, Universidad de Granada), Jorge Marcos (0000-0003-2601-8164, Universidad de Granada), Jorge Marcos-Marcos (0000-0002-7607-6672, Universidad de Granada), Ainhoa Rodríguez-García-De-Cortázar (0000-0003-3037-8883), Ainhoa Rodríguez (Andalusian Childhood Observatory, Spain), Andres Cabrera (0000-0001-5719-2208, Andalusian School of Public Health), Mariano Hernán (Andalusian School of Public Health) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 355-377 |
| Publication date | 2009-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sexualities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1363-4607 • E-ISSN: 1461-7382 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1363460709103895 |
| OpenAlex | W1982071197 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 40 |
Against a background of significant social change experienced by Spanish women from the 1960s onwards, new gender identities and conflicts have emerged. These factors have barely been taken into account in the research work done in Spain. This article looks into the conversations of young people concerning their relationship with risky sexual behaviour, recreational drug use and sexual identity. Drawing from a qualitative study of discussion groups and semi-structured interviews with young recreational drug users, the article suggests that there are at least two models of femininity among the recreational drug consumers that have taken part in this study. First there is a traditional romantic model whereby young women associated risky sexual behaviour with being in love or trusting in the partner. Here the young woman does not link her sexual behaviour to the effects of using recreational drugs but, rather, to the characteristics of her emotional relationship. Second, there is a model of new values and gender roles that are closer to those traditionally associated to males, where the young women use recreational drugs as a form of empowerment to take on new situations concerning their sexuality. The article analyses the perceptions of risk among the different identity groups, along with the negotiations to begin sexual relations and the use of the condom in these groups of recreational drug users. Issues for policy and practice are also briefly considered
Condom · Developmental psychology · Drug · Empowerment · Femininity · Girl · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Human sexuality · Identity (music · Negotiation · Political science · Psychiatry · Recreation · Recreational drug use · Sociology · Young adult · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology
Women on heroin
Manhood in America
Gender Planning and Development
Social cognitive theory of gender development and differentiation.
The science question in feminism
The Discovery of Grounded Theory
Women drug users
Security, Identity and Interests
Gender Is Not a Synonym for Women
La dominación masculina
Gender
Risk, power and the possibility of pleasure
Contraception and Heterosex
Girls Want Sex, Boys Want Love
Gender Trouble
The meaning of ecstasy use and clubbing to women in the late 1990s
Revisioning women and drug use
Gender Identity and the Subject of Security
Doing Gender”—“Doing Drugs”
Developing Focus Group Research
Drug users' sexual relationships and the social organisation of risk
Feminism and Empowerment
Feminism and Sexual Freedom in an Age of Aids
Gender Labels and Gender Identity as Predictors of Drug Use among Ethnically Diverse Middle School Students
Gender and HIV/Aids
Love and intimacy in relationship risk management
Risk Theory in Epidemic Times
Gender, Methodology and People's Ways of Knowing
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2020 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |