The Rule of Virginity Among Young Women of Maghrebine Origin in France

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ID2394772
AutoresSara Skandrani (0000-0002-1660-260X, Université Paris 13, Cochin Hospital), Thierry Baubet (0000-0002-4112-1592, Avicenne Hospital, Université Paris 13), Olivier Taïeb (0000-0002-0778-1079, Avicenne Hospital, Université Paris 13), Dalila Rezzoug (0009-0009-4144-9211, Avicenne Hospital, Université Paris 13), Marie Rose Moro (0000-0002-6722-1583, Université Paris Descartes, Cochin Hospital)
Año2010
Volumen47
Número2
Páginas301-313
Fecha de publicación2010-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTranscultural Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1363-4615 • E-ISSN: 1461-7471
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1363461510368920
PMID20603390
OpenAlexW2110465446
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas8

Interviews conducted with young women of Maghrebine origin in France show that norms of virginity represent a central means by which women negotiate Maghrebine-French identity and handle intergenerational relations. From the legacy of the colonial era to the current interethnic context, notions of virginity have played a significant role, in both official French discourse, and in the parental transmission of social values across generations. Standards of virginity stand as symbolic markers of women's identity positioning. Yet, women also reinterpret, transform and appropriate codes of virginity according to life experience and situational context

Developmental psychology · Geography · Negotiation · Situational ethics · Social science · Sociology · Virginity test · Gender Studies · Migration, Identity, and Health · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · North African History and Literature · Psychology · Social Psychology