Who Wants to be a Woman? Young Women's Reflections on Transitions to Adulthood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3947250 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tuula Gordan (Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland.), Elina Lahelma (0000-0002-1064-1333, University of Helsinki) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 80-98 |
| Publication date | 2004-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-7789 • E-ISSN: 1466-4380 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/palgrave.fr.9400181 |
| OpenAlex | W2020359347 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 24 |
The focus of this article is on how Finnish young women construct their transitions to adulthood and how they imagine their futures as women. Tensions in this process are analysed: many young women want to accelerate their shifts towards independent adult status. At the same time, some of them attempt to postpone the point of being locked into the lives of adult women. They look forward to acquiring the legal status of an adult citizen and to moving to homes of their own. But they want to stay young, which means time for relationships, studying, work and travel, and definitely not children at an early age. Being an adult woman does not seem to be a very tempting position for some young women; being a girl is considered by them to open more possibilities. Those young women who are keener to embrace female adulthood are also discussed, focusing on ways in which they envisage their futures, and what contradictions they experience. These tensions are explored drawing from the research project 'Tracing Transitions - Follow-Up Study of Post-16 Students'. In the study, 40 young women and 23 young men aged around 18 years were interviewed individually, in paris or in groups of three. The project is grounded on ethnographic research in which the same young people were followed when they started secondary school at the age of 13 years
Construct (python library) · Developmental psychology · Ethnography · Futures contract · Girl · Human sexuality · Sociology · Young adult · Family Support in Illness · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2024 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |