Beyond dichotomies
Contesting cultural stereotypes through the lived experience of sexuality among Turkish-Dutch women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7740047 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simay Çetin (0009-0006-4186-275X, Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Leiden University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 220-235 |
| Publication date | 2025-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13691058.2024.2366957 |
| PMID | 38920021 |
| OpenAlex | W4400041664 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 34 |
This article offers a critique of the dominant secular/sexual paradigm in the Netherlands by focusing on everyday experiences of sexuality among Turkish-Dutch women. A secular approach towards sexuality rests on the fictive duality of a sexually liberated, progressive majority Dutch and a conservative cultural 'Other'. This paper argues that despite scholarly work challenging the secular/framework within which minoritised women's sexuality is problematised, cultural stereotypes continue to persist in Dutch populist discourse and everyday life. Based on life story interviews conducted with eight women, it illustrates the specific ways in which normative expectations are imposed on minoritised women based on perceived religious or cultural differences. These expectations constitute a 'script' that is imbued with cultural stereotypes. Dissonant moments emerge when my interlocutors fail to conform to the 'script'. In contrast, when their choices validate these expectations, they are interpreted as a reflection of their 'cultural background' instead of being seen as instances of agentic behaviour. These processes further reify dichotomies in the form of sexually liberated and oppressed as the choices these women make are never seen as individual expressions of sexuality unless they openly contest these expectations
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The Politics of Home
In the Name of Womens Rights
Rethinking sexual agency
Religion, sexual ethics, and the politics of belonging
The Victim‐Agent Dilemma
Engaging Islamic sexual ethics
‘Turkish, Dutch, gay and proud’
Sexual discourses and strategies among minority ethnic youth in the Netherlands
Religious/secular discourses and practices of good sex
Countering illegibility
Sexual democracy, cultural alterity and the politics of everyday life in Amsterdam
Digital Anthropology
Doing culture and diversity justice
From Absolute Invisibility to Extreme Visibility
Subjects of Debate
Enabling sexual self-fashioning
The nationalization of desire
Feminist Theory, Embodiment, and the Docile Agent
Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving? Anthropological Reflections on Cultural Relativism and Its Others
Time Line Drawings
Memory, Remembering, and Oblivion in Active Narrative Interviewing
Rethinking Sexual Citizenship
Negotiating the rules of chaste behaviour
Negotiating belonging beyond rootedness
Ethnicizing sexuality
| Highly cited | No |
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