De madres a hijasGendered Lessons on Virginity across Generations of Mexican Immigrant Women

González-López, Gloria

doi:10.1525/california/9780520225619.003.0011

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“…However, relational sex messages were the most prominent in perceptions of parental communications. This finding supports other research (e.g., Gonzalez-Lopez, 2003), suggesting that acculturated Latino parents embrace more individualistic values in supporting sex for love outside of marriage. The most prominent message from friends, recreational messages that promote sex for pleasure outside of love and commitment, suggest that Latino college students' friends are a source of high levels of individualistic values for sex.…”

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“…However, recent research has shown that Latino parents have become more realistic about expectations for abstinence, particularly because of the postponement of marriage for college during emerging adulthood (Guilamo-Ramos, Jaccard, Dittus, & Collins, 2008). Acculturation is associated with fewer familistic sexual messages communicated to children (Gonzalez-Lopez, 2003) and decreased likelihood that Latino adolescents and young adults maintain their virginity until marriage (Afable-Munsuz & Brindis, 2006;GuilamoRamos, Jaccard, Pena, & Goldberg, 2005). Acculturation is also associated with adolescents' decreased adherence to traditional gender roles (Lorenzo-Blanco, Unger, BaezcondeGarbanati, Ritt-Olson, & Soto, 2012), embodied in cultural ideals of Marianismo and Machismo (Gil & Vazquez, 1996).…”

Section: Discourses About Sex Among Latino Parentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Sexual Experience of Latino Young Adults in College and Their Perceptions of Values About Sex Communicated by Their Parents and Friends

2014

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This study examines the values in Latino young adults' perceptions of messages about sex during their formative years and their current level of sexual exploration and sexual assertiveness. Latino young adults in college (N ¼ 218) rated the prevalence of four types of messages they heard from parents and friends: Sex is only for marriage (procreational), sex is only appropriate in a loving relationship (relational), sex is for pleasure (recreational), and the sexual double standard. Relational sex was most prominent in parental messages; recreational sex was most prominent in friend messages. Women reported more relational sex messages and men reported more recreational sex messages from parents and friends. Fewer procreational sex messages from parents and more recreational sex messages from friends were associated with higher reported levels of sexual exploration and assertiveness. We propose that sexual exploration and assertiveness are behavioral manifestations of individualistic values embedded in sexual discourses among friends and family.

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Section: Discourses About Sex Among Latino Parentsmentioning

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The Sexual Experience of Latino Young Adults in College and Their Perceptions of Values About Sex Communicated by Their Parents and Friends

2014

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“…Within the small but growing literature on Hispanic romance/sexuality, most research uses a cultural differentiation approach (e.g., Eisenman & Dantzker, 2006;Gonzalez-Lopez, 2003;Littleton, Radecki Breitkopt, & Berenson, 2007, Phinney & Flores, 2002, indicating that Hispanics hold more patriarchal beliefs about gender roles and sexual behavior than non-Hispanic European Americans. Some scholars have indicated that the stereotype of Hispanic women as being "pure and virginal," with "good" women reflecting the Madonna and the "bad" woman representing "whores" (Falicov, 1998;Mirandé, 1985;Niemann, 2004).…”

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Tapping Into the Complexity

Bermúdez

Sharp

Taniguchi

2013

Journal of Family Issues

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Drawing on ambivalent sexism and Chicana feminist theories, the purpose of the study was to explore ambivalent sexism and traditional relational scripts among a regional sample of 141 Hispanic young adults. Data derived from self-report questionnaires indicated that men scored higher on hostile sexism and traditional relational scripts but not on benevolent sexism. Structural equation modeling with maximum likelihood procedure was applied and path analyses indicated that, for both men and women, higher endorsement of benevolent and hostile sexism predicted higher traditional dating scripts and family roles. Gender made a difference only in relation to hostile sexism on traditional dating scripts, with men having a stronger association than women. Women's strongest path was between hostile sexism and family scripts. We discuss these nuanced gendered differences between dating and family relationships as well as stereotypical gendered and cultural notions of Hispanic values. Implications are considered.

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“…He reviews a study by Espiritu (2003) in which Filipina respondents tended to construct White women as immoral, and this construction functioned to encourage 'sexual virtue' among Filipinas. He also cites a study by González-López (2003) in which some Mexican women came to believe that US men treated them well, and this promoted critique of Mexican men and examination of the home country gender culture. His concern is to point to the consequences of these collective discourses for women's sexual agency.…”

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Intimacy, identity and relationship in the accounts of Chinese immigrants to Canada: the contribution of narrative analysis

Sinding

Zhou

2017

Culture, Health & Sexuality

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In this paper we use narrative analysis to consider how the discursive resources that come with living 'in between' countries and cultures unfold in personal stories. We do this by presenting a close analysis of two transcripts drawn from a study about the vulnerability to HIV faced by Chinese immigrants to Canada. Our goal is to illustrate the application of narrative analysis and highlight the contributions it can make to conceptualising how transnationalism becomes consequential in accounts of intimate life. In narrative terms, transnationalism lends each life situation dual or multiple interpretive frameworks. Migrants from China to Canada situate their personal stories in relation to social and cultural norms and features of both nations. Yet, as our analysis makes apparent, 'Canada' and 'China' do not carry singular or consistent meanings in migrants' stories. Attention to the role of stories in self-making allows us to better understand why transnational contexts appear as they do in narrative accounts, and responds to calls for more accurate mappings of the interface between transnationalism and the subject. Attention to how stories are 'put together' shows that transnational discursive resources are assembled in ways that bolster, and also undermine, entitlements to safe and equitable intimate relationships.

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De madres a hijasGendered Lessons on Virginity across Generations of Mexican Immigrant Women

Cited by 7 publications

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The Sexual Experience of Latino Young Adults in College and Their Perceptions of Values About Sex Communicated by Their Parents and Friends

The Sexual Experience of Latino Young Adults in College and Their Perceptions of Values About Sex Communicated by Their Parents and Friends

Tapping Into the Complexity

Intimacy, identity and relationship in the accounts of Chinese immigrants to Canada: the contribution of narrative analysis

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