Moral panic about sexual promiscuity: Heterogeneous scales in the identification of one middle-school Latina girl

Clonan-Roy, Katherine; Rhodes, Catherine R.; Wortham, Stanton

doi:10.1016/j.linged.2015.08.005

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“…There is a large body of research that shows a strong association between adolescent and young adult women’s perceptions of their peers’ sexual attitudes or behaviors and their own actual sexual practices (e.g., Ruvalcaba et al, 2021; Stephens & Thomas, 2011). This is because peer cultural values are expressed through sexual scripting frameworks that individuals use to understand the norms for “fitting in.” Hispanic women utilize sexual scripting norms articulated by peers to guide a wide range of sexual health decision-making experiences (e.g., Clonan-Roy et al, 2016; Ruvalcaba et al, 2021; Stephens et al, 2016; Stephens & Thomas, 2011). As was found in the present study, being popular or liked and getting a bad reputation are influential peer level concerns Hispanic women consider when negotiating appropriate sexual assertiveness behaviors (Guilamo-Ramos et al, 2007; Ruvalcaba et al, 2021; Stephens & Thomas, 2011).…”

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“It’s more like the girl doesn’t really have to do anything”: Hispanic college women’s sexual initiation strategy perceptions.

Stephens,

Bravo,

Castillo Perez

et al. 2024

Journal of Latinx Psychology

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Identifying Hispanic college women’s perceptions of their ability to initiate sexual intimacy is critical given findings showing it can be a protective factor against sexual assault and other negative outcomes. Although research has shown sexually assertive behaviors are increasingly becoming normalized among women across college contexts, research specifically focused on Hispanic women’s perceptions of these behaviors remains limited. Guided by sexual scripting theory, this study examines 36 Hispanic college women’s subjective perceptions of women’s initiation of sexual intercourse with men. Two key themes were identified through thematic analysis: (a) perceptions of women’s sexual assertiveness and (b) appropriate strategies for initiating sexual intimacy. Although traditional gender beliefs did influence their beliefs, being sexually assertive was viewed as an acceptable strategy by most participants. However, fears of violating norms communicated via familial, peer, and cultural messaging influenced women’s ability to initiate intimacy with men. These findings highlight the importance of developing interventions targeting gender and contextual beliefs to increase healthy sexual initiation skills and reduce risk for unwanted sexual experiences among Hispanic women on campuses today.

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“It’s more like the girl doesn’t really have to do anything”: Hispanic college women’s sexual initiation strategy perceptions.

Stephens,

Bravo,

Castillo Perez

et al. 2024

Journal of Latinx Psychology

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“…Middle school and high school teachers more often considered Spanish a liability, as if the use of Spanish impeded students' growth in English or signaled a lack of English proficiency (Allard et al, 2014;Valenzuela, 1999). Educators at the middle and high schools often inappropriately characterized Mexican students as "at risk, " and use of Spanish was often interpreted as an indicator of risk (Allard et al, 2014;Clonan-Roy, Rhodes, & Wortham, 2013;Clonan-Roy, Rhodes, & Wortham, 2016;Rosa, 2019).…”

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“…The use of Spanish also sometimes caused interpersonal problems. Both educators and non-Mexican students often suspected Mexicans speaking Spanish were talking about English speakers who could not understand (Allard et al, 2014;Clonan-Roy, Rhodes, & Wortham, 2013;Clonan-Roy, Rhodes, & Wortham, 2016). Outside of elementary school, many White and Black residents complained that Mexicans made fun of them while speaking Spanish-even though they had no idea what the Mexicans were actually saying.…”

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Migration Narratives

Wortham¹,

Nichols²,

Clonan-Roy³

et al. 2020

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Migration Narratives presents an ethnographic study of an American town that recently became home to thousands of Mexican migrants, with the Mexican population rising from 125 in 1990 to slightly under 10,000 in 2016. Through interviews with residents, the book focuses on key educational, religious, and civic institutions that shape and are shaped by the realities of Mexican immigrants. Focusing on African American, Mexican, Irish and Italian communities, the authors describe how interethnic relations played a central role in newcomers’ pathways and draw links between the town’s earlier cycles of migration. The town represents similar communities across the USA and around the world that have received large numbers of immigrants in a short time. The purpose of the book is to document the complexities that migrants and hosts experience and to suggest ways in which policy-makers, researchers, educators and communities can respond intelligently to politically-motivated stories that oversimplify migration across the contemporary world. This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Boston College.

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“…As you experienced and described to me, Mexicans did not fit neatly into these familiar divisions. My 11-year project in Marshall explored processes of social identification and interethnic relations in the town (e.g., Clonan-Roy et al, 2016; Nichols & Wortham, 2018; Wortham et al, 2020). As more and more Mexicans moved to Marshall, both longstanding residents and your fellow immigrants asked and answered questions such as: What types of people are the immigrants and the hosts?…”

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Turning friends into objects: A letter struggling with analytic distance in the New Latino Diaspora.

Wortham¹

2022

Qualitative Psychology

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Ethnographic research requires that social scientists build relationships with the people whose lives they describe. Sometimes these relationships become friendships. Disseminating the results of that research typically requires analytic distance, however, describing these same people in ways that one would not do with other friends. How can ethnographers do both things at once-build ethical and human relationships with research participants while also describing these people's lives and contexts in scientifically useful ways? This contribution addresses the question with reference to a decadelong ethnographic project which included both research and friendship. It describes the developing relationship between an ethnographer and a family of Mexican immigrants to the U.S., illustrating the tension between scientist and friend.

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Moral panic about sexual promiscuity: Heterogeneous scales in the identification of one middle-school Latina girl

Cited by 10 publications

References 17 publications

“It’s more like the girl doesn’t really have to do anything”: Hispanic college women’s sexual initiation strategy perceptions.

“It’s more like the girl doesn’t really have to do anything”: Hispanic college women’s sexual initiation strategy perceptions.

Migration Narratives

Turning friends into objects: A letter struggling with analytic distance in the New Latino Diaspora.

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