Transmitters, Caregivers, and Flowerpots: Rhetorical Constructions of Women's Early Identities in the AIDS Pandemic

Charlesworth, Dacia

doi:10.1080/07491409.2003.10162452

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“…57 , 97 Some results emphasize personal narrative and lay knowledge (potentially transformative), stories from menstruators, and representing menstruation not as inherently problematic. 76 , 78 , 88 , 98 , 99…”

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The messiness of the menstruator: assessing personas and functionalities of menstrual tracking apps

Pichon

Jackman

Winkler

et al. 2021

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

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Objective The aim of this study was to examine trends in the intended users and functionalities advertised by menstrual tracking apps to identify gaps in personas and intended needs fulfilled by these technologies. Materials and Methods Two types of materials were collected: a corpus of scientific articles related to the identities and needs of menstruators and a corpus of images and descriptions of menstrual tracking apps collected from the Google and Apple app stores. We conducted a scoping review of the literature to develop themes and then applied these as a framework to analyze the app corpus, looking for alignments and misalignments between the 2 corpora. Results A review of the literature showed a wide range of disciplines publishing work relevant to menstruators. We identified 2 broad themes: “who are menstruators?” and “what are the needs of menstruators?” Descriptions of menstrual trackers exhibited misalignments with these themes, with narrow characterizations of menstruators and design for limited needs. Discussion We synthesize gaps in the design of menstrual tracking apps and discuss implications for designing around: (1) an irregular menstrual cycle as the norm; (2) the embodied, leaky experience of menstruation; and (3) the varied biologies, identities, and goals of menstruators. An overarching gap suggests a need for a human-centered artificial intelligence approach for model and data provenance, transparency and explanations of uncertainties, and the prioritization of privacy in menstrual trackers. Conclusion Comparing and contrasting literature about menstruators and descriptions of menstrual tracking apps provide a valuable guide to assess menstrual technology and their responsiveness to users and their needs.

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The messiness of the menstruator: assessing personas and functionalities of menstrual tracking apps

Pichon

Jackman

Winkler

et al. 2021

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

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“…There has been, for example, a significant growth in studies of gender and health communication. Although we include some examples here, primarily in the first two categories, such as the critique of abortion rhetoric (Lay, 2003;Stormer, 2001) and critical analysis of mediated discourse about AIDS, sex education, menstruation, or anorexia (Charlesworth, 2001(Charlesworth, , 2003Hayden, 2001;Lager & McGee, 2003;Myrick, 1999), there is also qualitative work (Dorgan, Williams, Parrott, & Harris, 2003). We know also that quantitative and qualitative work on gender and health appears in such journals as Health Communication and the Journal of Applied Communication, which we did not survey.…”

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The State of the Art in Feminist Scholarship in Communication

Dow

Condit

2005

Journal of Communication

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The emergence of feminist scholarship in the field of communication follows, in many respects, a semilar historical trajectory to that of feminist visibility in the culture at large. When the second wave of feminism emerged in public consciousness around 1970, communication scholars began to attend more closely to the role of gender in communication practices. That attention was inflected by the concerns of the women's movement-exposing sexism and sex-role socialization, interrogating the role of power in relations between men and women, understanding how awareness of the influence of gender requires rethinking claims of universality based on male experience and behaviors.

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“…The information concerning "gender-specific problems" also reproduces the stereotypical female role as caregivers, where women are supposed to subordinate their needs to those for whom they care, i.e. men and children (Charlesworth, 2003). Not all women have children or are caregivers.…”

Section: Social Construction Of Gender and Sexuality In Hiv/aids Discoursementioning

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“…Consequently, the information fails to provide realistic, feasible, and culturally relevant prevention strategies to women that could help them overcome social constraints of HIV/AIDS prevention (Raheim, 1996). More importantly, although the information recognizes women's responsibility in reducing their risks for HIV/AIDS and protecting themselves from its infections, it provides them with little advice or resource on the societal changes that could transform the old paradigm of the imbalanced gender power and afford women the power necessary to take on these responsibilities (Charlesworth, 2003;Chong & Kvasny, 2007;Gupta, 2000). As a result, women reading the information might experience "feelings of powerlessness instead of a sense of self-efficacy and personal responsibility for their own health" (Raheim, 1996, p. 406).…”

Section: Social Construction Of Gender and Sexuality In Hiv/aids Discoursementioning

confidence: 99%

“…As a result, women reading the information might experience "feelings of powerlessness instead of a sense of self-efficacy and personal responsibility for their own health" (Raheim, 1996, p. 406). If patriarchal ideologies continue to influence such rhetorically powerful discourse as that produced by the government, the HIV/AIDS prevention information on government health websites would be limited in accomplishing the goal of reducing HIV/AIDS infections among women (Charlesworth, 2003;Chong & Kvasny, 2007).…”

Section: Social Construction Of Gender and Sexuality In Hiv/aids Discoursementioning

confidence: 99%

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How Much Knowledge Can They Gain? Women's Information Behavior on Government Health Websites in the Context of HIV/AIDS Prevention

Chong¹

2012

InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies

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Transmitters, Caregivers, and Flowerpots: Rhetorical Constructions of Women's Early Identities in the AIDS Pandemic

Cited by 5 publications

References 51 publications

The messiness of the menstruator: assessing personas and functionalities of menstrual tracking apps

The messiness of the menstruator: assessing personas and functionalities of menstrual tracking apps

The State of the Art in Feminist Scholarship in Communication

How Much Knowledge Can They Gain? Women's Information Behavior on Government Health Websites in the Context of HIV/AIDS Prevention

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