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"The Accidental Virgin": An Analysis Of Sex, Sexuality, And Reproductive Health In Seventeen Magazine, Leah Berger-Singer
"The Accidental Virgin": An Analysis Of Sex, Sexuality, And Reproductive Health In Seventeen Magazine, Leah Berger-Singer
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Theses
Public debates on youth sexuality, sex education, and reproductive rights are forever changing. Social media outlets are important knowledge spaces for teens to learn, share, and seek information regarding these topics. Using feminist content analysis, I explore how eight issues of Seventeen magazine construct and uphold conservative fears of teen sexuality. With the application of Michelle Fine’s four discourses of female sexuality, found in public-school sex education, (sexuality as individual morality, sexuality as victimization, sexuality as violence, and the missing discourse of desire) I seek to address how Seventeen constructs its target audience as a cis-gendered, heterosexual, teen girl who …
Stories Of Exile: The Construction Of Trans Athletes As A Political Category, Jordan Keesler
Stories Of Exile: The Construction Of Trans Athletes As A Political Category, Jordan Keesler
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Theses
“Stories of Exile: The Construction of Trans Athletes as a Political Category,” asks: What is the relationship between gendered sports policy since 1936 and anti-trans sports laws in 2021? Utilizing a transfeminist sports studies’ methodology, I explore three significant points in Olympic sports where the discourse of the gender binary shifts: the introduction of sex verification in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the 1972 passage of Title IX, which shaped the classification of “female athletes,” and the 2021 Tokyo Olympics which featured the first out transgender and non-binary athletes. Aiming to bring attention to the connection between sports and the construction …