Post-secondary women's positive experiences with pornography : a grounded theory explanation of initial exposure and subsequent use of sexually explicit materials

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dc.contributor.authorPetzanova, Iordanka
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education
dc.contributor.supervisorPiquette-Tomei, Noëlla A.
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-19T17:27:09Z
dc.date.available2011-07-19T17:27:09Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionx, 179 leaves ; 29 cmen_US
dc.description.abstractThe intent of this research thesis is the examination of post-secondary women’s positive experiences with pornography. Very little research has been conducted with women who enjoy pornography and yet recent statistics in Canada and the United States show that there is an increasing amount of female users of pornography (Cantor, Mares, & Hyde, 2003). This study presents an emerging grounded theory of the process through which a small group of post-secondary women come to label their experiences with pornography as positive. The study traces the experiences of four post-secondary women in Western Canada from their initial exposure to pornography to their current use of the material. Results showed the importance of personal control in the development of female sexual identity and the enjoyment of pornography. This study is embedded in a social constructionist theoretical framework and offers recommendations for further research in the area. iiien_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/2484
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, c2010en_US
dc.publisher.facultyEducationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education)en_US
dc.subjectPornographyen_US
dc.subjectWomen college students -- Attitudesen_US
dc.subjectWomen -- Sexual behavioren_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titlePost-secondary women's positive experiences with pornography : a grounded theory explanation of initial exposure and subsequent use of sexually explicit materialsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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