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Navigating unintelligibility: queer Australian young women’s negotiations of safe sex and risk
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-19, 13:34 authored by Ruby GrantRuby Grant, Meredith NashMeredith NashAustralian public health promotion positions safe sex as a biomedical, heteronormative concept. Consequently, there is a dearth of scholarly research examining queer young women’s sexual health. To fill this knowledge gap, this article considers how Australian bisexual and queer young women understand ‘safe sex’ and conceptualise ‘good’ sexual citizenship. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 15 participants in Tasmania, findings reveal that although queer women understand heterosexual safe sex, there is little awareness of safer sexual practices with female partners. We argue that gendered sexual scripts shape perceptions of sexual health risk whereby queer women adopt multiple situation-dependent approaches to safer sex.
History
Publication title
Journal of Health PsychologyVolume
23Pagination
306-319ISSN
1359-1053Department/School
Faculty of EducationPublisher
Sage Publications LtdPlace of publication
LondonRights statement
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