What Is the Patriarchy Doing in Our Bed? Violent Sexual‑Affective Experiences Among Youth
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Materia
Patriarchal violence Sexual violence Sexual-affective relationships
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2024-03-25Referencia bibliográfica
Rodríguez-García-de-Cortázar, A., González-Calo, I. & Gómez-Bueno, C. What Is the Patriarchy Doing in Our Bed? Violent Sexual-Affective Experiences Among Youth. Sex Res Soc Policy (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-024-00956-x
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Funding for open access publishing: Universidad de Granada/CBUA; Queen Sofía Centre for Adolescence and Youth (CRS-2018)Resumen
Introduction In the context of a qualitative research study on sexual practices and risk among youth, repeated accounts of
non-consensual sex and other forms of gender-based violence emerged. Drawing from that research, this article explores
the influence of the patriarchal system on sexual-affective relationships among young people aged 18–25 years residing in
Andalusia, Spain.
Methods The fieldwork was conducted between March and May 2019. Six discussion groups were held with 39 participants
segmented by gender, level of education, sexual orientation, and length of relationships.
Results The results show that patriarchal constructs related to female body standards and the subordination of women’s
pleasure to men’s, in addition to blackmail and sexual violence, continue to pervade the sexual-affective imaginaries and
experiences of young people. Additionally, the participants’ discourses on patriarchal and sexual violence are interwoven
with critical feminist points of view, revealing timid signs of resistance to the patriarchal order.
Conclusions Women navigate inequality by assuming, negotiating, or rebelling against the different types of violence to
which they are exposed in their intimate relationships. In their sexual-affective relationships, young people today are confronted
with numerous tensions and contradictions. The discourse of females shifts between their right to seek pleasure and
self-blaming, while trying to overcome feelings of shame and dismantling aesthetic standards or empowering themselves
and claiming orgasm equality.
Policy Implications The findings are applicable for the prevention of violence against young women in relationships of trust.