Hymen reconstruction as pragmatic empowerment? Results of a qualitative study from Tunisia
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- 作者：Verina Wilda ; b ; wild@ethik.uzh.ch" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Hinda Poulinc ; Christopher W. McDougalld ; Andrea Stö ; ckle ; Nikola Biller-Andornoa
- 关键词：Hymen reconstruction ; Hymen repair ; Hymenorrhaphy ; Gender inequality ; Virginity ; Ethics ; Qualitative study ; Tunisia
- 刊名：Social Science & Medicine
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：December 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：147
- 期：Complete
- 页码：54-61
- 全文大小：282 K
文摘
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Provides qualitative data about why Tunisian women seek hymen reconstruction (HR).
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Women's decisions reflect pragmatism in the face of pervasive gender injustice.
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Underscores the moral ambivalence felt by those seeking and providing HR.
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Indicates incorrect assumptions of female anatomy and thus medical futility of HR.
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Reconfirms the importance of factual sexual and reproductive education.