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- Title
Paradoxes of (Im)Purity: Affirming Heteronormativity and Queering Heterosexuality in Family Discourses of Purity Pledges.
- Authors
Manning, Jimmie
- Abstract
Queer theory, seldom used to critique heterosexuality, is used to examine discursive themes from interviews with 13 families who enacted purity pledges. Thematic analysis, values coding, and emotion coding reveal four salient themes: parents should want the best for their children; sex is terrifying; sex is a beautiful gift; and girls have no sexual agency. Results illustrate families use purity pledges and rings to mark a pure heterosexuality that contrasts with a more dominant impure heterosexuality.
- Subjects
HETERONORMATIVITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; DISCOURSE; FAMILY communication; QUEER theory; SEXUAL abstinence -- Religious aspects; VOW of chastity
- Publication
Women's Studies in Communication, 2015, Vol 38, Issue 1, p99
- ISSN
0749-1409
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/07491409.2014.954687