Gender Structures Constraining Girl's agency - Exploring Pregnancy and Motherhood Among Adolescent Girls in Ecuador's Amazon Basin
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| contents | Gender Structures Constraining Girl's agency - Exploring Pregnancy and Motherhood Among Adolescent Girls in Ecuador's Amazon Basin Isabel Goicolea Marianne Wulff Ann Öhman Salud machismo marianismo Gender relations content analysis gender structures In this article we explore the experiences and emotions surrounding pregnancy and motherhood among adolescent girls in the Amazon Basin of Ecuador, by developing a qualitative content analysis of eleven interviews with pregnant girls or girls who are mothers. The gender structures constraining girls' agency was a theme present in all categories elicited from the interviews. Categories were connected with societal norms (fatalism, modest girls and unreliable men), individual experiences (facing such an overwhelming responsibility alone, becoming a mother: the joy of having a baby but the end of childhood), external factors (misinformation and other barriers to pregnancy prevention, the girl's mother as central pillar) and normative wishes (the importance of education). Gender relations at the face-to-face, institutional and macro-social level (such as the subordination of women and young people towards men and adults, the stigmatization of single girls' sexual activity and the idealization of motherhood) constrained girls' capability to make decisions regarding their own sexuality and reproduction. Attempts at challenging gender structures emerged especially from the girls' interest in gaining economic independence. 2010 artículo científico 1984-6487 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=293323015004 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=2933 Sexualidad, Salud y Sociedad - Revista Latinoamericana application/pdf Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Sexualidad, Salud y Sociedad - Revista Latinoamericana (Brasil) Num.5 |
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| spellingShingle | Gender Structures Constraining Girl's agency - Exploring Pregnancy and Motherhood Among Adolescent Girls in Ecuador's Amazon Basin Isabel Goicolea Salud machismo marianismo Gender relations content analysis gender structures Gender Structures Constraining Girl's agency - Exploring Pregnancy and Motherhood Among Adolescent Girls in Ecuador's Amazon Basin Isabel Goicolea Marianne Wulff Ann Öhman Salud machismo marianismo Gender relations content analysis gender structures In this article we explore the experiences and emotions surrounding pregnancy and motherhood among adolescent girls in the Amazon Basin of Ecuador, by developing a qualitative content analysis of eleven interviews with pregnant girls or girls who are mothers. The gender structures constraining girls' agency was a theme present in all categories elicited from the interviews. Categories were connected with societal norms (fatalism, modest girls and unreliable men), individual experiences (facing such an overwhelming responsibility alone, becoming a mother: the joy of having a baby but the end of childhood), external factors (misinformation and other barriers to pregnancy prevention, the girl's mother as central pillar) and normative wishes (the importance of education). Gender relations at the face-to-face, institutional and macro-social level (such as the subordination of women and young people towards men and adults, the stigmatization of single girls' sexual activity and the idealization of motherhood) constrained girls' capability to make decisions regarding their own sexuality and reproduction. Attempts at challenging gender structures emerged especially from the girls' interest in gaining economic independence. 2010 artículo científico 1984-6487 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=293323015004 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=2933 Sexualidad, Salud y Sociedad - Revista Latinoamericana application/pdf Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Sexualidad, Salud y Sociedad - Revista Latinoamericana (Brasil) Num.5 |
| title | Gender Structures Constraining Girl's agency - Exploring Pregnancy and Motherhood Among Adolescent Girls in Ecuador's Amazon Basin |
| topic | Salud machismo marianismo Gender relations content analysis gender structures |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=293323015004 |