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Young bisexual women’s perspectives on the relationship between bisexual stigma, mental health, and sexual health: a qualitative study.
- Source :
- Critical Public Health; Feb2017, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p75-85, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
-
Abstract
- Young bisexual women experience worse mental and sexual health outcomes in comparison to their heterosexual and lesbian peers. These disparities are associated with stigma and devaluation of bisexual identities. The current paper addresses a community-based focus group project in which participants discussed bisexual stigma in regard to bisexual erasure and other stereotypes. Specifically, participants detailed experiences of feeling pressured to provide evidence of their bisexual identity, modifying their relationship or sexual behavior to conform to these expectations, as well as feeling excluded from queer community. Further, participants discussed how these experiences were related to decreased mental and sexual health. Future research should further investigate the relationship between bisexual stigma, pressure to provide evidence of bisexual identity, and negative mental and sexual health outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- LGBTQ+ people
BISEXUALITY
FOCUS groups
GENDER identity
GROUNDED theory
SEXUAL health
INTERPERSONAL relations
INTERVIEWING
RESEARCH methodology
MENTAL health
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
STEREOTYPES
SOCIAL stigma
WOMEN'S health
REPRODUCTIVE health
QUALITATIVE research
JUDGMENT sampling
DATA analysis
SIGNIFICANT others
THEMATIC analysis
HEALTH equity
DATA analysis software
MEDICAL coding
ATTITUDES toward sex
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
SOCIETIES
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09581596
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Critical Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 119952804
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2016.1158786