An empirical study about the construction of sexuality among a group of middle class women

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Yıldız, Saadet Gülru

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In this study, construction of sexuality has been studied among middle class, educated women who are living considered 'normal', in a social structure assumed where sexuality from one side is talked about a lot and from another full of unknowns about perceptions and experiences. Certain conclusions were derived on construction of women sexuality following the interviews performed with twenty nine women whose ages vary from twenties to fifties.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609192/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/17421

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S. G. Yıldız, “An empirical study about the construction of sexuality among a group of middle class women,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2007.