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Publication Date: 2022
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Gendered Power Relations in Women-to-Men Interviews on Controversial Sexual Behavior
International Journal of Social Research Methodology, v25 n3 p277-291 2022
This article explores gendered power relations in studies of stigmatized sexual behavior, through a poststructuralist feminist theoretical perspective. Interviews conducted by a female interviewer with twenty men who pay for sex were analyzed using the interpretive constructivist method. We applied the concept "defended subjects" to suggest that "the subjects" -- both interviewer and interviewees -- defended themselves against three major threats that characterized the gendered power relations in the interviews: the threat of forced intimacy, the threat of deviancy, and the threat of objectification. We then propose a new heuristic concept -- "defensive interactions" -- to discuss these interview dynamics as they relate to three key aspects of gendered power relations in qualitative interviews: the establishment of intimacy, identity management, and objectification.
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Gender Bias, Sexuality, Power Structure, Interviews, Feminism, Intimacy, Antisocial Behavior, Self Concept, Foreign Countries, Social Bias
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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