From ''Chastity as a gift'' to ''Doing it as a sign of love'' : a longitudinal ...

• Author(s): Dias, Ana Rita Conde ; Machado, Carla ; Gonçalves, Miguel M.
• Date: 2012
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/21434
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Sexuality; Gender; Women; Media; Culture; Portugal
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Female sexuality published in six types of magazines between 1965 and 2006 were content analyzed. The results showed that Portuguese media’s discourse on sexuality is not only becoming more liberal but is also characterized by ambiguity and contradiction. Within a “progressive” discursive framework for sexuality, tensions and double standards for women are still noticeable. The media discourse in Portugal continues to reinforce the established gender hierarchy and inequality in heterosexual relationships and maintain traditional gender roles.