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The pathologization of transsexuality and the rhetoric of the "wrong body" associated with it, within the framework of a dichotomous and hierarchicalsex / gendersystem, have strongly conditioned the way in which people who identify as trans (transsexual, transgender) think about themselves and guide their bodily practices and their sexualities. However, despite the normative restrictions of the surgical model of transsexuality continue to mark the lives of many young transgender people, when we approach their sex-affective narratives, emancipatory ways of inhabiting sexuality, corporality and desire emerge. These are experiences that call into question the inevitability of dysphoria; that challenge the hegemonic patterns of construction of (hetero)sexuality and gender, especially of masculinity; and that deny the presumption of undesirability that is often attributed to trans bodies. The discourses that are analyzed in this article come from interviews with young transgender people in the framework of an ethnographic research carried out in Spain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article responds to a recent call to problematise the theoretical underpinnings of lifestyle migration and in particular, to critically examine the construction of lifestyle migrants as an ideal-type of individualised subject, freed from the constraints of normative social structures. Recent research has begun to do so, by demonstrating how class, race and gender can intersect to delimit the post-migratory experiences of lifestyle migrants, as they negotiate multiple social hierarchies. This article adds a new dimension to these studies by showing how class, gender and sexuality interconnect through the prism of 'cosmopolitanism' to structure the lives of British women in the affluent Catalan town of Sitges. Although British lesbians have more social autonomy than other British female lifestyle migrants in the town, they are simultaneously rendered subordinate in relation to Sitges' cosmopolitan discourse, which privileges a stereotypical male homosexuality instead. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite the importance of sexuality in the life trajectory of any individual, this has been a traditionally invisible issue, something especially evident and restrictive in the case of women, in whom the issue of sexuality has usually been a space of control and of resistance. The absence of studies on sexuality is significant in disciplines related to care, which have shown a late interest in this issue, despite being recognized as a space conditioning health and well-being. When it has been approached it has been done from a fundamentally biomedical perspective, without taking into account the conditioning role of socio - cultural constructions on it, a question that has limited the intervention capacity of health professionals. This work, of a qualitative nature carried out through in-depth interviews and discussion groups with rural women in the province of Córdoba, aims to address this identified gap, as well as highlighting the main constructs on sexuality with which women manage their day to day, with the purpose of providing care professionals with useful tools for their professional performance in this particular field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The overrepresentation of sexual content on television and the debate raised by new femininities have transformed research on sexuality and TV fiction into a fruitful field of study. Content analyses demonstrate that television fiction offers a distorted image of sexuality and that information on relevant sex issues is barely considered. This article analyzes the sexual representations of female characters in Spanish TV fiction using a hybrid method that combines SPSS Statistics tools and socio-semiotics. The sample consists of 709 female characters from all the shows premiered in 2012 and 2013. The sexual activity of the female characters is related to physical attractiveness and age, with the exception of children and adolescents. Young female characters in the sample identify empowerment with sexual assertiveness and control, while sexual depictions of women over 45 are almost non-existent. Sexual relations are presented as the "natural" outcome of romantic relationships and seduction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background: This is a study in the obstetric-gynecology area, with an emphasis on sexual issues. The postpartum period is a time when sexuality has the same purpose, pleasure, and comfort. There are several key factors involved in sexuality. Objectives: To identify aspects related to the sexual experiences and differences of Spanish and immigrant women during the postpartum period in a health area of Palma de Mallorca (Spain). Methodology: This is a qualitative ethnographic study (2013-2014). We conducted 154 observations in 2 health care centers, 32 ethnographic field visits, and semi-structured interviews with Spanish and immigrant women (50 Spanish and 20 immigrant women). Results: Similarly to immigrant women, Spanish women have their own identity and make their own sexual and reproductive decisions in the postpartum period. Conclusion: A broader view on the sexuality of women during the postpartum period is needed. Health care professionals must listen to postpartum women without forgetting their cultural and social contexts in order to provide effective health care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: This is a study in the obstetric-gynecology area, with an emphasis on sexual issues. The postpartum period is a time when sexuality has the same purpose, pleasure, and comfort. There are several key factors involved in sexuality. Objectives: To identify aspects related to the sexual experiences and differences of Spanish and immigrant women during the postpartum period in a health area of Palma de Mallorca (Spain). Methodology: This is a qualitative ethnographic study (2013- 2014). We conducted 154 observations in 2 health care centers, 32 ethnographic field visits, and semi-structured interviews with Spanish and immigrant women (50 Spanish and 20 immigrant women). Results: Similarly to immigrant women, Spanish women have their own identity and make their own sexual and reproductive decisions in the postpartum period. Conclusion: A broader view on the sexuality of women during the postpartum period is needed. Health care professionals must listen to postpartum women without forgetting their cultural and social contexts in order to provide effective health care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research has two main aims: a) the study of Spanish teachers’ training and attitudes towards sex education, as well as the delivery of this subject in classrooms, while also exploring the existence of differences according to personal and professional characteristics; and b) to examine the association between teachers’ training and attitudes, and the extent to which these variables predict the delivery of sex education. A total of 3,695 Infant, Primary, Secondary and High school teachers (66.1% women, 33.9% men) throughout the country completed a voluntary online questionnaire that inquired about their training and attitudes towards sex education, their delivery or non-delivery of this subject in classrooms, and other personal and professional characteristics. Analyses indicate that participants show positive attitudes towards sex education, but that 43.3% are not trained in this issue, and 48.6% do not teach it at school. Some significant differences by sex, educational stage and type of school have been found. In addition, trained teachers show more positive attitudes to sex education. Finally, having more positive attitudes and, to a lesser extent, having prior training, positively predicts the delivery of sex education. These results highlight the importance of reviewing and improving teachers’ training on sexuality and sex education, with particular emphasis on attitudinal contents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To describe how sexuality is addressed in general practitioners' (GP) consultations, as well as to compare the results of a questionnaire carried out in 2017 that updated the data obtained from a 2004 survey., Material and Methods: Descriptive, analytical, multicentre study with 2cross-sections. Of the 3,500 GP who met the selection criteria (holding current accreditation as a resident tutor and being an active worker at the time of the study), 598 doctors participated in the survey in 2017 and 357 in 2004., Results: In both studies, the majority (98.6% in 2017 and 96% in 2004) consider that the sexual sphere is an important component in people's health, but less than half (40, 6% in 2017 and 21.6% in 2004) systematically recorded it in their clinical history. The main source of training in sexuality in both studies were continuing education courses (50.6% in 2017 and 31.4% in 2004). The main barriers found in both studies were lack of time (85.5% in 2017 and 82.1% in 2004) and lack of training (75.2% in 2017 and 74.5% in 2004)., Conclusions: GP are aware of the importance of sexuality in people's health, despite this, few professionals systematically record it in their medical records. The main source of training in sexuality is continuing education courses, which has increased in recent years. The main barriers in both studies are lack of time and poor training., (Copyright © 2022 Sociedad Española de Médicos de Atención Primaria (SEMERGEN). Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)

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The article examines, from a scientific, legal and ethical standpoint, the bill approved by the Spanish government to amend the law on abortion. The new law would guarantee abortion during the first fourteen weeks of pregnancy. As a result, abortion would go from being a crime to being a woman's right to terminate the life of her child. However, pursuant to constitutional doctrine and Constitutional Court Ruling 53/1985, the woman's right does not take absolute precedence over the life of the nasciturus, since that primacy assumes the disappearance of something that is not only protected constitutionally, but embodies a core value of the constitutional order. The article also reflects on abortion as a dilemma not only for the woman, but also for the unborn child, the father and society. Given the steady rise in abortions in Spain, it advocates legislation that is designed to protect the human being from the onset of life and the mother, as opposed to decriminalizing and favoring abortion. For that reason, it is urgent to promote legislation that offers the pregnant woman alternatives to abortion and public powers that guarantee protection for a woman who decides not to abort, by placing the necessary means at her disposal. Legislation of that sort would do justice to the unborn child and to the mother. Only then would abortion cease to be a completely isolated decision by the woman and become an informed, educated and free choice. Failure to promote genuine alternatives to abortion is equivalent to steering the pregnant woman and her partner towards the tragedy of abortion. The article is based on a descriptive and interdisciplinary study of the key scientific, legal and ethical issues that are involved in this topic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In this article we examine some socio-political implications of the processes of construction of the gay community in Madrid in relation to community level interventions to prevent the spread of HIV. To that end, we partially present the outcomes of an ethnographical research on the diversity of practices and representations - and therefore subjectivities - that can be found among men who have sex with men (MSM) who visit commercial venues for sexual encounters in the gay scene in Madrid, Spain. First, the ways of thinking, acting and feeling about those venues of three types of patrons (the "well-adjusted", the "periphericals" and the "marginals") are described. We conclude by drawing some implications for community interventions that can be derived from the heterogeneity of practices and representations to be found among patrons of those venues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Catalina de Erauso's story "La historia de la monja alférez," written by herself, Catalina de Erauso recounts her adventures as a man, her later confession of being a woman and virgin, her pension from the king, and even the Pope's legitimization of her dressing as a man. The author examines this text in terms of its contribution and resistance to the construction of gender in Spain and the Spanish American colonies in the early 17th century. The transatlantic voyages open a space in which the figure of Catalina de Erauso transits from one gender category to another. With an emphasis on the prefix 'trans', reading the text through the lens of the 'transsexual' narrative creates new borders and limits, and accentuates the text as a site of struggle over gender identity. The 'transsexual' narrative can help us see the text not only as a site of transition and combination of social categories, but also for interrupting the binary structure of sex and gender that appears so natural today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information and education on sexual health have a relevant importance for development and well-being of young people and teenagers. During the last decades, a number of programs were developed in order to inform this population about sexuality. In spite of it, the rates of unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections in teenagers and young people have risen. The majority of the investigations indicate that sexual behaviors in adolescents tend to develop earlier in life and to be more frequent. On the other hand, a lot of these teenagers have unprotected sex. The present study is aimed at exploring some of these sexual behaviors, as well as at exploring the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs that adolescents have towards the use of contraceptive methods, in order to develop more effective programs of prevention and intervention. The sample was constituted by 795 young people of Huelva, Spain, who were between 14 and 23 years old, and to whom a scale of 93 items on knowledge, attitudes and sexual risk practices was applied. Results indicate unfavorable attitudes towards the use of contraceptive methods and a diminished assertiveness in girls, which results in an unwillingness to buy condoms or to convince their sex partner to use one. Likewise, these result show the existence of many myths about sexuality and contraceptive methods, and that young people still lack knowledge about essential aspects of conception and contraception. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Sexual intercourse is currently the main route of HIV infection in Spain. Despite decreases in new infections among women and drug users, the rate remains stable in men. The aim of this study was to assess risk behaviour and HIV awareness in a sample of young adults in Spain., Methods: A cross-sectional, observational, descriptive study was performed on a non-HIV infected sample, using a questionnaire on sexual health and HIV awareness adapted from the Spanish National Institute of Statistics. A sexual risk variable was included (high and low), which was classified as high if subjects had had three or more sexual partners and did not always use a condom in all their sexual encounters., Results: 243 subjects were included (65.6% women) aged between 16 and 36years (mean=25.7; SD=4.1) (16-24years: 134 subjects; 25-29years: 60 subjects; over 30years: 47 subjects). Approximately 40.9% said that they used a condom in all sexual relations and 61% did not perceive any risk of infection. There were no significant differences in awareness of infection routes between the high and low risk profiles. Washing after sex, having few partners, spermicide use and having undetectable viral load were protective measures significantly associated with differences in sexual risk (P<.05)., Conclusions: The main finding of the study was the underestimation of risk of infection, analysed after differences found between self-assessment and sexual risk. Both positive and negative results were found concerning HIV awareness., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier España, S.L.U. and Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica. All rights reserved.)

Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is protected by the public authorities to ensure that people enjoy a free, satisfying, and safe sexual life. Despite the approval of the National Sexual and Reproductive Health Strategy in 2011, the progress achieved may be jeopardized by recent proposals for legislative changes affecting this area (abortion Law and 16/2012 Law) and by the impact of the current economic crisis. This article aims to describe the current situation of sexual and reproductive health in the Spanish population and to identify the potential impact of the economic crisis. To this end, we used the following information sources: the National Sexual Health Survey, the DAPHNE surveys, births and fetal deaths statistics from the Spanish National Institute of Statistics, the Registry of Voluntary Pregnancy Interruptions, reports from the National Epidemiology Center, and the National AIDS Registry. Sexual health and the availability of information are rated as good by the Spanish population. Among young people, schools and health services have become less important as information sources and the internet has become more important. Since the beginning of the crisis, contraceptive use and fertility have declined and maternity has been delayed. The economic crisis seems to have affected some indicators of sexual and reproductive health. However, the potential effects on other indicators should continue to be monitored because insufficient time may have passed for accurate determination of the full effect of the crisis., (Copyright © 2013 SESPAS. Published by Elsevier Espana. All rights reserved.)