‘Snatched Away’: Ageing Bias in Vulva Positive Social Media and Stock Photography Images of the Vulva

Kim Daly

doi:10.18778/1505-9065.21.18

Auteurs

Kim Daly University of Victoria, School of Nursing https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5487-3171

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.18778/1505-9065.21.18

Mots-clés :

le vieillissement, la vulve, le féminisme, la santé sexuelle, l’analyse de contenu visuel

Résumé

Bien que les images d’organes génitaux des femmes cisgenres et trans soient acceptées comme acte de fierté féministe, les images génitales des femmes de 3^e âge apparaissent beaucoup moins. Lors de cette étude, je me suis servie d’une analyse de contenu visuel pour déterminer le biais de vieillissement à travers un site médiatique et un site-web de banque d’images. Les conclusions de l’étude confirment un manque de représentation dans la culture populaire visuelle ce qui résulterait en une production discursive des organes sexuels des femmes âgées comme centrées sur des conceptions sociales d’une déficience ménopause. Les idées basées sur l’atrophie, la dégradation, et une anatomie oubliée relèvent des défis pour obtenir des images satisfaisantes d’identification de soi, de compréhension corporelle, et de santé sexuelle pour des femmes au mi-temps de la vie. Certaines recommandations sont formulées comment l’anatomie sexuelle des femmes âgées pourrait faire partie d’une culture visuelle et, éventuellement, être incorporée d’un site consacré à l’activisme féministe.

Biographie de l'auteur

Kim Daly, University of Victoria, School of Nursing

Kim Daly is the Associate Director of Undergraduate Programs and Partnerships in the School of Nursing at the University of Victoria, Canada. Raised on Mohawk territory and now residing on Coast Salish lands, she acknowledges her Scottish, Irish, and English ancestry. Her research explores gender and health, anti-racist education, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. She recently published in Quality Advancement in Nursing Education on Indigenous and settler teaching collaborations.

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