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Preventive care’s forgotten women: life course, sexuality, and sexual health among homosexually and bisexually active women in France.

Chetcuti, Natacha, Beltzer, Nathalie, Methy, Nicolas, Laborde, Caroline, Velter, Annie, Bajos, Nathalie, CSF Group·2013·Journal of Sex Research
DOI 10.1080/00224499.2012.657264
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Although studies show that women who have sex with women (WSW) have poorer sexual health and more limited access to health care for gynecological problems than other women, the social processes giving rise to such health differences have not, so far, been explored. These processes may be formed in response to a dominant social norm, which assigns women to a heterosexual and monogamous sexuality. Based on data from a national random survey of sexuality (N = 6,824), enriched by qualitative interviews with WSW (n = 40), this analysis shows that bisexually active women had similar socio-demographic profiles to heterosexually active women, whereas homosexually active women appeared to be more highly educated than other women and less likely to live as couples than bisexually active women. Bisexually active women had more diversified sexual trajectories and sexual networks than other women. Chlamydia prevalence was found to be higher among bisexually active women, and homosexually active women reported fewer medical consultations for gynecological reasons. These analyses highlight the need to deconstruct the binary classification of homosexual versus heterosexual women. Because of constraint by the monogamous heterosexual norm, bisexually active women were less likely to be tested for sexually transmitted infections, and homosexually active women were less likely to have had gynecological follow-ups.

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  • Recent studies regarding STI rates among WSW and WSWM indicate that WSWM experience higher rates of STIs than WSW, with rates comparable with women who have sex with men (WSM) in all studies reviewed.

    “Recent studies regarding STI rates among WSW and WSWM indicate that WSWM experience higher rates of STIs than WSW, with rates comparable with women who have sex with men (WSM) in all studies reviewed (279,285,286).”

    From Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines, 2021 (2021) · cites this paper as [285]

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Authors
Chetcuti, N., Beltzer, N., Methy, N., Laborde, C., Velter, A., Bajos, N., & CSF Group
Affiliations
National Institute of Population Studies (PK)
Corresponding author
Bajos, Nathalie
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Sex Research
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2013-08
Volume
50
Issue
6
Pages
587-597
ISSN
  • 0022-4499 (ISSN-L)
  • 1559-8519
DOI
10.1080/00224499.2012.657264
OpenAlex
W1993865655
Cited by
36
References
120
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 1
FWCI
0.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • The Journal of Sex Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
Keywords
women who have sex with women, bisexual women, homosexual women, sexual health, gynecological care, sexual health disparities, sexual networks, chlamydia prevalence, sexually transmitted infection testing, life course, gender norms, France
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Bisexuality, Chlamydia Infections, Female, France, Humans, Middle Aged, Preventive Medicine, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Social Support, Homosexuality, Female, Young Adult, Reproductive Health

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