Perceptions and correlates of pubic hair removal and grooming among college-aged women: a mixed methods approach

Sexual Health ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea L. DeMaria ◽  
Beth Sundstrom ◽  
Stephanie M. McInnis ◽  
Emily Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pubic Hair ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Sexual History ◽  
Hair Removal ◽  
Sexual Behaviours ◽  
The Media ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies ◽  
Depth Interviews

Background Although much is known about behavioural indicators of pubic hair removal, current research lacks deeper cognitive reasoning and understanding through utilising quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The purpose of this study was to: (1) describe and understand pubic hair removal behaviours using a quantitative survey; and (2) examine the relationship between pubic hair removal, sexual behaviours and genital self-image using in-depth interviews. Methods: Data were collected from women aged 18–24 years living in the United States. Overall, 663 participants completed an online survey and 53 completed in-depth interviews. Questions asked related to pubic hair removal and sexual history. Results: Participants removed hair for hygiene, comfort and sensation purposes, which was a personal decision influenced by family, friends and the media. Race, pubic hair removal initiation age, genital image and sexual behaviours were significantly related to pubic hair removal. Conclusions: Data from this study prove that further education regarding safe pubic hair removal methods is needed, especially for those who initiate pubic hair removal and sexual behaviours concurrently.

scholarly journals 035 Prevalence and Motivation for Pubic Hair Removal among Women in the United States

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. S254
Author(s):  
T.S. Rowen ◽  
T.W. Gaither ◽  
M.A. Awad ◽  
C. Osterberg ◽  
A.W. Shindel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pubic Hair ◽  
Hair Removal

scholarly journals No tears in heaven: did the media create the pseudo-phenomenon “altitude-adjusted lachrymosity syndrome (AALS)”?

PeerJ ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. e4569
Author(s):  
Paul Wicks ◽  
Lee Lancashire
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
The United States ◽  
Amazon Mechanical Turk ◽  
Annual Household Income ◽  
Emotional Life ◽  
Life Event ◽  
Public Figures ◽  
The Media

Objective In the media, numerous public figures have reported involuntary emotional outbursts arising from watching films on planes, resembling neurological phenomena such as pseudobulbar affect. Putative risk factors put forward include altitude, mild hypoxia, or alcohol. Our objective was to determine whether watching a film on an airplane is really more likely to induce involuntary, uncontrollable, or surprising crying than watching one on the ground, described in some social media as “altitude-adjusted lachrymosity syndrome” (AALS), or whether this is a pseudo-phenomena. Methods Amazon Mechanical Turk survey participants (N = 1,084) living in the United States who had watched a film on a plane in the past 12 months were invited to complete an online survey. The main outcome measures were likelihood of crying in a logistic regression model including location of viewing, age, gender, genre of film, subjective film rating, annual household income, watching a “guilty pleasure” film, drinking alcohol, feeling tired or jetlagged, or having a recent emotional life event. Results About one in four films induced crying. Watching a film on a plane per se does not appear to induce involuntary crying. Significant predictors of crying included dramas or family films, a recent life event, watching a “guilty pleasure”, high film ratings, and female gender. Medical conditions, age, income, alcohol use, and feeling tired or jetlagged were not significant. Conclusion People reporting the pseudo-phenomena of AALS are most likely experiencing “dramatically heightened exposure”, watching as many films on a plane in a week’s return trip as they would in a year at the cinema. Such perceptions are probably magnified by confirmation bias and further mentions in social media.

Does media slant polarize compliance with science-based public health recommendations? Effects of media consumption patterns on COVID-19 attitudes and behaviors in the United States

2021 ◽  
pp. 135910532110614
Author(s):  
Yongjin Choi ◽  
Ashley M Fox
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Political Polarization ◽  
Media Consumption ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
The Media ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Media Slant ◽  
Conservative Media

Has political polarization undermined the media’ informational role during the COVID-19 pandemic? Recent studies show that politicized reporting from conservative media discouraged compliance with COVID-19 guidelines in the U.S. However, greater attention to the 24-hour news cycle may make high-consumption viewers better factually informed regardless of the source. We examine how the extent of media consumption affects people’s emotions, attitudes, and behaviors toward the pandemic. With an online survey of 1128 respondents, we found a strong convergence in anxiety and health-protective behaviors in more avid media viewers regardless of media outlet while finding a divergence in attitudes toward specific mitigation strategies.

scholarly journals I Am Not Invisible: The Impact of Age Discrimination in the Workplace

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 25-25
Author(s):  
Jasmin Tahmaseb McConatha ◽  
Frauke Schnell ◽  
Lauren Stricker ◽  
Jacqueline Magnarelli
Keyword(s):  
Older Workers ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
The Media ◽  
Cultivation Hypothesis ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Ageism and age stereotypes are widespread. They shape the lived experiences of older workers. This presentation focuses on the results of responses to an online survey exploring the impact of ageist treatment in the workplace. The results of online surveys from 113 teachers over the age of 50 indicated that ageist treatment is widespread. An analysis of open ended questions addressing the stressful impact of being victimized by ageism indicated that feeling invisible, isolated, and helpless are the three most common responses to ageist treatment in the workplace. Being victimized by ageism presents a threat to older workers sense of self and feelings of competence. The cultivation hypothesis suggests that in technologically advanced societies such as the United States, people often rely on the media as a primary source of cultural information. Media images tend to depict older adults in ways that maintain and create ageist stereotypes. Our research suggests that the framing of media content significantly influences the self-worth of older workers. In this presentation, we discuss examples of ageism in the workplace, the family, and the media, and discuss ways of combating biased and discriminatory treatment. Based on our ongoing research, we make suggestions for ways of responding to and coping with ageist treatment.

Pubic Hair Removal and Sexual Behavior: Findings from a Prospective Daily Diary Study of Sexually Active Women in the United States

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 678-685 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debby Herbenick ◽  
Devon Hensel ◽  
Nicole K. Smith ◽  
Vanessa Schick ◽  
Michael Reece ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Daily Diary ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pubic Hair ◽  
Hair Removal ◽  
Diary Study ◽  
Sexually Active ◽  
Daily Diary Study

scholarly journals Diverging worlds of foreign correspondence: The changing working conditions of correspondents in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Journalism ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 539-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Brüggemann ◽  
Guido Keel ◽  
Thomas Hanitzsch ◽  
Gerit Götzenbrucker ◽  
Laura Schacht
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Foreign Correspondents ◽  
Media Type ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Media ◽  
Foreign Correspondence ◽  
Foreign Correspondent

Foreign correspondents seem to have become an endangered species. They are said to be increasingly substituted by new forms of foreign correspondence. These claims are often raised by researchers studying foreign correspondence to and from the United States and the United Kingdom. We test whether assumptions about the demise and substitution of the traditional foreign correspondent also apply beyond these contexts. Particularly, the study seeks to explore the differences in the working conditions of various kinds of foreign correspondents. Based on 211 responses gathered through an online survey of a carefully reconstructed population of 721 journalists, it describes the profile and working conditions of foreign correspondents in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. It finds that the traditional correspondent – a professional journalist working full-time for legacy media – may be more resistant to change than expected. In the perception of correspondents, there is not much substitution through parachutes, locals, amateurs, or reporting from the headquarters. Working conditions are not worsening for everyone. Rather, we find diverging worlds of foreign correspondence depending on the media type, the country of origin, and the kind of job contract journalists have.

scholarly journals A full Brazilian or all natural: understanding the influences on young women’s decision to remove their pubic hair

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Obst ◽  
Katherine White ◽  
Ebony Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Theory Of Planned Behaviour ◽  
Pubic Hair ◽  
Behavioural Control ◽  
Hair Removal ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Planned Behaviour ◽  
Perceived Behavioural Control

Abstract Background Research indicates that young women are being exposed to increasing pressures to remove pubic hair from their bodies, which has the potential for both negative physical and psychological consequences. Women’s personal choice and reasoning for partaking in pubic hair removal is influenced by broader social influences; however, there is little theory-based research drawing from established decision-making models investigating the underlying processes that lead young women to engage in pubic hair removal practices. Based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour, it was hypothesised that 1) attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioural control would predict intention to remove pubic hair; 2) additional variables (prototype similarity and favourability) from the Prototype Willingness Model would significantly predict intention to remove pubic hair; 3) feminist values would significantly predict decreased intention to remove pubic hair; and 4) intention and perceived behavioural control would predict future self-reported removal of pubic hair. Method The current study included a sample of 270 young women (17–25 years old), who completed an online survey and a follow up survey 4 weeks later (N = 96). Results Attitudes, perceived behavioural control, and similarity to prototypical pubic hair removers were significant predictors of intention to remove pubic hair. Intention was significantly positively associated and feminist values were significantly negatively associated with actual pubic hair removal. Conclusions These findings align with Theory of Planned Behaviour propositions. Furthermore, the expansion of the model highlights how broader social images impact on young women when deciding whether to engage in a behaviour that is intimately associated with their body image.

scholarly journals Attitudes to sexual health in the United States: results from a national survey of youth aged 15–25 years

Sexual Health ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Hogben ◽  
Christopher Harper ◽  
Melissa A. Habel ◽  
Kathryn Brookmeyer ◽  
Allison Friedman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sexual Health Care ◽  
Sexual Behaviours ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Physical Intimacy

Background Several common global definitions of sexual health refer to physical, emotional and social well-being, with respect to sexuality, and also to the need for this well-being to be reflected for all individuals in relationships. How well sexual health definitions fit US youths’ attitudes to sexual health, and associations between these attitudes, sexual behaviours and sexual health care were assessed. Methods: In total, 4017 youth aged between 15 and 25 years via an online survey panel, weighted to be representative of the US population, were surveyed. Respondents reported their attitudes towards seven dimensions of sexual health that we abstracted from existing global definitions (emotional fulfillment, social connectedness, spirituality, overall pleasure, physical intimacy, mental fulfillment, reciprocal benefits). Respondents also reported on sexual health-related discussions with partners, sexual behaviours, and their use of sexual health care. Outcomes through weighted frequency estimates and ordinal regression models were reported. Results: Youth generally construed all seven dimensions as important to sexual health, with the emotional dimension rated most favourably. Attitudes to the dimensions of overall pleasure, physical intimacy and spirituality were most consistently related to sexual health discussions and behaviours. The behaviours most consistently related to sexual health attitudes were going for a sexual health check-up, discussing birth control/pregnancy and discussing risk before sex without a condom. Conclusions: Youth construal of sexual health fits well with global sexual health definitions. Attitudes to dimensions of sexual health were related to some sexual health-related behaviours, especially healthcare use and complex discussions.

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