TY - JOUR
T1 - Women's sexuality after cancer : a qualitative analysis of sexual changes and renegotiation
AU - Ussher, Jane M.
AU - Perz, Janette
AU - Gilbert, Emilee
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Changes to sexual wellbeing and intimacy after cancer were examined through interviews with 41 women; 23 women with cancer and 18 partners of a person with cancer. Thematic analysis identified 2 core themes: 1) Changes to sexuality after cancer: loss of sexual desire, sexual pain, concerns about body image, tiredness, and partner erectile dysfunction; Coital failure equals loss of sex and intimacy; and a counter-narrative in which sexuality is the same after cancer, more commonly reported by nonheterosexual women. 2) Renegotiating Sex: resisting the coital imperative and embracing intimacy. Implications of these findings for therapeutic interventions are discussed.
AB - Changes to sexual wellbeing and intimacy after cancer were examined through interviews with 41 women; 23 women with cancer and 18 partners of a person with cancer. Thematic analysis identified 2 core themes: 1) Changes to sexuality after cancer: loss of sexual desire, sexual pain, concerns about body image, tiredness, and partner erectile dysfunction; Coital failure equals loss of sex and intimacy; and a counter-narrative in which sexuality is the same after cancer, more commonly reported by nonheterosexual women. 2) Renegotiating Sex: resisting the coital imperative and embracing intimacy. Implications of these findings for therapeutic interventions are discussed.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/547395
U2 - 10.1080/02703149.2014.897547
DO - 10.1080/02703149.2014.897547
M3 - Article
SN - 0270-3149
VL - 37
SP - 205
EP - 211
JO - Women and Therapy
JF - Women and Therapy
IS - 45385
ER -
