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The double bind : Women, honour and sexuality in contemporary Ireland

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Irish women are caught in contradictory sexual discourses which create a cultural double bind. The legacy of Catholic Church teaching, in which the sexual honour of women revolves around their innocence and subservience, still lingers. This is gradually being replaced by media messages and images which portray women as sexually equal and independent. However, the media also portray sexually independent women as a threat to sexual moral order. The double bind reproduces double standards. The cultural contradictions in the way women are portrayed are revealed in an analysis of the reporting of events surrounding a court case involving the sexual assault of a woman. This analysis is put within the context of media reporting of other cases of sexually transgressive women.

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Media Culture Society

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Thousand Oak : sage publisher., 2012

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English

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01634437

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Vol. 34 no. 1, January 2012,pp. 68-82

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Ireland
Media
Culture
Women, honour and sexuality

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