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1Department of Communication, University of Utah.
Health Communication
|June 9, 2020
Summary
Childfree individuals face barriers to sterilization due to physician bias. Online communities use performative face theory to affirm their choices, reframing sterilization as permanent and positive, countering regret narratives.
Area of Science:
- Communication Studies
- Sociology
- Reproductive Health
Background:
- Sterilization is a common and effective birth control method, yet childfree individuals encounter significant access barriers.
- Physician pronatalist biases, such as fears of future regret, contribute to difficulties in obtaining sterilization.
- Existing research indicates low regret rates among childfree individuals post-sterilization, contradicting physician concerns.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze online communication strategies used by childfree individuals to navigate barriers to sterilization.
- To apply performative face theory to understand how online discourse shapes perceptions of sterilization and identity.
- To explore how online communities foster support and facilitate access to reproductive healthcare for the childfree.
Main Methods:
- Critical-qualitative analysis of user-generated content from the 'childfree' subreddit.
- Examination of posts specifically discussing sterilization experiences and access.
- Application of performative face theory to interpret online interactions and identity articulation.
Main Results:
- Online discourse constructs a 'fixed childfree subjectivity' emphasizing permanence and repair over regret.
- Users engage in 'subversive meta-facework,' discussing offline actions online to maintain group identity and challenge societal norms.
- This online communication helps denaturalize the assumed links between gender, parenthood, and identity.
Conclusions:
- Online communities are crucial for childfree individuals to share information, gain support, and affirm their identity.
- The findings challenge pronatalist assumptions and highlight the effectiveness of collective identity work in health activism.
- Strategies employed online have implications for health activism at individual, relational, communal, and cultural levels.
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