@article{article_580367, title={OPINIONS OF NURSİNG STUDENTS’ ABOUT SEXUAL MYTHS}, journal={Kadın Sağlığı Hemşireliği Dergisi}, volume={5}, pages={29–42}, year={2019}, author={Karasu, Fatma}, keywords={Cinsel mit,cinsel sağlık ve üreme sağlığı,cinsel tabular}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:42.55pt;line-height:150%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Objective: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> The aim of this study was
to investigate the thoughts of nursing students about sexual myths who continue
their education in a public university in Southeast Anatolia region. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:35.45pt;line-height:150%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Material
and Methods: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> The universe of study consisted of nursing students attending a public
university in the Southeast Anatolian region. In this study, it is aimed to
reach the entire universe by not choosing the sample. It is composed of 220
students who agreed to participate in the study between 2015-2016. For
descriptive statistics, chi-square test was used to determine frequency,
percentage and difference between groups. The written permissions from the
institution to be studied were taken from the students. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:35.45pt;line-height:150%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Results: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> 25% of the students think that a woman expressing her sexual desire is
of a light behavior; 84.5% say that care shall be taken to prevent breakage of
the virginal membrane before marriage. 20.0% say that if there is no bleeding
during the first sexual intercourse the woman is not a virgin; 24.5% say that a
man is as strong as frequently he has intercourse; 10.5% say that a woman, who
initiate the intercourse are corrupt. When comparing the students’ gender to
the rate of belief in sexual myths, males were found to believe in sexual myths
with a higher rate and it was found to be meaningful in terms of statistics
(p<0.05). </span> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:35.45pt;line-height:150%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Conclusion: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> The belief in sexual myths among students is high
despite the fact that they receive education in health. It is advisable to
inform young people and especially those who will provide health care services
by giving courses such as sexual health information, reproductive health and
gender equality. </span> </p> <p> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Kadın Sağlığı Hemşireleri Derneği}