What is it about?
This paper looks at the effect of the metaphors used to imagine the body. It found that the extent to which metaphors used in describing or imagining the human body tended towards mechanistic or natural appeared to effect contraceptive use.
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Why is it important?
Clinicians trying to help women choose an acceptable method of contraception, which they are happy to continue using, would benefit from understanding how the woman imagines her body, and the effect of the contraceptive method upon it. This should facilitate better choice and enable women to use a contraceptive method with which they are happy.
Perspectives
I began my professional life as a GP with a particular interest in women's health. This research grew out of my understanding that social and psychological factors profoundly affect health behaviour, especially in the area of contraception
Dr Susan H Walker
Anglia Ruskin University
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This page is a summary of: Mechanistic and “Natural” Body Metaphors and Their Effects on Attitudes to Hormonal Contraception, Women & Health, November 2012, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2012.728190.
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