"Yes" to abortion but "no" to sexual rights: The paradoxical reality of married women in rural Tamil Nadu, India

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 12, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 88-99

  Sundari Ravindran, T K ^a   Balasubramanian, P ^b  

^a Rural Women's Social Educ Centre ^*

^b Rural Women's Social Educ Centre   (India)

Author keywords

contraception and unplanned pregnancy; gender issues; India; induced abortion; marriage; sexual rights; sexual violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIA; INDUCED ABORTION; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPOUSES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 2442551866     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(04)23133-0     Document Type: Article

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