Across The Generational Divide: Exploring Stigmas About Voluntarily Childless Women In Hawaiʻi

dc.contributor.advisorCrosby, Martha E.
dc.contributor.authorTakaoka, Alicia
dc.contributor.departmentCommunication and Information Science
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-29T23:15:13Z
dc.date.available2021-07-29T23:15:13Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThis research study examines the reactions to and perceptions of childless men and women to determine if the stigma of remaining a voluntarily childless woman is persistent across generations in a unique and diverse community when compared to the needs of a global niche community. Based on Halford’s 2006 research on failed account episodes in disclosures of childlessness by men and women and building on a preliminary study examining discourse about childless individuals in social networking sites and general perceptions toward childless individuals, this study seeks to evaluate the degree to which stigmas about the decision to remain childless could be considered failed accounts and the degree to which religion, age, and other factors impact perceptions of childless individuals, especially childless women.
dc.description.degreePh.D.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/75919
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa
dc.subjectChildfree choice
dc.subjectChildlessness--Social aspects
dc.subjectStigma (Social psychology)
dc.titleAcross The Generational Divide: Exploring Stigmas About Voluntarily Childless Women In Hawaiʻi
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.dcmiText
dcterms.spatialHawaii
local.identifier.alturihttp://dissertations.umi.com/hawii:11080

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