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Behind the Chair: "Doing Hair" and "Flipping the Script" in Interviews on the Sensitive Topics of Religion and Sexual Experiences
Hinter dem Stuhl: "Haare machen" und "Flipping the Script" in Interviews zu den sensiblen Themen Religion und sexuelle Erfahrungen
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Abstract
Religion and sexual experience are deemed sensitive topics to research. I aim to elucidate how I used hairdressing as an activity during qualitative interviews to aid in researching the relationship between religious-cultural upbringing and women's sexual experiences in Northern Ireland. There has b... view more
Religion and sexual experience are deemed sensitive topics to research. I aim to elucidate how I used hairdressing as an activity during qualitative interviews to aid in researching the relationship between religious-cultural upbringing and women's sexual experiences in Northern Ireland. There has been little recognition of the subjective sexual experiences of adult women in Northern Ireland; this is partly due to the dominance of Roman Catholicism and Evangelical Fundamentalism's religious practices in the country and their promotion of morally conservative ideas around women's bodies and sexual activity. This, in turn, has allowed a moral, religious perspective on sexual activity to have a high level of significance for the individual in Northern Ireland and society, making it challenging to research. I will explore how "doing hair" during qualitative interviews can help to combat issues associated with researching sensitive topics using GOFFMAN's (1956) dramaturgical analysis and HOCHSCHILD's (1983) emotional labor concept. I argue that utilizing the routine performances between the hairdresser and client and "flipping the script" on the researcher/participant vs. hairdresser/client power relations can aid in the disclosure of the socially and culturally sensitive topics of religion and sexual experiences.... view less
Keywords
data capture; qualitative interview; religion; sexuality; reactivity effect; emotionality; Goffman, E.
Classification
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Free Keywords
Flipping the Script; Friseurhandwerk; Hochschild; Nordirland; Northern Ireland; creative methods; emotional labor; emotionale Arbeit; hairdressing; kreative Methoden; sensible Themen; sensitive topics; sexual experiences; sexuelle Erfahrungen
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Journal
Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 24 (2023) 1
ISSN
1438-5627
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed