Implants for Graduation? Parent and Adolescent Narratives

This research has explored the lives of 20 women who
participated in the gifting of breast
implants in order to examine how they felt their
decisions evolved over time and how their
decision to give or receive implants had affected
their lives. The questions were designed to
evoke awareness and reflection so that the
respondents would reveal private thoughts. Blending
the narratives with sociological paradigms provided
a means to better understand the
phenomenon of the gifting of implants.

Narrative analysis empowered research participants
and allowed them to determine the
most important themes in the area of breast
augmentation research. The use of personal
narratives allowed for the whole surgical experience
to enlighten the researcher, not any
particular aspect of the conversation.

Almost all of the women in this research felt their
choices were empowering ones that
they were pleased about having made. Most of the
mothers expressed that they were comfortable
with their decision to gift surgery to their
daughters, despite knowing that their gift of
augmentation would ultimately result in more surgery
in the future.

Autorentext

Dr. Fowler received a Ph.D. from the Univeristy of North Texas, and an MA and BA in Sociology from California State University, Fullerton. Lori Fowler currently teaches at Tarrant County College in Texas and Kaplan Unversity online. Dr. Fowler has published more than 50 Academic works and served more than 250 volunteer service hours.

Klappentext

This research has explored the lives of 20 women who participated in the gifting of breastimplants in order to examine how they felt their decisions evolved over time and how theirdecision to give or receive implants had affected their lives. The questions were designed toevoke awareness and reflection so that the respondents would reveal private thoughts. Blendingthe narratives with sociological paradigms provided a means to better understand thephenomenon of the gifting of implants.Narrative analysis empowered research participants and allowed them to determine themost important themes in the area of breast augmentation research. The use of personalnarratives allowed for the whole surgical experience to enlighten the researcher, not anyparticular aspect of the conversation. Almost all of the women in this research felt their choices were empowering ones thatthey were pleased about having made. Most of the mothers expressed that they were comfortablewith their decision to gift surgery to their daughters, despite knowing that their gift ofaugmentation would ultimately result in more surgery in the future.