University of Wisconsin Milwaukee UWM Digital Commons Theses and Dissertations August 2020 'Would You Say You Had Sex If...' Rhetorical Meaning-Making Within Intimate Encounters and Their Discourses at the Macro, Meso, and Micro Levels Megan Orcholski University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.uwm.edu/etd Part of the Gender and Sexuality Commons, and the Rhetoric Commons Recommended Citation Orcholski, Megan, "'Would You Say You Had Sex If...' Rhetorical Meaning-Making Within Intimate Encounters and Their Discourses at the Macro, Meso, and Micro Levels" (2020). Theses and Dissertations. 2571. https://dc.uwm.edu/etd/2571 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by UWM Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of UWM Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. ‘WOULD YOU SAY YOU HAD SEX IF…’ RHETORICAL MEANING-MAKING WITHIN INTIMATE ENCOUNTERS AND THEIR DISCOURSES AT THE MACRO, MESO, AND MICRO LEVELS. by Megan Orcholski A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Communication at The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee December 2020 ABSTRACT ‘WOULD YOU SAY YOU HAD SEX IF…’ RETORICAL MEANING-MAKING WITHIN INTIMATE ENCOUNTERS AND THEIR DISCOURSES AT THE MACRO, MESO, AND MICRO LEVELS. by Megan Orcholski The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2020 Under the Supervision of Professor Dr. Leslie Harris, Ph.D. This dissertation advances a deeper understanding of the rhetoric of intimate encounters by analyzing meaning-making practices at the intersections of sex, sexuality, and sexualized violence at the macro, meso, and micro levels.