Pub Date : 2021-10-13DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2021.1990116
Eunha Kim, H. Kim, K. Lee
ABSTRACT Although social acceptance of lesbian women has improved in many countries, they still face great challenges in South Korea. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore South Korean lesbian younger adults’ perceived challenges related to their romantic relationships and to identify the factors that help them cope. For this, using a convenience sample, we recruited and interviewed 13 South Korean lesbian younger adults attending colleges or graduate schools and analysed their data through consensus qualitative research. Analyses revealed that issues related to family, friends, strangers, and same-sex female coupling; the heteronormative context; and biases against lesbian couples were the major challenges perceived by the participants. In addition, they identified intracouple, interpersonal, and environmental and social factors that helped them cope. Theoretical, practical, and research implications of the findings are discussed.
{"title":"A qualitative investigation of the romantic relationship experiences. of South Korean lesbians in early adulthood","authors":"Eunha Kim, H. Kim, K. Lee","doi":"10.1080/19419899.2021.1990116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2021.1990116","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Although social acceptance of lesbian women has improved in many countries, they still face great challenges in South Korea. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore South Korean lesbian younger adults’ perceived challenges related to their romantic relationships and to identify the factors that help them cope. For this, using a convenience sample, we recruited and interviewed 13 South Korean lesbian younger adults attending colleges or graduate schools and analysed their data through consensus qualitative research. Analyses revealed that issues related to family, friends, strangers, and same-sex female coupling; the heteronormative context; and biases against lesbian couples were the major challenges perceived by the participants. In addition, they identified intracouple, interpersonal, and environmental and social factors that helped them cope. Theoretical, practical, and research implications of the findings are discussed.","PeriodicalId":51686,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Sexuality","volume":"24 1","pages":"1214 - 1230"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2021-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90202104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-07DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2021.1987305
L. Margolin
ABSTRACT Basson’s ‘sexual response model’ may have been developed to more accurately represent women’s sexual interests and behaviour – to challenge previous sexual desire models based on men’s sexuality – but in sex therapy practice, it appears to sanction men’s right to define and govern heterosexual interactions. Close readings of Basson’s case studies show how, instead of helping men better understand and adapt to women’s sexual needs, the sexual response model’s therapeutic goal consists of helping women better understand and adapt to men’s sexual needs.
{"title":"Eros under patriarchy: A study of Basson’s ‘sexual response model’","authors":"L. Margolin","doi":"10.1080/19419899.2021.1987305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2021.1987305","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Basson’s ‘sexual response model’ may have been developed to more accurately represent women’s sexual interests and behaviour – to challenge previous sexual desire models based on men’s sexuality – but in sex therapy practice, it appears to sanction men’s right to define and govern heterosexual interactions. Close readings of Basson’s case studies show how, instead of helping men better understand and adapt to women’s sexual needs, the sexual response model’s therapeutic goal consists of helping women better understand and adapt to men’s sexual needs.","PeriodicalId":51686,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Sexuality","volume":"1 1","pages":"1204 - 1213"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2021-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83014397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-27DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2021.1982756
A. Holm, Ashlie N. Johnson, Raeven Clockston, Katrina Oselinsky, Pamela J. Lundeberg, Kate Rand, Dan J. Graham
ABSTRACT This study uses Intersectionality-informed methods to quantitatively examine experiences of discrimination and depressive symptoms among historically marginalised populations. Using mediation models and data from Project STRIDE collected in 2005–2006, discrimination (attributed to gender and/or sexual orientation and/or race/ethnicity) was modelled as a mediator between identity and depressive symptoms among seven diverse identity-based subgroups (75% sexual minorities and 50% Black or Hispanic). Discrimination partially mediated the effect of identity on depressive symptoms for sexual minority Black women, but only when accounting for discrimination on the basis of all three marginalised identities (woman, Black, and lesbian/bisexual). Sexual minority Black and white men experienced significantly less/less frequent depressive symptoms relative to straight white men, holding constant discrimination. While quantitatively modelling intersectionality is inherently nuanced, this study may serve as a framework for carrying out future quantitative intersectionality-based studies. Ultimately, intersectionality research contributes to the potential for a healthier and more equitable society for all.
{"title":"Intersectional health disparities: the relationships between sex, race/ethnicity, and sexual orientation and depressive symptoms","authors":"A. Holm, Ashlie N. Johnson, Raeven Clockston, Katrina Oselinsky, Pamela J. Lundeberg, Kate Rand, Dan J. Graham","doi":"10.1080/19419899.2021.1982756","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2021.1982756","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study uses Intersectionality-informed methods to quantitatively examine experiences of discrimination and depressive symptoms among historically marginalised populations. Using mediation models and data from Project STRIDE collected in 2005–2006, discrimination (attributed to gender and/or sexual orientation and/or race/ethnicity) was modelled as a mediator between identity and depressive symptoms among seven diverse identity-based subgroups (75% sexual minorities and 50% Black or Hispanic). Discrimination partially mediated the effect of identity on depressive symptoms for sexual minority Black women, but only when accounting for discrimination on the basis of all three marginalised identities (woman, Black, and lesbian/bisexual). Sexual minority Black and white men experienced significantly less/less frequent depressive symptoms relative to straight white men, holding constant discrimination. While quantitatively modelling intersectionality is inherently nuanced, this study may serve as a framework for carrying out future quantitative intersectionality-based studies. Ultimately, intersectionality research contributes to the potential for a healthier and more equitable society for all.","PeriodicalId":51686,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Sexuality","volume":"69 1","pages":"1068 - 1089"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2021-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75038410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-21DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2021.1982755
Ella Marie Sandbakken, Anita Skrautvol, Ole Jacob Madsen
ABSTRACT One pervasive societal norm in Western societies is that of monogamy as the ‘natural’ way of practising relationships. Polyamorous individuals, who practise consensual non-monogamy, risk experiencing prejudice, discrimination, and marginalisation. The present study documents a thematic analysis of in-depth interviews with 11 Norwegian participants currently in polyamorous relationships, which resulted in three themes: (1) Wishing for normalisation; (2) Lack of literacy impedes recognition; and (3) The continuous consideration of disclosure. The results show that most participants experienced frequently being reminded of their relationship practice as ‘aberrant’ in the mononormative culture. In particular, participants stressed lack of recognition of their relationships as ‘real’, and linked this to scarce knowledge about what polyamory entails. Consequently, several participants considered carefully when to disclose their relationship structures, to avoid negative reactions from others. The study shows the consequences taken-for-granted norms can have for persons engaging in relationships that do not conform to these norms. Our study suggests that working towards a higher level of polyamory literacy, as well as a heightened awareness of the stressful environments the majority may unintentionally create for the polyamorous minority, is key to reduce minority stress for individuals living in other relationship structures than monogamy.
{"title":"‘It’s my definition of a relationship, even though it doesn’t fit yours’: living in polyamorous relationships in a mononormative culture","authors":"Ella Marie Sandbakken, Anita Skrautvol, Ole Jacob Madsen","doi":"10.1080/19419899.2021.1982755","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2021.1982755","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT One pervasive societal norm in Western societies is that of monogamy as the ‘natural’ way of practising relationships. Polyamorous individuals, who practise consensual non-monogamy, risk experiencing prejudice, discrimination, and marginalisation. The present study documents a thematic analysis of in-depth interviews with 11 Norwegian participants currently in polyamorous relationships, which resulted in three themes: (1) Wishing for normalisation; (2) Lack of literacy impedes recognition; and (3) The continuous consideration of disclosure. The results show that most participants experienced frequently being reminded of their relationship practice as ‘aberrant’ in the mononormative culture. In particular, participants stressed lack of recognition of their relationships as ‘real’, and linked this to scarce knowledge about what polyamory entails. Consequently, several participants considered carefully when to disclose their relationship structures, to avoid negative reactions from others. The study shows the consequences taken-for-granted norms can have for persons engaging in relationships that do not conform to these norms. Our study suggests that working towards a higher level of polyamory literacy, as well as a heightened awareness of the stressful environments the majority may unintentionally create for the polyamorous minority, is key to reduce minority stress for individuals living in other relationship structures than monogamy.","PeriodicalId":51686,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Sexuality","volume":"67 1","pages":"1054 - 1067"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2021-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83458780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-16DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2021.1978529
Kristina Howansky, Natalie M. Wittlin, Darla Bonagura, Shana Cole
ABSTRACT Across three studies people miscategorised transgender individuals through degendering (abstention of pronouns) and misgendering (using gender inconsistent pronouns). Participants described and evaluated an individual who either disclosed a transgender identity or did not in an interpersonal context. In Study 1 (N = 203), men were more likely to misgender a woman who identified as transgender (vs. did not) and were less likely to explicitly categorise her as a woman. In Studies 2 (N = 600) and 3 (N = 593), participants were more likely to misgender and degender transgender women and men (vs. controls). In Study 3, participants who learned a person’s pronoun were less likely to degender transgender women. However, providing pronouns did not result in significantly less misgendering overall, nor did it mitigate the degendering of transgender men. Misgendering was a stronger predictor of social connectedness and social categorisation (Study 1) than explicit gender inconsistent categorisations. Misgendering is an insidious indirect form of miscategorisation, more strongly predicting negative social consequences than direct explicit categorisation. While listing one’s pronouns mitigates some pronoun disparities, it is not a cure-all for degendering and misgendering.
{"title":"Him, her, them, or none: misgendering and degendering of transgender individuals","authors":"Kristina Howansky, Natalie M. Wittlin, Darla Bonagura, Shana Cole","doi":"10.1080/19419899.2021.1978529","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2021.1978529","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Across three studies people miscategorised transgender individuals through degendering (abstention of pronouns) and misgendering (using gender inconsistent pronouns). Participants described and evaluated an individual who either disclosed a transgender identity or did not in an interpersonal context. In Study 1 (N = 203), men were more likely to misgender a woman who identified as transgender (vs. did not) and were less likely to explicitly categorise her as a woman. In Studies 2 (N = 600) and 3 (N = 593), participants were more likely to misgender and degender transgender women and men (vs. controls). In Study 3, participants who learned a person’s pronoun were less likely to degender transgender women. However, providing pronouns did not result in significantly less misgendering overall, nor did it mitigate the degendering of transgender men. Misgendering was a stronger predictor of social connectedness and social categorisation (Study 1) than explicit gender inconsistent categorisations. Misgendering is an insidious indirect form of miscategorisation, more strongly predicting negative social consequences than direct explicit categorisation. While listing one’s pronouns mitigates some pronoun disparities, it is not a cure-all for degendering and misgendering.","PeriodicalId":51686,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Sexuality","volume":"84 1","pages":"1026 - 1040"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2021-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89124163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-12DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2021.1979634
M. Liss, L. Wilson
ABSTRACT Sexual minorities are at greater risk for mental health difficulties than their heterosexual peers, and bisexual and asexual individuals may be at particularly heightened risk. However, the majority of the literature has failed to examine nuanced differences within the sexual minority community. We examined depression, anxiety and happiness as indicators of mental health, and belonging and coping as general psychological processes in 2,424 female and male college students who identified as gay/lesbian, asexual, or bisexual. The findings revealed a significant main effect for sexual orientation such that bisexual individuals scored significantly higher on depression and lower on happiness than asexual and gay/lesbian individuals. Gay/lesbian and bisexual individuals scored significantly higher on anxiety and lower on coping than asexual individuals. Asexual individuals reported greater belonging than bisexual individuals, and gay/lesbian individuals scored in between those groups. The results also revealed a significant main effect for gender such that women had higher levels of depression and anxiety, and lower levels of happiness and coping than men. Finally, gender did not moderate the relationship between sexual orientation and the outcome variables. These findings highlight that the sexual minority community is not a monolithic group in terms of mental health or general psychological processes.
{"title":"Mental health and general psychological processes among asexual, bisexual, and gay/lesbian college students in the United States","authors":"M. Liss, L. Wilson","doi":"10.1080/19419899.2021.1979634","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2021.1979634","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Sexual minorities are at greater risk for mental health difficulties than their heterosexual peers, and bisexual and asexual individuals may be at particularly heightened risk. However, the majority of the literature has failed to examine nuanced differences within the sexual minority community. We examined depression, anxiety and happiness as indicators of mental health, and belonging and coping as general psychological processes in 2,424 female and male college students who identified as gay/lesbian, asexual, or bisexual. The findings revealed a significant main effect for sexual orientation such that bisexual individuals scored significantly higher on depression and lower on happiness than asexual and gay/lesbian individuals. Gay/lesbian and bisexual individuals scored significantly higher on anxiety and lower on coping than asexual individuals. Asexual individuals reported greater belonging than bisexual individuals, and gay/lesbian individuals scored in between those groups. The results also revealed a significant main effect for gender such that women had higher levels of depression and anxiety, and lower levels of happiness and coping than men. Finally, gender did not moderate the relationship between sexual orientation and the outcome variables. These findings highlight that the sexual minority community is not a monolithic group in terms of mental health or general psychological processes.","PeriodicalId":51686,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Sexuality","volume":"148 1","pages":"1041 - 1053"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2021-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85601380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-10DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2021.1978528
K. Schofield, Steven Hobaica, A. Jensen, C. Cuttler
ABSTRACT Labelling oneself as a sexual minority and sharing that identity with others often represents a significant and intentional process for lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals, as most individuals are assumed to be heterosexual. However, little previous research has explored the effects of sexual identity labels on perceptions of LGB individuals. Undergraduate students from a large public university (N = 661) were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: explicit labels (e.g. John is gay), implicit labels (e.g. John is attracted to men), or no labels (e.g. John works at a pizza place). Participants in each condition read short vignettes describing characters that were assigned explicit labels, implicit labels, or no labels. After reading each vignette, they rated characters on 19 traits, including negative, positive, and control traits. Explicit and implicit labels generally increased ratings on positive traits (e.g. ‘proud’, ‘resilient’, and ‘fun’) in comparison to control characters with no sexual identity labels. In contrast, there were few effects of the label manipulation on ratings of negative traits (e.g. ‘attention-seeking’, ‘unreliable’, and ‘immoral’). These results suggest that in some contexts (liberal university), openly disclosing one’s sexual identity explicitly or implicitly may enhance positive perceptions from others.
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Pub Date : 2021-09-08DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2021.1975804
Jessica Noblitt, A. Barrett
ABSTRACT Few studies of widowhood’s effects on psychological well-being focus on sexual minorities. Of those that do, none employ large, nationally representative samples, and none examine whether the effects depend on current partner status. Using the 2010 Ageing with Pride: National Health, Ageing, and Sexuality/Gender Study (n = 2,325), we examine the association between partner loss and psychological well-being, measured as depressive symptoms, loneliness, self-rated mental health, and life satisfaction. We find that partner loss is associated with psychological well-being, but only among currently unpartnered respondents: Compared with their peers who have never experienced partner death, those who have report more depressive symptoms – but also higher life satisfaction. These findings hold for women and men, as do the findings revealing positive associations between having a current partner and experiencing better psychological well-being. Applied to the clinical setting, our study highlights the importance of assessing not only current partner status but also prior experiences of loss, as both have implications for the psychological well-being of LGB women and men.
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Pub Date : 2021-08-23DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2021.1970618
Benjamin F. Shepherd, P. Brochu, Ashley M. Stripling
ABSTRACT Sexual and gender minoritized (SGM) elders who have lost or expect to lose a partner or loved one are at elevated risk for experiencing hidden or disenfranchised grief due to historical and current stigmatising social structures that lead to identity concealment. Identity concealment is associated with a range of negative health (e.g. depression, anxiety) and psychosocial (e.g. social isolation, lower sense of belonging) outcomes that may adversely affect one’s ability to cope with and recover from loss, yet little is known about the association between identity concealment and complicated grief. Guided by two empirically supported, complementary frameworks (i.e. minority stress theory and relational-cultural theory), this theoretical review increases understanding and awareness of identity concealment as a risk factor for complicated grief and other poor bereavement outcomes among SGM elders, with special consideration for intersections of gerodiversity. Such knowledge can help health professionals, policymakers, and other agents of change develop culturally responsive interventions that foster social, psychological, and physical well-being among bereaved SGM elders.
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Pub Date : 2021-08-22DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2021.1969994
Lior Oren
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