Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.53841/bpssex.2013.4.1.68
R. Greenhill, M. Sergeant
Researchers in the field of sexualities have adopted a variety of traditional research methods for many decades. Most of these offline methods, and some online methods, have been fraught with methodological difficulties such as biases, limited access to hidden groups, and even prohibitive costs, amongst others. This paper first provides a critical review of traditional offline research methods, as well as the contemporary online methods that have been developed since the advent of the internet. The challenges associated with the use of offline methods, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of some online methods, are discussed. This is followed by a review and discussion of ‘solicited online diary blogs’ as a contemporary research tool. It is proposed that solicited online diary blogs present researchers with a novel and advantageous tool that addresses some of the methodological challenges and limitations inherent in other research methods that are still widely used in the field of sexuality.
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Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.53841/bpssex.2013.4.1.53
R. Gillibrand, Kevin Turner
Using a post-structuralist discourse analytic approach this paper investigates the lived in experiences and meanings of anal sex amongst seven gay men. Findings indicate the role of discourse in constructing gay men’s understanding of sexual experiences. These men offered varying perspectives on their expectations of anal sex within casual and committed relationships. Sex did not have fixed meanings based on heterosexual dichotomies but was socially constructed through sexual experiences providing opportunities for negotiation and unfolding of meaning. The men had complex risk management strategies in weighing up the need for protection from STIs but embracing the need for intimacy and trust. This study provides an important insight into some gay men’s sexual practices that can be incorporated into targeted health promotion campaigns.
{"title":"‘Let’s talk about sex’: A post-structuralist discourse analysis into the meanings and experiences of anal sex for gay men","authors":"R. Gillibrand, Kevin Turner","doi":"10.53841/bpssex.2013.4.1.53","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpssex.2013.4.1.53","url":null,"abstract":"Using a post-structuralist discourse analytic approach this paper investigates the lived in experiences and meanings of anal sex amongst seven gay men. Findings indicate the role of discourse in constructing gay men’s understanding of sexual experiences. These men offered varying perspectives on their expectations of anal sex within casual and committed relationships. Sex did not have fixed meanings based on heterosexual dichotomies but was socially constructed through sexual experiences providing opportunities for negotiation and unfolding of meaning. The men had complex risk management strategies in weighing up the need for protection from STIs but embracing the need for intimacy and trust. This study provides an important insight into some gay men’s sexual practices that can be incorporated into targeted health promotion campaigns.","PeriodicalId":91790,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of sexualities review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83433658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.53841/bpssex.2013.4.1.84
Geoffrey Shoesmith
The Department for Education (DfE) published a Statistical Bulletin comprising of data from the 2010 sweeps of the combined Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE) and the Youth Cohort Study (YCS) (Department for Education, 2011). For the first time, this publication contained data on those young people who identified as lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) based on the LSYPE survey alone. Of the 51 published tables, five contained data specific to LGB respondents. This article extracts these data from across the published tables and brings them together to give a first analytic glimpse of how LGB youth’s experiences differ from their heterosexual counterparts in a number of key areas of life. The author calculated chi-square values in order to test the hypothesis that the differences between these groups were statistically significant. Differences in ‘satisfaction with life’ were found to be statistically significant whilst differences in risky sexual practices were not. These findings are discussed in this paper.
{"title":"Lesbian, gay and bisexual young people are much less satisfied with life","authors":"Geoffrey Shoesmith","doi":"10.53841/bpssex.2013.4.1.84","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpssex.2013.4.1.84","url":null,"abstract":"The Department for Education (DfE) published a Statistical Bulletin comprising of data from the 2010 sweeps of the combined Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE) and the Youth Cohort Study (YCS) (Department for Education, 2011). For the first time, this publication contained data on those young people who identified as lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) based on the LSYPE survey alone. Of the 51 published tables, five contained data specific to LGB respondents. This article extracts these data from across the published tables and brings them together to give a first analytic glimpse of how LGB youth’s experiences differ from their heterosexual counterparts in a number of key areas of life. The author calculated chi-square values in order to test the hypothesis that the differences between these groups were statistically significant. Differences in ‘satisfaction with life’ were found to be statistically significant whilst differences in risky sexual practices were not. These findings are discussed in this paper.","PeriodicalId":91790,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of sexualities review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76270210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.53841/bpssex.2013.4.1.6
M. Carrigan
In recent years a growing research literature has addressed Asexuality, commonly defined as ‘not experiencing sexual attraction’, with a diverse range of contributions being made from a variety of fields. This article is intended as an accessible review of the topic, framed in terms of the core questions which have been addressed within the field of asexuality studies and concluding with a discussion of its broader significance for the academic study of sexuality.
{"title":"Asexuality and its implications for sexuality studies","authors":"M. Carrigan","doi":"10.53841/bpssex.2013.4.1.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpssex.2013.4.1.6","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years a growing research literature has addressed Asexuality, commonly defined as ‘not experiencing sexual attraction’, with a diverse range of contributions being made from a variety of fields. This article is intended as an accessible review of the topic, framed in terms of the core questions which have been addressed within the field of asexuality studies and concluding with a discussion of its broader significance for the academic study of sexuality.","PeriodicalId":91790,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of sexualities review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86332344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2012-11-01DOI: 10.53841/bpssex.2012.3.1.8
R. Nair, Shirley A. Thomas
‘Intersectionality’ has been used to interrupt dominant discourse surrounding LGB experiences, and has exposed their heterogeneity. Complexities of negotiating desire within a matrix of race/ethnicity and sexuality in South and East Asian men who have sex with men (MSM) has been under-explored in Black and Minority Ethnic LGB research. Our internet survey found discordance between sexual identities and sexual practices amongst Asian MSM. Many did not access LGB physical and cyberspaces, and some experienced abuse attributed to their race/ethnicity. Feeling undesired was read as a function of racism, but racism from Asian MSM, manifesting as dispreference for certain races/ethnicities, was also found. We also explored intersections between internalised racism and homophobia which affect the lived experience of diasporic Asian MSM.
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Contents: Foreword, Jeffrey Weeks Introduction, Constantinos N. Phellas An overview of developments in research methods applied to non-heterosexual men, Constantinos N. Phellas and Anthony P.M. Coxon Researching religion in LGBTQ populations, Melissa M. Wilcox Researching bisexuality and Christianity: locating a hidden population and the use of reflexivity, Alex Toft Visualising experience: using creative research methods with members of sexual and gender communities, Meg Barker, Christina Richards and Helen Bowes-Catton Sexual diaries: theory, method and application, Anthony P.M. Coxon Linking social context to situational context in the study of non-heterosexual sexual experience, Miguel Munoz-Laboy, Richard G. Parker and Patrick A. Wilson The challenges of quantitative research in lesbian, gay and bisexual psychology, Ian Rivers Depression and stress, self-esteem and discrimination in gay men with HIV: the case of Cyprus, Constantinos N. Phellas Researching (homo)sexualities: working with military and war archives, Gabriel Koureas Through the narrow straits: researching homophobia and sexual oppression in Cyprus, Stavros Stavrou Karayanni Non-indigenous lesbians and gay men caring for indigenous children: an Australian case study, Damien W. Riggs Sexy subject, unflattering questions: interviewing partners about intimacies and sex, Anna Einarsdottir Index.
内容:前言，Jeffrey Weeks，引言，Constantinos N. Phellas非异性恋男性研究方法发展综述，Constantinos N. Phellas and Anthony P.M.Coxon研究LGBTQ人群中的宗教，Melissa M. Wilcox研究双性恋和基督教:定位一个隐藏的人群和反身性的使用，Alex Toft可视化经验:使用创造性的研究方法与性和性别社区的成员，Meg Barker, Christina Richards和Helen Bowes-Catton性日记:理论，方法和应用，Anthony P.M.Coxon将社会情境与非异性恋性经验的研究联系起来，Miguel Munoz-Laboy, Richard G. Parker和Patrick A. Wilson，女同性恋、男同性恋和双性恋心理学定量研究的挑战，Ian Rivers，艾滋病毒男同性恋者的抑郁和压力，自尊和歧视:塞浦路斯的案例，Constantinos N. Phellas，研究(同性恋)性行为:与军事和战争档案一起工作，Gabriel Koureas，穿越海峡;研究塞浦路斯的同性恋恐惧症和性压迫，Stavros Stavrou Karayanni非土著女同性恋和男同性恋照顾土著儿童:一个澳大利亚的案例研究，Damien W. Riggs性感的主题，不讨好的问题:采访伴侣关于亲密关系和性，Anna Einarsdottir Index。
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Pub Date : 2012-06-01DOI: 10.53841/bpssex.2012.3.1.51
Victoria Clarke, Nikki Hayfield, C. Huxley
This paper provides a review of the psychological literature on LGBT appearance and embodiment. Research on ‘outsider’ perceptions of LGBT appearance and embodiment has focused on the links between perceptions of physical attractiveness and homosexuality, and physical attractiveness and transsexuality, and on the detection of homosexuality from visual cues. ‘Insider’ research has examined LGBT people’s body image, and appearance and adornment practices in non-heterosexual communities. We identify three major limitations of LGBT appearance research: (i) the reliance on a gender inversion model of homosexuality; (ii) the marginalisation of bisexual appearance and embodiment; and (iii) the focus on trans as a diagnostic category and the resulting exclusion of the subjectivities and lived experiences of trans people.
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Pub Date : 2012-01-01DOI: 10.53841/bpssex.2012.3.1.22
S. Arnold
The developmental context of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adolescents remains significantly underresearched, despite reliable evidence that parents significantly affect the mental health and well-being of their offspring. This literature review suggests that negative parental attitudes towards non-heterosexuality are associated with youth homelessness, psychological conflict and mental health problems in LGB adolescents. Conversely, sexuality-specific family acceptance and support during adolescence appears to be associated with positive mental health outcomes and higher levels of well-being in LGB offspring. The review highlights the need for parent-based psychological interventions which facilitate parental acceptance and encourage active support of non-heterosexual offspring. Recommendations for future research are offered.
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Pub Date : 2012-01-01DOI: 10.53841/bpssex.2012.3.1.2
Kristoff Bonello
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Pub Date : 2012-01-01DOI: 10.53841/bpssex.2012.3.1.89
T. Knowlson, M. Milton
British Psychoanalytic Council Conference, 21 January 2012. Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London N7.
英国精神分析理事会会议，2012年1月21日。伦敦资源，356 Holloway路，伦敦N7。
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