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“Never Say Never?”: Heterosexual, bisexual, and lesbian women’s accounts of being childfree (2019)
Journal Article
Hayfield, N., Terry, G., Clarke, V., & Ellis, S. (2019). “Never Say Never?”: Heterosexual, bisexual, and lesbian women’s accounts of being childfree. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 43(4), 526-538. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684319863414

Feminist scholars have identified a “motherhood imperative” in Western cultures, where heterosexual women are understood to both want, and have, children. However, social shifts have resulted in a decrease in pronatalism as well as an increase in soc... Read More about “Never Say Never?”: Heterosexual, bisexual, and lesbian women’s accounts of being childfree.

A qualitative exploration of whether lesbian and bisexual women are 'protected' from sociocultural pressure to be thin (2014)
Journal Article
Huxley, C. J., Huxley, C., Clarke, V., & Halliwell, E. (2014). A qualitative exploration of whether lesbian and bisexual women are 'protected' from sociocultural pressure to be thin. Journal of Health Psychology, 19(2), 273-284. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105312468496

Heterosexual women in Western cultures are known to experience body image concerns, dieting and disordered eating as a result of intense social pressures to be thin. However, it is theorised that lesbian and bisexual women belong to a subculture that... Read More about A qualitative exploration of whether lesbian and bisexual women are 'protected' from sociocultural pressure to be thin.

Special issue: Special feature: Inside/out: lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans appearance and embodiment (2013)
Journal Article
Clarke, V. (2013). Special issue: Special feature: Inside/out: lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans appearance and embodiment

The three papers in this special feature all make important contributions to the psychology of LGB appearance and embodiment and extend and develop the existing literature in exciting ways. First, Caroline Huxley contributes to the literature on sexu... Read More about Special issue: Special feature: Inside/out: lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans appearance and embodiment.

Editors' introduction: Is the personal pedagogical? Sexualities and genders in the higher education classroom (2009)
Journal Article
Clarke, V., & Braun, V. (2009). Editors' introduction: Is the personal pedagogical? Sexualities and genders in the higher education classroom. Feminism and Psychology, 19(2), 175-180. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959353509102186

One area of self-disclosure particularly pertinent to teaching feminist psychology, women’s studies and other university subjects linked to gender and sexuality relates to sexual and gender identities and practices. Most discussions have centred on... Read More about Editors' introduction: Is the personal pedagogical? Sexualities and genders in the higher education classroom.

Special Issue: Is the personal pedagogical? Sexualities and genders in the higher education classroom (2009)
Journal Article
Clarke, V., & Braun, V. (2009). Special Issue: Is the personal pedagogical? Sexualities and genders in the higher education classroom. Feminism and Psychology, 19(2),

One area of self-disclosure particularly pertinent to teaching feminist psychology, women’s studies and other university subjects linked to gender and sexuality relates to sexual and gender identities and practices. Most discussions have centred on... Read More about Special Issue: Is the personal pedagogical? Sexualities and genders in the higher education classroom.

Review of Jeffrey P. Dennis, Queering teen culture: All American boys and same-sex desire in film and television (2008)
Journal Article
Clarke, V. (2008). Review of Jeffrey P. Dennis, Queering teen culture: All American boys and same-sex desire in film and television. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 10(4), 427-429. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691050701654941

In Queering Teen Culture, Jeffery Dennis displays an encyclopaedic knowledge of US television shows and films that foreground teenage characters. Focusing on representations of teenage boys, Dennis aims to ‘queer’ US teen culture. Citing Foucault and... Read More about Review of Jeffrey P. Dennis, Queering teen culture: All American boys and same-sex desire in film and television.

'All my worldly goods I share with you'? Managing money at the transition to heterosexual marriage (2006)
Journal Article
Burgoyne, C. B., Clarke, V., Reibstein, J., & Edmunds, A. (2006). 'All my worldly goods I share with you'? Managing money at the transition to heterosexual marriage. Sociological Review, 54(4), 619-637. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-954X.2006.00663.x

Studies in the 1980s and 1990s revealed that financial arrangements in marriage tended to disadvantage women, especially those with young children. However, much of that research focused upon relatively well-established married (or remarried) couples... Read More about 'All my worldly goods I share with you'? Managing money at the transition to heterosexual marriage.

Just a piece of paper? A qualitative exploration of same-sex couples’ multiple conceptions of civil partnership and marriage (2006)
Journal Article
Clarke, V., Burgoyne, C., & Burns, M. (2006). Just a piece of paper? A qualitative exploration of same-sex couples’ multiple conceptions of civil partnership and marriage

This paper explores 22 same-sex couples’ views on civil partnership and marriage. The data are drawn from the qualitative phase of a larger study of money management and relational practices in same-sex relationships. Twenty-seven participants indi... Read More about Just a piece of paper? A qualitative exploration of same-sex couples’ multiple conceptions of civil partnership and marriage.

For love or money? Comparing lesbian and gay, and heterosexual relationships (2005)
Journal Article
Clarke, V., Burgoyne, C., & Burns, M. (2005). For love or money? Comparing lesbian and gay, and heterosexual relationships

VICTORIA CLARKE, CAROLE BURGOYNE and MAREE BURNS with the latest contribution to the Society’s ‘Year of Relationships’. MR Smith arrives home after a long day at the office – ‘Hi, honey, I’m home.’ Mrs Smith greets him with a peck on the cheek, his... Read More about For love or money? Comparing lesbian and gay, and heterosexual relationships.