All Outputs (8)

'Who would take whose name?' Accounts of naming practices in same-sex relationships (2008)
Journal Article
Clarke, V., Burns, M., & Burgoyne, C. (2008). 'Who would take whose name?' Accounts of naming practices in same-sex relationships. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 18(5), 420-439. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.936

The practice of a woman assuming her husband's last name upon marriage is a deeply embedded norm in some countries. Whether or not individual heterosexual couples reproduce or resist this practice, it provides a context for making decisions about mar... Read More about 'Who would take whose name?' Accounts of naming practices in same-sex relationships.

A qualitative exploration of bisexual women’s appearance and visual identity (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Hayfield, N., Clarke, V., Halliwell, E., & Rumsey, N. (2008, July). A qualitative exploration of bisexual women’s appearance and visual identity. Paper presented at British Psychological Society Psychology of Women Section, Windsor, UK

A qualitative exploration of bisexual women’s appearance and visual identity (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Hayfield, N., Clarke, V., Halliwell, E., & Rumsey, N. (2008, July). A qualitative exploration of bisexual women’s appearance and visual identity. Paper presented at Appearance Matters 3 Conference, Bristol

Financial affairs? Money management in same-sex relationships (2008)
Journal Article
Burns, M., Burgoyne, C., & Clarke, V. (2008). Financial affairs? Money management in same-sex relationships. Journal of Socio-Economics, 37(2), 481-501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2006.12.034

The present paper offers a qualitative analysis of how 22 co-habiting same-sex couples manage and think about their finances. Results show that partial-pooling and independent management are the most popular systems with emphasis placed on egalitaria... Read More about Financial affairs? Money management in same-sex relationships.

From outsiders to motherhood to reinventing the family: Constructions of lesbian parenting in the psychological literature - 1886-2006 (2008)
Journal Article
Clarke, V. (2008). From outsiders to motherhood to reinventing the family: Constructions of lesbian parenting in the psychological literature - 1886-2006. Women's Studies International Forum, 31(2), 118-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2008.03.004

This article provides a feminist critical psychological analysis of the psychological literature on lesbian parenting. Rather than offer an overview of the findings and methods and an evaluation of the scientific merit of the literature, the aim of t... Read More about From outsiders to motherhood to reinventing the family: Constructions of lesbian parenting in the psychological literature - 1886-2006.

Man not included? A critical psychology analysis of lesbian families and male influences in child rearing Lesbian and gay parenting (2008)
Book Chapter
Clarke, V. (2008). Man not included? A critical psychology analysis of lesbian families and male influences in child rearing Lesbian and gay parenting. In F. Tasker, & J. Bigner (Eds.), Gay and Lesbian and Parenting: New Directions (309-349). New York: Harrington Park Press

This paper explores debates about male presence and influence in lesbian families from a critical psychology standpoint. Critical psychology encompasses a variety of radical approaches to psychological research that reject traditional psychological a... Read More about Man not included? A critical psychology analysis of lesbian families and male influences in child rearing Lesbian and gay parenting.

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.

Gender (2008)
Book Chapter
Clarke, V., & Braun, V. (2008). Gender. In D. Fox, I. Prilleltensky, & S. Austin (Eds.), Critical Psychology: An Introduction (232-249). London: SAGE Publications Ltd