All Outputs (16)

“Never Say Never?”: Heterosexual, bisexual, and lesbian women’s accounts of being childfree (2019)
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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)
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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)
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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.

Special Issue: Is the personal pedagogical? Sexualities and genders in the higher education classroom (2009)
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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)
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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.

Just a piece of paper? A qualitative exploration of same-sex couples’ multiple conceptions of civil partnership and marriage (2006)
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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)
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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.

Love conquers all? An exploration of guidance books for family and friends of lesbians and gay men (2005)
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Lesbian and gay marriage: Transformation or normalisation? (2003)
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Although there are still a number of vocal anti-marriage critics (e.g. Robson, 1998; Warner, 1999), most lesbians and gay men writing about marriage support the extension of marriage rights. It is hardly surprising, then, that the three books I revi... Read More about Lesbian and gay marriage: Transformation or normalisation?.

Sameness and Difference in Research on Lesbian Parenting (2002)
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Most psychological, social science and feminist work on lesbian parenting searches for similarities and differences between lesbian and heterosexual parents. Using a feminist constructionist approach, I identify four dimensions of difference that inf... Read More about Sameness and Difference in Research on Lesbian Parenting.

Victoria Clarke in conversation with June Hopkins (2002)
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What about the children? Arguments against lesbian and gay parenting (2001)
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In this article, I explore arguments commonly used to support the claim that lesbians and gay men should not be parents. Thematic analysis of recent media representations of lesbian and gay parenting and six focus groups with university students high... Read More about What about the children? Arguments against lesbian and gay parenting.

Lesbian and gay parents: Resistance and normalisation (2001)
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The psychology and politics of lesbian and gay parenting: Having our cake and eating it? (2001)
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‘Stereotype, Attack and Stigmatize those Who Disagree’: Employing Scientific Rhetoric in Debates about Lesbian and Gay Parenting (2000)
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In this paper, I explore the controversy surrounding lesbian and gay parenting within psychology, focusing on the rhetoric with which ‘authoritative’ accounts of lesbian and gay parenting are produced. Both ‘advocates’ and ‘enemies’ of lesbian and ga... Read More about ‘Stereotype, Attack and Stigmatize those Who Disagree’: Employing Scientific Rhetoric in Debates about Lesbian and Gay Parenting.

'God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve' (1999)
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