All Outputs (177)
Introducing out in psychology (2007)
Book Chapter
Using thematic analysis in psychology (2006)
Journal Article
Thematic analysis is a poorly demarcated, rarely acknowledged, yet widely used qualitative analytic method within psychology. In this paper, we argue that it offers an accessible and theoretically flexible approach to analysing qualitative data. We o... Read More about Using thematic analysis in psychology.
'All my worldly goods I share with you'? Managing money at the transition to heterosexual marriage (2006)
Journal Article
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.
‘Gay men, gay men and more gay men’: traditional, liberal and critical perspectives on male role models in lesbian families (2006)
Journal Article
The argument that children require role models of both sexes is a central theme in opposition to lesbian parenting. Challenges to this opposition have emphasised the ways in which children in lesbian families are compensated for the alleged deficit o... Read More about ‘Gay men, gay men and more gay men’: traditional, liberal and critical perspectives on male role models in lesbian families.
Just a piece of paper? A qualitative exploration of same-sex couples’ multiple conceptions of civil partnership and marriage (2006)
Journal Article
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.
'We're not living on planet lesbian': Constructions of male role models in debates about lesbian families (2005)
Journal Article
The notion that children (especially boys) need male role models has been used in the past to attack lesbian parents in custody cases, and more recently in debates about donor insemination, adoption and fostering. We are interested in how lesbian par... Read More about 'We're not living on planet lesbian': Constructions of male role models in debates about lesbian families.
‘We’re all very liberal in our views’: students’ talk about lesbian and gay parenting (2005)
Journal Article
Mapping the contours of homophobia and heterosexism is a key concern for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) psychology. In this paper, I present a discursive analysis of the construction of heterosexism in student focus group discussions about l... Read More about ‘We’re all very liberal in our views’: students’ talk about lesbian and gay parenting.
Parents’ pride: Victoria Clarke in conversation with Jenny Broughton (2005)
Journal Article
For love or money? Comparing lesbian and gay, and heterosexual relationships (2005)
Journal Article
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.
Special Issue on 'Sexualities' (2005)
Journal Article
In this paper, we outline some of the similarities and differences between lesbian and gay psychology (more recently known as LGBT psychology) and feminist psychology. Both fields developed in response to the oppressive practices of psychology; howev... Read More about Special Issue on 'Sexualities'.
Feminist perspectives on lesbian parenting: a review of the literature 1972-2002 (2005)
Journal Article
This paper reviews the feminist literature on lesbian parenting published between 1972 and 2002. The paper provides a conventional survey of the themes and topics that inform the literature, as well as exploring – from a lesbian feminist perspective... Read More about Feminist perspectives on lesbian parenting: a review of the literature 1972-2002.
LGBT psychology and feminist psychology: bridging the divide (2005)
Journal Article
In this paper, we outline some of the similarities and differences between lesbian and gay psychology (more recently known as LGBT psychology) and feminist psychology. Both fields developed in response to the oppressive practices of psychology; howev... Read More about LGBT psychology and feminist psychology: bridging the divide.
'Kids are just cruel anyway': Lesbian and gay parents' talk about homophobic bullying (2004)
Journal Article
Psychologists recognize homophobic bullying as a serious problem for young lesbians and gay men; however, when it comes to children in lesbian and gay households the issue is not so clear cut Some psychologists sympathetic to lesbian and gay parentin... Read More about 'Kids are just cruel anyway': Lesbian and gay parents' talk about homophobic bullying.
Special Issue: The social construction of lesbianism: a reappraisal (2004)
Journal Article
The social construction of lesbianism: a reappraisal (2004)
Journal Article