Dr Victoria Clarke's Outputs (139)

"It feels so good it almost hurts": Young adults' experiences of orgasm and sexual pleasure (2014)
Journal Article

Orgasm is a "goal" of much sexual activity, and a source of potentially intense pleasure and fulfillment, yet can be fraught with difficulty or distress. Relatively little social science research has explored people's experiences around, and their me... Read More about "It feels so good it almost hurts": Young adults' experiences of orgasm and sexual pleasure.

Thematic analysis (2014)
Book Chapter

Thematic analysis (TA) is a method for identifying and interpreting patterns of meaning across qualitative data.

Resisting and conforming to the 'Lesbian Look': The importance of appearance norms for lesbian and bisexual women (2014)
Journal Article

Appearance is one way in which lesbian and bisexual identities and affiliation to lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) subculture can be demonstrated. 'Butch' and 'androgynous' styles have been used by lesbian women to communicate a non-heterosexual identity... Read More about Resisting and conforming to the 'Lesbian Look': The importance of appearance norms for lesbian and bisexual women.

Bisexual women's understandings of social marginalisation: 'The heterosexuals don't understand US but nor do the lesbians' (2014)
Journal Article

Drawing on interviews with 20 self-identified bisexual women, this paper contributes to the limited psychological literature on bisexual women by exploring their experiences of social marginalisation. These (mainly white and middle class) British bis... Read More about Bisexual women's understandings of social marginalisation: 'The heterosexuals don't understand US but nor do the lesbians'.

What can "thematic analysis" offer health and wellbeing researchers? (2014)
Journal Article

"If I See Somebody. I'll Immediately Scope Them Out": Anorexia Nervosa Clients' Perceptions of Their Therapists' Body (2013)
Journal Article

Although people with eating disorders are known to observe and assess body related stimuli, research has yet to explore these behaviors in the therapy room. Consequently, practitioners do not know if their bodies are having an impact on their clients... Read More about "If I See Somebody. I'll Immediately Scope Them Out": Anorexia Nervosa Clients' Perceptions of Their Therapists' Body.

"It Shouldn't Stick Out from Your Bikini at the Beach": Meaning, Gender, and the Hairy/Hairless Body (2013)
Journal Article

Women's and men's bodies and sexuality can be understood as socially situated and socially produced. This means they are affected by, and developed in relation to, patterned sociocultural meanings and representations. We aim here to understand a rece... Read More about "It Shouldn't Stick Out from Your Bikini at the Beach": Meaning, Gender, and the Hairy/Hairless Body.

Visible lesbians and invisible bisexuals: Appearance and visual identities among bisexual women (2013)
Journal Article

A number of feminist scholars have argued that dress and appearance can be used to critique the dominant culture and explore alternative subjectivities. Research on non-heterosexual visual identities has explored the role that appearance and clothing... Read More about Visible lesbians and invisible bisexuals: Appearance and visual identities among bisexual women.

Unscripted and Improvised: Public and Private Celebrations of Same-Sex Relationships (2013)
Journal Article

This article explores how 22 British same-sex couples define and make meaning of the notion of relationship celebrations. Drawing on interview data from a wider study of same-sex relational practices, we explore the participants' varied experiences o... Read More about Unscripted and Improvised: Public and Private Celebrations of Same-Sex Relationships.

'I am who I am'? Navigating norms and the importance of authenticity in lesbian and bisexual women's accounts of their appearance practices (2013)
Journal Article

This article explores how lesbian and bisexual women negotiate pressures to look like an authentic lesbian and an authentic individual in their accounts of their clothing and appearance practices. Thirty women responded to a 'paper-and-pen' qualitati... Read More about 'I am who I am'? Navigating norms and the importance of authenticity in lesbian and bisexual women's accounts of their appearance practices.

Teaching thematic analysis: Overcoming challenges and developing strategies for effective learning (2013)
Journal Article

With qualitative research methods an integral part of the psychology curriculum, questions arise of what approaches to teach, and how to teach them. We think thematic analysis (TA) offers a useful – and a relatively easy to teach and learn – basic in... Read More about Teaching thematic analysis: Overcoming challenges and developing strategies for effective learning.

Introducing lesbian, gay and bisexual appearance psychology (2013)
Journal Article

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans appearance and embodiment: A critical review of the psychological literature (2012)
Journal Article

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 homosexua... Read More about Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans appearance and embodiment: A critical review of the psychological literature.

Thematic analysis (2012)
Book Chapter

"I'd be just as happy with a cup of tea": Women's accounts of sex and affection in long-term heterosexual relationships (2012)
Journal Article

This article reports a feminist analysis of interview data with 10 British women, in which they discuss sex and affection in their heterosexual relationships. We explore the popular cultural notion that women lack sexual desire and are more concerned... Read More about "I'd be just as happy with a cup of tea": Women's accounts of sex and affection in long-term heterosexual relationships.

Money management and views of civil partnership in same-sex couples: results from a UK survey of non-heterosexuals (2011)
Journal Article

Recent legislation in the UK has extended many of the legal and financial rights and responsibilities of heterosexual marriage to same-sex couples who register their partnerships. Prior to the Civil Partnership Act (2004) however, little was known ab... Read More about Money management and views of civil partnership in same-sex couples: results from a UK survey of non-heterosexuals.

Using photographs in psychology research on appearance: An exploration of bisexual women’s appearance and visual identity (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Recently there has been an increased interest in visual methodologies within psychology, and this paper reports on the use of photographs within semi-structured qualitative interviews with self-identified bisexual women.

The key aim of using a p... Read More about Using photographs in psychology research on appearance: An exploration of bisexual women’s appearance and visual identity.

Will the real lesbian please stand up? Constructing and resisting visible non-heterosexual identities through dress and appearance (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer Psychology: An Introduction (2010)
Book

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT THE FULL BOOK TEXT - PUBLISHER POLICY ONLY ALLOWS ACCESS TO AN EXTRACT OF THIS BOOK IN THE UWE BRISTOL RESEARCH REPOSITORY

Review of the book "Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method and Research" (2010)
Journal Article