Assessing Risk to Researchers: Using the Case of Sexuality Research to Inform Research Ethics Board Guidelines

Webber, Valerie

doi:10.17169/fqs-19.3.3062

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“…As I read about the unique challenges involved in obtaining ethical approval for sex and sexuality research, it became clear that such work is often viewed as inherently dangerous or 'risky' for researchers, their research subjects, and for wider institutional reputations (Irvine, 2012). This can result in their projects coming under closer scrutiny during the ethical review process due to the red flags such topics may raise, particularly in the eyes of conservative committee members (Webber and Brunger, 2018). Armed with this knowledge, I was under no illusion that getting the green light for my research would be straightforward.…”

Section: The First Hurdle: Obtaining Ethical Approvalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Becoming a sexademic: Reflections on a ‘dirty’ research project

Keene

2021

Sexualities

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Sex and sexuality research can be understood as a form of ‘dirty work’, as despite its public need, it continues to be marginalised and demeaned within the academy and beyond. Through association, sex and sexuality researchers come to be labelled ‘dirty workers’ and are vulnerable to experiencing a range of stigmatised responses and negative repercussions. This article contributes to knowledge about the challenges involved in doing dirty work, through reflexively examining my experiences as a doctoral researcher investigating pornography’s gendered influence. It explores the various institutional, professional and personal hurdles that I encountered during my dirty work journey and illustrates how these experiences may have been affected by my identity as a young, female researcher.

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Section: The First Hurdle: Obtaining Ethical Approvalmentioning

confidence: 99%