The Cultural Construction of Sexuality

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doi:10.4324/9781315002392

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“…This is the case across the decades in question, for example Smart and Smart 1978, Caplan 1987, and Moran and Skeggs 2004. Many of the texts, both those with a generic focus on sexualities, and those that are homosexual, lesbian, and/or gay-focused, provide no caveat to explain the elision of bisexuality.…”

Section: Bisexuality As Invisiblementioning

confidence: 99%

“…More than a quarter of the analysed texts include lesbian, gay, and/or homosexual* in their indexes, but bisexuality is not named in either their indexes or the body of their books, for instance Caplan 1987, Cooper 1994, and Graupner and Tahmindjis 2005 . For example Gagnon and Simon in their (1973) book on sexual conduct have 25 index terms for lesbian, 22 for homosexual (gay is not used) and none for bisexual.…”

Section: Bisexuality As Invisiblementioning

confidence: 99%

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Is bisexuality invisible? A review of sexualities scholarship 1970–2015

Monro

Hines

Osborne

2017

The Sociological Review

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This paper provides a review of sexualities scholarship within the social sciences between 1970 and 2015. It takes an innovative approach by focussing on the way in which bisexuality is addressed in this body of literature. The paper reveals the marginalisation, underrepresentation, and invisibility of bisexuality within and across the social sciences in relation to both bisexual experience and identity. Reasons for this varied across the different eras, including the heterosexist nature of the literature, the impact of gay and lesbian-focused identity politics, and queer deconstructionism. In addition, patterns of bisexual erasure and invisibility were uneven, with some scholarship taking inclusive approaches or criticising prejudice against bisexuality. The initial findings of the review were enriched by critical commentary from key relevant sociologists and political scientists. The paper concludes that future sexualities scholarship could be enhanced by greater consideration of bisexuality.

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Section: Bisexuality As Invisiblementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Bisexuality As Invisiblementioning

confidence: 99%

Is bisexuality invisible? A review of sexualities scholarship 1970–2015

Monro

Hines

Osborne

2017

The Sociological Review

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“…Culture becomes a barrier in a sense that it will be considered culturally inappropriate for parents to openly discuss sexual health with their children [27] [28]. Sexual health is a very sensitive topic and it cannot be openly discussed within the family and community as this will not be acceptable in the Pacific culture [28].…”

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Barriers and Strategies to Prevent HIV/AIDS among Pacific Countries: A Systematic Review Study

Mohammadnezhad¹,

Alakalia²,

Mangum³

et al. 2017

ASM

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Introduction: While the prevalence of HIV/AIDS is shown to be decreasing in the last few decades, it still remains a serious public health issue in Pacific countries. This study is aimed to review the common barriers and also preventive strategies for HIV/AIDS among Pacific Islanders. Methodology: This systematic review study on HIV/AIDS was developed based on the Cochrane Library Guideline. Seven online databases which were more frequently used in finding relevant studies were used to search literatures. Using relevant key words, all studies found in the search were reviewed by two independent reviewers and their quality and relevance were assessed. All previous qualitative and quantitative published articles included in the study were published from 2000 to 2016 and in the English language. A data extraction sheet was developed and a descriptive statistic was used to analyze the data. Results: Twenty-two studies met the study inclusion and exclusion criteria. Many of the studies were conducted in American Pacific countries (50%). Community-based studies were the most common type of studies (72.7%). In quantitative studies, the most common barriers were lack of accessibility to health services and lack of knowledge, while in the qualitative studies they were cultural barriers and access to health services. Educational trainings on sexual health topics were identified as the main preventive strategy. Conclusion: This study highlights the main barriers of HIV/AIDS among Pacific Islanders. It also provides a guide for decision makers to develop and implement new strategies which are sensitive and based on Pacific cultures and beliefs.

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“…The nature of individual sexuality is not pre-determined by birth. Caplan (1987) The interaction between biology and socio-culture is difficult to study as the socio-culture differs from place to place and from time to time. There have always been certain taboos about sex and in many cultures sex is associated with some degree of shame.…”

Section: Sexual Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sexual behaviour, debut and identity among Swedish Schoolchildren

Kastbom¹

2015

Linköping University Medical Dissertations

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Background: Sexual behaviour among schoolchildren and adolescents is a sparsely researched area and there are delicate methodological obstacles and ethical concerns when conducting such research. Still it is a subject that engages both parents and professionals. A sexualized behaviour or an early sexual debut (younger than 14 years) can be a sign of sexual abuse. It is therefore of importance to describe what is common and what is uncommon sexual behaviour among children and what the consequences of an early or a late sexual debut may be for the individual upon reaching late adolescence. Adolescents who identify themselves as lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) are also a group that needs further attention and research since they are often described as having a lower quality of life and more often experience child abuse than heterosexual teens. Aims: The research leading to this thesis had four goals: 1) to elucidate the sexual behaviour of children between the ages of 7 and 13 as observed by their parents, 2) to investigate the relationship between an early sexual debut (before 14 years of age) and socio-demographic data, sexual experience, health, experience of child abuse and behaviour at 18-years-of-age, 3) to explore associations with no sexual debut (no oral, vaginal or anal sex) at the age of 18, and 4) to describe the relationship between sexual identification and socio-demographic background data, sexual behaviour, health and health behaviour, experiences of child sexual and/or physical abuse and present behaviour among Swedish adolescents. Methods: The parents of 418 children answered questionnaires about their child’s behaviour, both general and sexual, and a sample of 3432 Swedish high school students completed a survey about sexuality, health and abuse at the age of 18. In addition, 362 members of the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights (RFSL) completed the same survey at a mean age of 21.4 years. Results: Most of the sexual behaviours among the schoolchildren were common, and in part related to, or varied with, age and gender. A small number of sexual behaviours often referred to as sexualised or problematic behaviours (for example, kissing adults with the tongue, imitating intercourse, masturbating in public, and touching other children’s genitals with the mouth) were found to be very unusual or not reported by any parent in this normative group of Swedish children. Among the adolescents, an early debut (younger than 14 years of age) correlated positively with number of partners, experience of oral and anal sex, smoking, drug and alcohol use and antisocial behaviour, such as being violent, lying, stealing and running away from home. Girls with an early sexual debut had significantly more experience of sexual abuse while boys with an early sexual debut were more likely to have a weak sense of coherence, low self-esteem and poor mental health, together with experience of sexual abuse, selling sex and physical abuse. A multiple logistic regression model showed that a number...

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The Cultural Construction of Sexuality

Cited by 45 publications

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Is bisexuality invisible? A review of sexualities scholarship 1970–2015

Is bisexuality invisible? A review of sexualities scholarship 1970–2015

Barriers and Strategies to Prevent HIV/AIDS among Pacific Countries: A Systematic Review Study

Sexual behaviour, debut and identity among Swedish Schoolchildren

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