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Dennis Francis - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • imagining a curriculum beyond Compulsory Heterosexuality in south african education
    Journal of Lgbt Youth, 2020
    Co-Authors: Dennis Francis, Kylie Kuhl
    Abstract:

    There is a critical need for sex, sexuality and relationships education to be LGBTQI inclusive. Numerous studies, internationally and in South Africa, highlight this need but what constitutes an in...

  • homophobia and sexuality diversity in south african schools a review
    Journal of Lgbt Youth, 2017
    Co-Authors: Dennis Francis
    Abstract:

    ABSTRACTPost-apartheid, there has been an increase in research on issues of gender and sexuality diversity in South African schools. To build upon and advance gender and sexuality diversity studies, I conducted a review of the literature that addresses how lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth experience schooling and how schools, if at all, respond to gender and sexuality diversity. Of the 27 publications reviewed, the findings show how schools proliferate Compulsory Heterosexuality and heteronormativity. The proliferation makes explicit gender and sexuality binaries in the curriculum, pedagogy, and school culture that assume that learners identify as heterosexual and embody heteronormative gender expression and expectations. In a nutshell, the corpus of research describes the challenges LGBT youth face in schools and points to the need for change. I conclude by offering ideas about schooling, teacher education, and future research on gender and sexuality diversity in South African education.

Abigail J Stewart - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • sexual identity development in the context of Compulsory Heterosexuality
    Journal of Personality, 2004
    Co-Authors: Julie Konik, Abigail J Stewart
    Abstract:

    This study analyzed the implications of sexual identity development for global, political, religious, and occupational identity de- velopment in 358 college students. Participants completed a written sur- vey packet including the Extended Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status (EOM-EIS) and measures of sexual identity, physical/sexual pref- erence, and emotional/affective preference. Data from the EOM-EIS suggest that having a sexual minority identity (lesbian, gay, bisexual, or ''other'' nonheterosexual identity) and reporting strong same-sex sexual or physical preferences are linked with more advanced global, political, religious, and occupational identity development. Heterosexual-identified participants were more likely to score high on identity foreclosure, mora- torium, and diffusion, while sexual-minority-identified individuals scored higher on identity achievement. Individuals with strong same-sex physi- cal/sexual preferences showed a pattern of results similar to those of sex- ual-minority-identified participants. Themes coded from a free-response question highlighted the finding that sexual-minority-identified partici- pants more often viewed their sexual identity as salient and involving an effortful process. These individuals also stressed the importance of having support or modeling for their sexual identity.

Breanne Fahs - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • adventures with the plastic man sex toys Compulsory Heterosexuality and the politics of women s sexual pleasure
    Sexuality and Culture, 2013
    Co-Authors: Breanne Fahs, Eric Swank
    Abstract:

    While previous studies have addressed symbolic implications of lesbian dildo usage and quantitative findings about women’s vibrator use, little research has assessed women’s subjective feelings about using sex toys. This study draws upon qualitative interviews with twenty women from diverse ages and backgrounds to illuminate six themes in women’s narratives about sex toys: (1) emphasis on non-penetrative use of phallic sex toys; (2) embarrassment about disclosing use to partner(s); (3) personifying vibrators and dildos as male; (4) coercion and lack of power when using sex toys; (5) embracing sex toys as campy, fun, and subversive; and (6) resistance to sex toys as impersonal or artificial. Emerging patterns revealed that queer women more often constructed sex toys as subversive, fun, and free of shame while heterosexual women more often believed most women self-penetrate with sex toys, that sex toys threatened male partners, and they described more coercion involving sex toys. This article explores implications for sexual identity and sex toys, along with women’s negotiation of the “masculine” presence of sex toys in their narratives about using sex toys.

  • Compulsory bisexuality the challenges of modern sexual fluidity
    Journal of Bisexuality, 2009
    Co-Authors: Breanne Fahs
    Abstract:

    Although Adrienne Rich once posited that “Compulsory Heterosexuality” required women to identify as heterosexual to comply with implicit social norms, this study examined the possibility of Compulsory bisexuality in light of increasing reports of heterosexual-identified women engaging in homoerotic behavior with other women, usually in front of men and in social settings like fraternity parties, bars and clubs. Forty qualitative interviews were conducted with women of diverse backgrounds to explore women's narratives about performative bisexuality. Although younger women reported more performative bisexual experiences in public, older women reported more pressure to perform as bisexual in private (e.g., pressure for group sex). Further, experiences with performative bisexuality did not consistently predict political attitudes that supported full civil rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer (LGBTQ) community, indicating a disconnect between behavior and attitudes. Implications of performative ...

Julie Konik - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • sexual identity development in the context of Compulsory Heterosexuality
    Journal of Personality, 2004
    Co-Authors: Julie Konik, Abigail J Stewart
    Abstract:

    This study analyzed the implications of sexual identity development for global, political, religious, and occupational identity de- velopment in 358 college students. Participants completed a written sur- vey packet including the Extended Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status (EOM-EIS) and measures of sexual identity, physical/sexual pref- erence, and emotional/affective preference. Data from the EOM-EIS suggest that having a sexual minority identity (lesbian, gay, bisexual, or ''other'' nonheterosexual identity) and reporting strong same-sex sexual or physical preferences are linked with more advanced global, political, religious, and occupational identity development. Heterosexual-identified participants were more likely to score high on identity foreclosure, mora- torium, and diffusion, while sexual-minority-identified individuals scored higher on identity achievement. Individuals with strong same-sex physi- cal/sexual preferences showed a pattern of results similar to those of sex- ual-minority-identified participants. Themes coded from a free-response question highlighted the finding that sexual-minority-identified partici- pants more often viewed their sexual identity as salient and involving an effortful process. These individuals also stressed the importance of having support or modeling for their sexual identity.

Kylie Kuhl - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.