sexuality
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 slippers and a glass of whisky. Mr Smith sits in front of the fire drinking his whisky and reading the newspaper while Mrs Smith puts the final...
Exclusion from marriage
Prior to their marriage, the Goodridges, like many same-sex couples, had the partial protections of mutual powers of attorney, trusts, wills and healthcare proxies – but none of these...
Psychology at the crossroads
Ian Hodges and Jim McManus call for psychologists to be more proactive in challenging homophobia and sexual prejudice.
The recent histories of both psychology and the struggle for lesbian and gay rights are closely...
Catherine Butler, Lyndsey Moon and Meg Barker introduce the special issue.
Explanations of sexuality, as they relate to both sexual behaviour and identity, have long been controversial issues within the profession of psychology. Homosexuality was declassified...
It has been one hundred years since the publication of Freud’s Three
Essays on The Theory of Sexuality. Many would argue – with some
justification – that it is the most important work of psychology ever
written.
Freud’s cultural impact on the 20th century cannot be over-...
Freud’s cultural impact on the 20th century cannot be over-...
Psychological research has often focused on the effects of racism and (less often) heterosexism upon marginalised groups. However, a brief survey of the literature suggests that we have seldom examined how social norms around race and sexuality work to privilege particular...
Orgasm is a compelling, brief event that is an integration of cognitive, emotional, somatic, visceral, and neural processes. Modern definitions of orgasm recognise and incorporate all these levels (see Komisaruk et al., 2006). Despite bodily differences and some different...