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Showing 1 to 20 of 155 for “"Sexual Identity"”.
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Sexual identity and health of young gay men and lesbians
… explore relationships between life-experiences, sexual identity and health of young gay men and lesbians. The sample was gained using a snowball technique; all informants were aged between 18 and 25 and identified themselves as gay or lesbian. Thirteen people were interviewed using a recursive …
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Incognitos: Modern Slumming Narratives and the Unmaking of Sexual Identity
… uncovers and classifies urban racial-ethnic and sexual ""perversions,"" ""Incognitos"" contends that some sexually suspect early-twentieth-century writers---white and Black---manipulated its form to avoid sexual exposure and to challenge developing constructions of sexuality in modern America. …
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The Control and Determination of Gender and Sexual Identity in Law.
… subject is unable to exercise control over their sexual and gender identity in law. In other words, I suggest that identity is controlled not by the individual, but by law. My focus is female gender and sexual identity with particular reference to lesbian sexual identity. I suggest that the legal …
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The Myth of Promiscuity: Examining Black Male Sexual Narratives and Sexual Identity
<p>Black masculinity and sexuality are common topics across areas of philosophy, psychology, cultural studies and others. Yet, these topics are dedicated to the racial narrative of hypersexual Black male, the sexual objectification of Black men, and their presumed promiscuity. While such topics are …
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Ask & tell, just don't perform: military discourses of (in)security and sexual identity.
… military operates through a system of gender and sexuality hierarchies that privilege masculinity and heterosexuality as the ideal category of service member. This symbolic national institution is also conceptually tied to notions of citizenship. For marginalized groups, gaining the ability to …
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Examining the relationships between childhood sexual abuse, sexual identity development, and sexual satisfaction
… theorists have posited that forming a cohesive identity, including forming a cohesive sexual identity, is essential in one's life (Erikson & Erikson; 1998, Weeks, 1985). This study examined how a history of childhood sexual abuse impacts the process of forming a cohesive sexual identity in …
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Remodeling the Closet: The Individual and Organizational Correlates of Workplace Sexual Identity Management
<p>The strategies by which sexual minority employees manage their sexual identities in the workplace have long been a subject of inquiry. Extant research has long recognized that these employees potentially engage in several different strategies for workplace sexual identity management (e.g., …
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Coming In and Coming Out: Navigating the Spaces between Cultural and Sexual Identity
… 1) to explore the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ) persons who are coming in the United States as students and coming out about their sexual orientation, 2) to explore the cultural narratives that emerge in their disclosure process, and 3) to generate ways to support LGBQ …
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FAMILIES DESIGNED THROUGH ART: EXPLORING EMBODIED EXPERIENCE AND CONCEPTION DISCLOSURE BASED ON SEXUAL IDENTITY
… a diverse sample of individuals across different sexual and gender identities, who have given birth to at least one child successfully conceived using ART (N=114). I use a mix of qualitative and quantitative techniques to examine parents’ experience undergoing fertility treatment as well as …
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DISCLOSURE AS INTERACTION: QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF LESBIAN ATHLETES' SEXUAL IDENTITY DISCLOSURE IN INTERCOLLEGIATE SPORT
… and lesbian athletes who have disclosed their sexual identities in sport is increasing, and therefore deserving of attention and investigation. The present study examines why intercollegiate lesbian athletes disclose their sexual identities, how they disclose their sexual identities, and the …
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Apparent lesbian performances, heteroflexibility and sexual identity: Fluid sexuality among young women in public places.
… in this behaviour may identify as lesbian, bisexual, or heterosexual. Their lesbian performativity is defined as "apparent" because it is characteristically not interpreted by the actors or their audience as the actions of "real" lesbians. Rather it is behaviour that has been encouraged and …
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Disputing the Subject of Sex: Sexual Identity and School Controversy, New York State, 1986-1993
"This dissertation examines discussions of sexual identity's place in public education, arguing that it has been constrained by two structural problems: the notion that curricula themselves must reflect local values, even if those values are discriminatory; and the failure of curricula to …
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Bisexuality, Biphobia, and its Effects on Sexual Identity, Religious Identity and Mental Health: Examining Clinical Implications
<p>Bisexuality is a sexual orientation, sometimes known as “bi,” that includes sexuality in which certain people are attracted to more than one sex and gender. Bisexuality differs from other sexual- and gender-nonconforming experiences (McInnis et al., 2022). According to Ross et al. (2018), …
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God and I are Good – Finding Spiritual Health After Conflict Between Sexual Identity and Non-Affirming Christianity
… there exists a perceived conflict between sexual and religious identities that needs to be reconciled. This qualitative research study explores how participants came to terms with this conflict, reflecting on this conflict in relation to justice and using interview tools from Insight method …
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Reflected Appraisals And Racial And Sexual Identity Development In The Lives Of Black Lesbian And Bisexual Women
… theory about the relationship between racial identity statuses and the experience of reflected appraisals in the lives of Black lesbian and bisexual women. Black lesbian and bisexual women were specifically selected in this study due to the unique and multiple issues Black lesbian and bisexual …
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An ethnographic analysis of adolescent sexual minority website usage: exploring notions of information seeking and sexual identity development
… explores the website usage of adolescent sexual minorities, examining notions of information seeking and sexual identity development. Sexual information seeking is an important element within human information behavior and is uniquely problematic for young sexual minorities. Utilizing a …
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The Low Down on the Down Low: An Investigation into the Discordance between Sexual Identity and Sexual Behavior
… This study focuses on the discordance between sexual identity and behavior in a sample of such men in Philadelphia. Intensive interviews with 33 African American men were conducted to further understanding of why some men who have sex with men still choose to identify as straight. Participants …
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"Beyond Myth: Sexual Identity In ""light In August"" And Other Novels By William Faulkner (women, Narrative, Point Of View)"
This study re-evaluates standard critical interpretations of Faulkner's portrayal of female characters, using attitudes toward myth and legend suggested in A Fable to establish a scheme whereby female characters are either victims or exploiters of the archetypal feminine roles they are usually said …
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