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- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- Editors
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements and permissions
- 1 Sexuality, gender, health and rights: An introduction
- References
- Part I Pioneering beginnings
- 2 The importance of being historical: Understanding the making of sexualities
- Understanding the present
- The Great Transition
- A conclusion
- References
- 3 ‘Sex involves something you are, not just something you do’: Mary Calderone and the fight for sexual health
- Childhood and its uses
- Early career
- Core beliefs
- Fighting for sexual health
- Accomplishments
- Legacy
- Notes
- References
- 4 Anthropological foundations of sexuality, health and rights: 1920s–2020s
- Early anthropological pioneers in the field of sexuality
- Twentieth- and twenty-first-century transformations
- Conclusion
- References
- 5 Alfred C. Kinsey’s legacy and the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University
- Historical elements
- Methods and innovation
- Theory and theoretical model development
- Future directions
- References
- 6 Sexuality and the turn to citizenship
- Introduction
- Sexual citizenship studies
- Critiques of sexual citizenship
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- 7 Making a sociology of gender and sexuality
- Introduction
- Making the Difference (1982) – class, schooling and gender
- Gender and Power (1987) – economics, power and affect
- Masculinities (1995) – studying men from below and within
- Southern Theory (2007) – imperialism, colonialism and knowledge
- Thinking gender, health, transition
- The Good University (2019) – intellectuals and the wider world
- References
- Part II Diversity in practice: Enacting, gender, sex and sexuality
- 8 Two(Spirit)-Eyed Seeing: Honouring gender and sexual diversity for those Indigenous to Turtle Island
- Introduction: Tawow (Cree: there’s space)
- Part 1: ‘They can never burn the stars’
- Eternal Belonging
- Forming a Two-Spirit research group
- Two(Spirit)-Eyed Seeing
- Part 2: Two-Spirit is not for me and yet it inspires me
- Two-Spirit in the Indigenous context
- A European-settler in the Two-Spirit Dry Lab
- Two-Spirit and quantitative methods
- Part 3: ‘Showing up as ourselves for a Two-Spirit future’
- Two-Spirit and Indigenous neurodiversity
- Two-Spirit liberates us from our masks
- Conclusion: We are one together
- Notes
- References
- 9 Becoming hijra in Dhaka: Discourse, pleasure and identification
- Socio-cultural construction of hijra as a category of abjection
- Hijragiri, or the occupation of the hijras, as a site of active becoming
- Genital ambiguity, asexuality and emasculation
- Erasure of desire and sexuality in hijra representations
- Hijra as an alternative erotic space
- Ulti as an alternative to the heteronormative Bangla world
- Straddling and navigating multiple ideological frameworks as acts of agency and creative power
- Concluding thoughts
- Notes
- References
- 10 The health and human rights of people with intersex variations
- Introduction
- Defining intersex people
- Commonalities and intersectionalities
- General health issues
- Human rights violations in medical settings
- Sex determination and diagnosis
- Research and evidence
- Discrimination and stigmatisation
- Violence and infanticide
- Registration of sex
- Access to justice and remedies
- Conclusions
- References
- 11 Living under the shadow of the law: Sexual citizenship and belonging in Singapore and Australia
- Introduction
- Background
- Australia: decriminalisation and marriage equality
- Singapore: Section 377A of the Penal Code
- Approach
- Findings
- Health
- Education and employment
- Personal relationships and the future
- Discussion and conclusion
- Note
- References
- 12 Gender and sexuality identities in social media and everyday life: The expansion and redefinition of non-binary gender and bisexuality
- Introduction
- Emerging gender and sexual identities
- Non-binary gender identification
- The matter of bisexuality
- Conclusion
- References
- 13 An unhappy marriage?: Sex segregation and inclusion debates in women’s sport
- Sex segregation as success story?
- Eligibility regulation as a fraught project
- Protection for whom?
- The harms of normative femininity
- Conclusion: Can a separate category be inclusive?
- Notes
- References
- 14 ‘Cripping’ intellectual disability and sexuality in media representations: Conundrums and possibilities
- Introduction
- Intellectual disability, sexuality and representation in popular media
- ‘Cripping’ sexualities
- Analysing media
- Seeing from an ableist and heteronormative lens
- Acceptance by erasing disability
- Diminishing people labelled/with intellectual disabilities
- What about the voices of disabled people themselves?
- So, do these representations ‘crip’ intellectual disability and sexuality?
- References
- 15 Ritual, modernity and well-being: Queer spirit mediums and ritual healing in mainland Southeast Asia
- Spirit mediumship as a healing tradition
- The modern sources of contemporary Southeast Asian spirit cults
- Spirit ritual and global queer cultures: challenging the secular/religion binary
- Limits to the transgressive potential of queer ritual specialists
- Conclusion
- Note
- References
- Part III Communicating gender, sex and sexuality
- 16 Beliefs about sexuality and gender in identity discourses online
- Introduction
- Ontological beliefs about gender and sexual orientation
- Gender and sexual identity discourses in networked counterpublics
- Conclusion
- References
- 17 Automating vulnerability: Algorithms, artificial intelligence and machine learning for gender and sexual minorities
- Introduction
- Algorithms, machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI)
- Data collection and the automation of gender recognition
- Algorithm design
- Making decisions/recommendations
- Acting on decisions: the future of solutions and recommendations?
- Conclusion
- References
- 18 Digital intimacy in China
- Introduction
- Gender, sexuality and censorship in China
- Censorship of feminist advocacy
- The emergence of boys’ love culture as a feminist counter culture
- Transforming intimacies in online dating
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- 19 Queer women and digital platforms: Identity modulation for digital sexual citizenship, and beyond?
- Seeing digital representation through identity modulation
- Digital sexual citizenship and platform hurdles
- Beyond citizenship?
- No solutions but liveable moments
- References
- 20 Playing with roles and representations: Challenging the stability of gender, sex and sexuality in video games
- Introduction
- Games and gamers
- Play and representation
- Roles and performance
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- 21 Erotic representations of gender diversity: A computer-assisted linguistic analysis of online erotica
- Introduction
- Representations of gender diversity
- Interpreting gender diversity in erotic narrative
- Findings
- Transgender
- Shemale
- Tranny
- Sissy
- Conclusion
- References
- 22 Express yourself: Fashion, freedom and sexual politics in the twenty-first century
- Introduction
- Fashion and the success of sexual movements worldwide
- The global connectedness of social movements
- Accepting sexuality as politics worldwide
- Conclusion
- Note
- References
- 23 Homosexuality and normality: The reception of gay male representations on film and television
- Introduction
- A short history of (gay) sexual minority representation in the media
- Audience responses to LGBTQ representations
- Gay representations in the eyes of Flemish non-straight men
- Baby Boomers
- Generation X
- Millennials
- Generation Z
- Discussion and conclusion
- References
- Part IV The choreography of sex
- 24 Ukuchindila Nabwinga: Bemba women, sexual dance and agency
- Introduction
- Marriage process among the Bemba
- Framing a community of practice
- Ukucindila nabwinga (dancing for the bride)
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- 25 Sex in motion: Some sexual scenes in Brazil
- Redenção Park, Porto Alegre, January 2008
- The Astor Cinema, Salvador, April 2008
- Windsor Cinema, São Paulo, May 2008
- So what does all this mean?
- Conclusions
- References
- 26 BDSM, intercorporeality and the feeling body
- Introduction
- Theoretical framework
- Method and ethical reflections
- Analysis
- BDSM as an intercorporeal practice
- Subspace, domspace and wordless empathy
- Intimacy, emotions and bodily empathy
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- 27 Flirting, erotic interactions and sexual choreography among urban youth: Hip-Hop in New York City
- The Hip-Hop club
- The courtship of dancing
- Establishing and transgressing boundaries
- The Hip-Hop scene and young people’s sexuality
- Notes
- References
- 28 Ecosexuality: Art practices for queering the Earth, healing and recovering
- Affectionate play
- ‘Earth as lover’: Ecosexual is the new sexual
- Towards a posthumanist re-imagining of environmental laws
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- 29 SPACES TO BE AND FLOURISH: Dance as livelihood, status and belonging amongst kothis in India
- Colonial reform and understanding the long-term collateral damage
- Dance as a passion and a profession amongst kothis
- Changing spaces, increasing precarity and new opportunities
- Dance and inclusion
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- 30 The political economy of pleasure
- What does pleasure mean in Western culture?
- Indulgence and pleasure, good and evil
- Pleasure, work and the creation of modernity
- Pleasure, race and civilisation
- Consumer capitalism and commodified pleasure
- Conclusion
- References
- Part V The darker side(s) of sex
- 31 Intimate partner violence: Bringing about change through successful interventions
- Introduction
- Processes of change to prevent IPV
- Rural Response System, Ghana
- Indashyikirwa, Rwanda
- Stepping Stones and Creating Futures, Durban, South Africa
- Zindagii Shoista, Tajikistan
- Individual level pathways to change
- Relationship level pathways
- Community level pathways
- Ten elements of success in preventing IPV
- Elements of success in programme design
- Implementation elements of success
- Necessary design elements only where relevant to the approach
- Discussion
- Implications for effective IPV prevention programming
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- 32 Masculinity crisis?: The nature and origins of sexual violence and corrective rape in South Africa
- Introduction
- The naturalising of male privilege and the emergence of ‘crisis’
- Feminist and gay liberation movements and the threat to patriarchal interests
- Masculinity in the media and re-assertions of hegemonic masculinity
- ‘Corrective rape’ in contemporary South Africa
- Sociocultural realities: The foundations of violent masculinity
- The judicial response to sexual minority rights
- Conclusion
- References
- 33 Becoming teachable, staying in community: Engaged research on incest in Mexico, before and after COVID-19
- Becoming teachable
- Staying in community
- Winter 2009
- Activist research and going back home
- The invisibility of incest in Mexican research
- Impressions from the field
- Notes
- References
- 34 ‘I’d give him a blow job just to get out of there’: Sexual citizenship and the social production of campus sexual assault
- Overview
- Methods and setting
- Narratives
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- 35 Sexual violence in South African men’s prisons: Causes, consequences and promising practices
- Introduction
- Making ‘women’, taking ‘wives’
- Vanishing violence
- Anxious muddlings
- Broadening understandings of sexual violence behind bars
- Journeys towards and into prison
- The role of chance in precarious safety
- Working towards sexual safety behind bars
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Part VI Sexual well-being and health
- 36 From sexology to sexual health and rights
- Origins of the field of sexology
- From Germany to the USA
- Sexology gains a foothold in public health
- A new sexual revolution and the demand for a public health response
- From sexology to sexual health: WAS changes its name
- More recent advances
- WHO indicators
- World Sexual Health Day established
- Sexual Rights Declaration 2014
- Sexual Pleasure Declaration 2021
- Conclusion
- References
- 37 ‘Safe sex ain’t for sissies!’ (with apologies to Bette Davis)
- The pandemic begins
- Getting to the beginning
- The invention of safe sex
- Whatever happened to safe sex?
- Note
- References
- 38 Sexual health beyond the buzzword: The turn to social justice
- The rise of ‘sexual health’
- Interpretive, programmatic and political challenges
- Sexual health and social justice
- Conclusion
- Note
- References
- 39 Innovation in HIV prevention technologies: The currents and eddies of progress within and across contexts
- Situating HIV prevention: How are we doing?
- Materially entangled: Biomedical technology entwined with social influence in HIV prevention
- Technology effects: Case studies of PrEP and U=U
- Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
- Undetectable equals Untransmittable (U=U)
- HIV prevention and broader sexual health
- Conclusion
- References
- 40 Sex, drugs and biomedical prevention: Rethinking sexual health through PrEP research in Peru and HPV vaccine roll-out in Mexico
- Introduction
- Sexual health and biotechnologies: A brief history
- Travelling understandings of sexual health, pre-illness and risk
- HIV and the making of Peruvian gay sex as risky
- Travelling HPV assemblages and stratified sexual risk in Mexico
- New understandings of sexual health produced through biomedical prevention interventions
- From at-risk subjects to risky subjects: Capitalising on PrEP research in Peru
- Risky sexualities and the responsibilisation of Mexican cisgender females through stratified HPV vaccine implementation
- Risky sex(ualities), transnational sites of concern and the ongoing politics of biomedical prevention
- Notes
- References
- 41 Achieving trans pregnancy and parenthood: The impacts of cisnormativity on trans people’s reproductive autonomy
- Understanding sex and gender
- (Cis)gendering reproduction
- From individual rights to reproductive justice: a conceptual framework
- Making cisnormativity visible
- Social perceptions of achieving trans pregnancy
- Legal self-determination and the regulation of reproduction
- Access to comprehensive information
- Resisting cisnormativity
- Conclusion
- References
- 42 Poverty and erotic equity
- Introduction
- Socioeconomic concepts and public health research
- What evidence connects socioeconomics with sexual flourishing?
- Potential pathways between poverty and sexual well-being
- Conclusions and takeaways
- References
- Part VII Sexual rights and erotic justice
- 43 Sexual rights: Ever-contested, but never more important
- Introduction
- Defining sexual rights
- Political
- Legal
- Technical
- Where legal, political and technical expertise collide: Moving from the global to the national
- The centrality of civil society movements in advancing work around sexual rights
- Moving forwards: We can’t move backwards
- Acknowledgements
- References
- 44 Health and human rights inequities impacting sex workers globally
- Human rights and health inequities faced by sex workers and their structural determinants
- Highlighting gaps in support and the need for structural change: Sex workers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Evidence-based interventions and best practices for advancing sex workers’ health and human rights
- Decriminalisation of sex work
- Community empowerment
- Multi-level and integrated interventions
- Conclusion and recommendations for action
- References
- 45 Sex tech in an age of surveillance capitalism: Design, data and governance
- Histories and futures of sex tech
- From sexual rights to sexual justice
- Surveillance data and sexual health
- Design: From the margins
- Data: Sexual surveillance and political economy
- Governance: Carceral technologies
- Sex tech for sexual justice
- References
- 46 Justice through the erotic: Puta politics, knowledge and feminism as guides for how to move beyond binaries and destabilise contradictions
- Puta politics
- Moving beyond good and bad sex
- Moving towards justice through the erotic
- Notes
- References
- 47 Good sex liberates: Why sexual rights and erotic justice should get into bed with pleasure
- Getting intimate with us
- Starting out: Sexual debut and overcoming the awkwardness
- Seeking pleasure: Where are our pleasures and desires in sexual health?
- Collective imagination and creative safer sex eroticisation, or how to create an erotic collective
- Finding those we love: the global mapping of pleasure and its practices
- Raising collective consciousness to orgasm: Poor women have orgasms too
- Erotic Justice – does it pay well?
- Pleasurable chronicles for the greater good: Bridging our pleasure gaps
- Finishing off: Connecting erotic well-being to sexual pleasure, fulfilling life, joy and freedom
- Notes
- References
- 48 Dr Frankenstein’s hydra: Contours, meanings and effects of anti-gender politics
- A closer look at anti-gender politics
- Four waves of anti-gender politics
- A diversity of targets
- Discursive labyrinths
- The hydra of Dr Frankenstein
- Beyond backlash
- The role of gender
- Notes
- References
- Index
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