Susan F. Frenk and Mark McCormack Societies across the world have experienced large-scale social change related to gender and sexuality. For [...]
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Category "2016"
Viewpoint: Consuming Sexualised and Gendered Bodies
Sue Scott I have been reading writing and researching on gender and sexuality since the 70s (since the early 90s much [...]
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On the Frontline: The birds and the bees
Simon Forrest When she assumed the role of Secretary of State for Education and Equalities in July 2016, Justine Greening raised [...]
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Policy Briefing: Adult Sex Work, Law and Policy: new horizons in the 21st Century
Maggie O’Neill and Alison Jobe The sex industry is a deeply embedded global institution. Structured by capitalism, commodification, sexuality, and [...]
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Wet-nursing: A significant female occupation in the early modern bodily marketplace
Charlotte Rhian Jones In recent years the multibillion-dollar trans-national surrogacy industry was brought to global attention when an Australian couple abandoned [...]
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Doctor-patient relationships and ‘coming out’ in healthcare
Michael Toze When Steve (1), a gay man in his late 60s, discussed his GP practice with me, he described almost [...]
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The Social Life of Human Pups: A Socio-cultural approach
Liam Wignall Have you ever had the inclination to dress up as a dog and roll around on the floor? Or [...]
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HIV, AIDS, and condoms in prisons
Janet Weston Despite living in a supposedly hyper sexualised society, we know very little about sex in prisons. In the US [...]
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Iranian Women’s Gendered Experiences: Structural discourse or individual agency?
Elham Amini Much past western feminist research emphasises the different structural discourses for constructing women’s sexuality and gender, particularly in relation [...]
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Heteronormativity and LGBQ lives: the case of Italy
Valeria Quaglia What does it mean to be a lesbian, gay, or queer person in Italy today? Which paths can LGBQ [...]
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