{"title":"A conversation about conducting participatory action research with British Muslim women to promote social change","authors":"Hanna Akalu","doi":"10.53841/bpspowe.2023.6.2.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspowe.2023.6.2.9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":253858,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review","volume":"539 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138993018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emma Turley, Nichola Corbett-Jarvis, Amanda George, Alexandra McEwan
{"title":"The use ‘consent apps’ in sexual encounters and their socio-legal implications: Why we need to know more","authors":"Emma Turley, Nichola Corbett-Jarvis, Amanda George, Alexandra McEwan","doi":"10.53841/bpspowe.2023.6.2.24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspowe.2023.6.2.24","url":null,"abstract":"Sexual engagement is increasingly mediated by dating applications or ‘apps’. Amongst the growing number of dating apps available are those downloaded to record and store a person’s purported consent to participate in sexual activity. These are commonly known as ‘consent apps’. Ostensibly, ‘consent apps’ are an innovative way to capture the consent of all parties. Yet, they entail a significant risk, largely due to the way they oversimplify consent as a single one-off agreement before a sexual encounter, rather than sexual consent as an agreement that is ongoing and can be withdrawn at any point during a sexual encounter. In terms of their implications in sexual assault proceedings, evidence via consent app data of agreement to sex could potentially be used in ways that are prejudicial to the victim. This conceptual article identifies this topic as an emerging theme in criminology and proposes a pressing need for research to better understand the use of consent apps and their implications.","PeriodicalId":253858,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review","volume":"118 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139023099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Feminist Companion to Research Methods in Psychology","authors":"","doi":"10.53841/bpspowe.2023.6.2.41","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspowe.2023.6.2.41","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":253858,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review","volume":"44 16","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139024792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring lesbian internalised homophobia and self-harming: A thematic analysis","authors":"Rylee Spooner, Michelle Cleveland","doi":"10.53841/bpspowe.2023.6.2.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspowe.2023.6.2.12","url":null,"abstract":"Internalised homophobia has been associated with maladaptive coping and higher levels of psychological distress. Self-harm within a lesbian population is under researched, specifically in relation to internalised homophobia. The study aimed to explore whether internalised homophobia influences self-harming and coping mechanisms in a lesbian population.All participants (N = 103) were over 18 (M = 22.87, SD = 6.9) assigned female at birth, and identified as lesbian. The study implemented a qualitative design through an online questionnaire which asked six open-ended questions regarding sexuality, coping mechanisms and internalised homophobia. Results: Through thematic analysis three themes were identified: the role of sexuality on self-harm, importance of LGBTQ+ community, and negative societal perceptions which were explored in relation to relevant literature.Through thematic analysis, internalised homophobia was identified as a sub-theme of self-harming behaviours. The LGTBQ+ community was found to be a protective factor from maladaptive coping behaviours through belonging and shared culture. Participants highlighted there were negative societal perceptions regarding the LGBTQ+ community in general, but also their struggles with self-harm and mental health. The strengths and limitations of the study are addressed alongside suggestions for future research.","PeriodicalId":253858,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review","volume":"116 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138988946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘Can you give it to someone who needs it more?’ Remunerating people who participate in research","authors":"Melanie Haughton, Hannah Frith","doi":"10.53841/bpspowe.2023.6.2.35","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspowe.2023.6.2.35","url":null,"abstract":"In this short commentary, we reflect critically on the practice of remunerating people for their participation in qualitative research by drawing on our own ongoing research exploring ‘working mums’ experiences of mothering during economic crisis.","PeriodicalId":253858,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review","volume":"194 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139025090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lucy Thompson, Emma L. Turley, Tanya Frances, L. Donnelly, L. Lazard
{"title":"Doing feminisms on the ground: Challenges and opportunities for critical feminist psychologies","authors":"Lucy Thompson, Emma L. Turley, Tanya Frances, L. Donnelly, L. Lazard","doi":"10.53841/bpspowe.2023.6.1.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspowe.2023.6.1.5","url":null,"abstract":"Participant Authors (listed alphabetically): Simran Bassra, Celine Castellino, Danielle Christie, Katherine Hubbard, Xintong Jia, Gabby Keating, Rosemary Lobban, Taoyuan Luo, Ankita Mishra, Nikki Moore, Becky Smith.Feminist psychological perspectives remain peripheral in mainstream psychological spaces and broader applied settings. This can make it difficult to do feminist psychological work. In this article, we discuss key challenges facing a group of feminist psychologists working in various specialist areas of theory and practice. The discussion was generated from a roundtable session facilitated by the authors at the Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Annual Conference in July, 2022 in response to the conference theme of ‘Doing feminism on the ground’. The roundtable aimed to create space for participants to discuss the challenges of doing feminist work. The roundtable also aimed to generate shared strategies for resisting these challenges. Here, we were guided by Sara Ahmed’s call to ‘stay with the difficulty’ of feminist work in order to learn from this. Challenges included professional exclusion, isolation, epistemic erasure, and self-censorship. Strategies included ‘rewriting the questions’, refusing to engage with over-simplistic requests, and (re)centering power and its implications. Roundtable participants are listed as participant authors, and their words co-construct and flow through this account. This article therefore presents a collaborative account of the challenges and opportunities facing this group in their efforts to do feminisms on the ground.","PeriodicalId":253858,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123441404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"BPS Psychology of Women & Equalities Review: Special issue on coercive control","authors":"","doi":"10.53841/bpspowe.2023.6.1.47","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspowe.2023.6.1.47","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":253858,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124747130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inebriation and death of women: Making sense of women’s alcohol and drug consumption in Bollywood and society","authors":"Sonia Soans","doi":"10.53841/bpspowe.2023.6.1.32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspowe.2023.6.1.32","url":null,"abstract":"Addiction is a complex condition, Bollywood’s engagement with the issue is often fraught with misrepresentation and sensationalism. There have been instances where on-screen violence has inspired real-life incidents of violence against women. Four Bollywood films from different decades will be analysed using a feminist theoretical lens. Tropes around women’s addiction/alcoholism will be examined as will the culture in which violence is normalised. One particular trope is that of the intoxicated woman whose body becomes the object of male sexual violence. While this trope is not limited to Bollywood alone, it is however coded in a particular manner that encompasses nationalism. Eschewing reality and therapeutic entanglements in place of melodrama becomes a means to convey a message against excesses. The inebriated woman titillates but ultimately her lack of morality is her downfall. It is pertinent to ask why death is presented as an inevitable possibility amongst other cinematic choices.","PeriodicalId":253858,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125010461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social constructs of online feminine identities in social media: A thematic analysis","authors":"Emma Wickens, Melanie Haughton","doi":"10.53841/bpspowe.2023.6.1.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspowe.2023.6.1.20","url":null,"abstract":"It has been argued that femininity is a form of control over women’s identity, and that femininity is predominantly performative. This research examines the performative nature of femininity in Instagram posts, based on the idea that social media is a means through which young women negotiate and perform their feminine identity. Self-presentation theories suggest that female social media users perform aspects of self-presentation as influenced by the audience, the situation, and implicit social constructs of gender. This study used Reflexive Thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with ten women Instagram users aged between 18 – 27, who post regularly to Instagram. The focus was on exploring the participant’s detailed accounts of how they manage their online identity and self-presentation of femininity on Instagram. Emerging themes emphasised the performative aspects of self-presentation, such as self-surveillance and self-monitoring and impression management in relation to online social situations. Findings highlight the significant, influential aspect the audience plays in performative femininity as well as the importance of Goffman’s (1959) dramaturgical theory of self-presentation and Walkerdine’s (1989) concept of femininity as a performance. The study raises important questions about the presentation and performative elements of femininity on Instagram and how femininity is still a form of hegemonic control over women.","PeriodicalId":253858,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125054587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why marketing is still sexist and how to fix it","authors":"J. Cunningham, Philippa Roberts","doi":"10.53841/bpspowe.2023.6.1.43","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspowe.2023.6.1.43","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":253858,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134333111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}