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{"title":"‘An impossible dream’? Non-binary people’s perceptions of legal gender status and reform in the UK","authors":"Hannah J. H. Newman, E. Peel","doi":"10.1080/19419899.2022.2039753","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2039753","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The meaning and significance of gender is currently a focus of heated and, often, polarised debate in the UK and elsewhere. This article provides a new perspective in the gender debate through focused exploration of UK-based non-binary people’s perceptions of legal gender status and reform. Binary gender/sex systems, such as the legal gender system in the UK, are underpinned by cisgenderism and are challenged by those whose identity falls outside of the binary of woman and man. In contrast to most lay participants in the Future of Legal Gender (FLaG) project, the majority of non-binary participants reported support for reform (85.5% (n = 165) in favour) to the current UK legal gender system. Over half (57%, n = 110) were in favour of abolishing legal gender (i.e. the state would no longer assign a legal gender status), although this was constructed as ‘an impossible dream’. Situating non-binary people’s perspectives at the heart of the debate about the certification of gender offers novel insight which could have significant ramifications for how societal structures could support undoing gender in the future.","PeriodicalId":51686,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Sexuality","volume":"122 1","pages":"1381 - 1395"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74077326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fisting intimacy: The sexual scripting of intimacy in gay men’s anal fisting","authors":"Jarred H. Martin","doi":"10.1080/19419899.2022.2148119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2148119","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Anal fisting has often been caricatured as an aggressive, if not violent, mode of sexual and erotic practice between gay men, circumscribed by discourses of risk, danger, and even death. In this study, I explore how a sample of 28 South African gay men who regularly incorporate anal fisting into their preferred sexual practices construct and understand the experience of intimacy in the practices and relations of their fist-fucking. Through sexual scripting theory and a Thematic Analysis of unstructured individual interviews conducted with participants, the results highlight a scripting of intimacy with/in anal fisting that is grounded on three recurrent and interrelated themes: trust and vulnerability; connection and communication; as well as pleasure and skill. The results of this study draw attention to the ways in which anal fisting is not only experienced as a deeply intimate form of pleasure and lovemaking for its participants, but, moreover, how the construction and understanding of intimacy in fist-fucking is framed as a queer/er mode of anal sex/uality and erotics that defines and constitutes itself in contradistinction to both hetero- and homo-normative scripts.","PeriodicalId":51686,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Sexuality","volume":"21 1","pages":"416 - 431"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87367462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Effects of Body Esteem Dimensions on Sexual Esteem in Men","authors":"David Hattie, Flora Oswald, Cory L. Pedersen","doi":"10.1080/19419899.2022.2139192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2139192","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT We examined the relationship between men’s perceptions of their bodies and how they see themselves sexually. The goals of this study were to explore the following: (1) the relationship between dimensions of body esteem and sexual esteem, (2) the influence of adherence to male gender norms on the relationship between body esteem and sexual esteem, (3) the influence of body-focused anxiety on the relationship between body esteem and sexual esteem. In a convenience sample of 298 male participants (M age = 32.34; SD = 13.34), we found that sexual attractiveness, upper body strength, and physical condition predicted sexual esteem, and that male gender norms and body image anxiety moderated this relationship. Exploratory items of body esteem for the jaw, wrists, height, and nose also significantly predicted sexual esteem. Given our findings of the role of various facets of body esteem in predicting sexual esteem, and the moderating effects of endorsement to male gender norms and body image anxiety on healthy sexual esteem, we maintain the importance of addressing these issues in the development of psychosocial, clinical, and sexual education programmesfor men, particularly in settings where men grapple with body and sexual esteem, and the implications of their masculinity.","PeriodicalId":51686,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Sexuality","volume":"1 1","pages":"383 - 398"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76986722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Are there underlying differences between sexually diverse and non-sexually diverse people diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder?","authors":"J. Nolan, H. Mildred, J. Broadbear, T. Knight, S. Rao","doi":"10.1080/19419899.2022.2137057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2137057","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Previous studies have demonstrated that people with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) are more likely to report a sexually diverse orientation (e.g gay, lesbian) than people with other or no psychiatric condition(s). Past literature has attempted to link the BPD symptoms of impulsivity (causing an increase in varied sexual behaviour) and identity disturbance (causing changes in sexual identity) to this overrepresentation. This however can be stigmatising and possibly suggest sexual diversity orientation as a pathology. To address this, the current study aimed to explore this overrepresentation in a more sensitive manner, and examine whether sexually diverse and non-sexually diverse people with BPD differ significantly in demographics, overall BPD symptomatology, identity disturbance, and impulsivity. An online survey was completed by 162 participants (152 cisgender female, 5 cisgender male, and 5 non-binary/third gender; mean age 33.01 years [SD = 9.44]); who self-reported receiving a diagnosis of BPD. Survey data included questions concerning demographics, respondents’ mental health (such as diagnoses, treatment status) and aspects of their sexuality (identity, attraction, relationship history), in addition to the measurement of BPD symptomatology (MSI-BPD), identity disturbance (SCIM), and impulsivity (UPPS-P). Survey data analysis suggested that sexually diverse individuals with BPD were younger than their non-sexually diverse (heterosexual) peers and were more likely to have changed their self-labelled sexual identity during the previous year. There were no significant differences in other demographic factors, BPD symptomatology, identity disturbance or impulsivity. The study clearly highlighted the challenges of using a single criterion to define sexual diversity, as the groups differed markedly according to whether classification was based on current and past relationship history, sexual attraction, or self-labelled sexual identity. The findings also suggest that BPD symptoms of identity disturbance and impulsivity may not explain the overrepresentation of sexual diversity in people diagnosed with BPD, and that further investigation is warranted.","PeriodicalId":51686,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Sexuality","volume":"27 1","pages":"371 - 382"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84882656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An exploratory investigation of body esteem, body dissatisfaction and body change behaviours in sexual minority young adults from a risk and protective perspective","authors":"C. Mahon, A. Fitzgerald, A. O'Reilly, Courtney McDermott, C. O’Connor, B. Dooley","doi":"10.1080/19419899.2022.2130084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2130084","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Body image, body change behaviours, and risk and protective factors for body esteem, were documented by sexual orientation in young adults aged 18–25 years. Cross-sectional data from My World Survey 2 Post Second Level (MWS2-PSL) were used. The sample consisted of 1,975 heterosexual, 256 gay, 169 bisexual, 89 questioning men and 4,521 heterosexual, 167 lesbian, 781 bisexual, 356 questioning and 121 pansexual women. Body esteem, body dissatisfaction and body change behaviours as well as sexual minority stress risk (discrimination) and protective factors (resilience) were analysed across groups using Chi Square Tests and Analyses of Covariance. Multiple regressions identified relationships between body esteem, body change behaviours and risk and protective factors. Heterosexual men exhibited higher body esteem and body satisfaction than sexual minority men. Bisexual women demonstrated the lowest body esteem, while pansexual women exhibited lower body satisfaction versus heterosexual, lesbian and questioning women. Body change behaviours did not differ among women, but weight loss attempts were elevated in gay and bisexual men. Comfort with sexuality, resilience and social support were positively associated with body esteem. Risk and protective factors for body esteem varied by sexual orientation, highlighting the importance of examining these constructs separately across sexual minority subgroups.","PeriodicalId":51686,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Sexuality","volume":"15 1","pages":"351 - 370"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82322706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"”I don’t want to say the wrong thing”: mental health professionals’ narratives of feeling inadequately skilled when working with gender diverse adults","authors":"Lauren Canvin, Joseph Twist, Wendy Solomons","doi":"10.1080/19419899.2022.2118070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2118070","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Trans, gender diverse and gender questioning adults are highly likely to experience mental health difficulties, for multiple reasons including transphobia or minority stress. However, gender diverse adults often describe having negative experiences accessing mental healthcare in the UK. Concurrently, health professionals have described feeling inadequately skilled, and lacking confidence in their ability to support gender diverse people. There has been limited research exploring the experiences of mental health professionals who provide care for gender diverse people in mainstream mental health services, and even less in the UK. In this study, the accounts of seven mental health professionals from a range of disciplines were analysed with a constructionist narrative analysis, to better understand the nature of stories and positioning of individuals, within the local, social and historical contexts of the narratives’ construction. This paper focuses on participants’ narratives of feeling inadequately skilled when working with gender diverse individuals, which were drawn on and resisted in their stories. Implications for clinical practice and training are suggested.","PeriodicalId":51686,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Sexuality","volume":"26 1","pages":"337 - 350"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74500237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pain characteristics, sexual script flexibility, and penetration control cognitions in those experiencing anodyspareunia","authors":"L. Yessick, S. Gauvin, T. Salomons, C. Pukall","doi":"10.1080/19419899.2022.2118069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2118069","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Anodyspareunia is the experience of recurrent or persistent anal pain during receptive anal penetration. We examined pain characteristics and the role of control cognitions and sexual flexibility in those with anodyspareunia. We recruited two online convenience samples (N = 96, N = 123) of individuals who experienced pain during receptive anal penetration. Those with anodyspareunia reported pain, on average, during 44% of penetrative activity occasions. Most participants first experienced pain during their first anal penetrative experience and described the pain as located at the anal opening or inside the anus and lasting primarily during entry and thrusting. As predicted, the examination of penetration cognitions suggested that more cognitions related to a loss of control were associated with worse pain symptoms and sexual distress. While sexual flexibility did not significantly moderate the relationships between control cognitions and pain or sexual distress, greater flexibility was significantly associated with less sexual distress. This study provides novel information on the characteristics of those who experience anodyspareunia. In addition, we found an association between control cognitions and pain intensity in those with anodyspareunia. Sexual flexibility is a potential point of intervention for those who experience sexual distress due to anodyspareunia.","PeriodicalId":51686,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Sexuality","volume":"4 1","pages":"321 - 336"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88090003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Examining substance-involved sexual experiences and consent communication by sexual identity","authors":"T. Marcantonio, Malachi Willis","doi":"10.1080/19419899.2022.2106884","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2106884","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Substance use can occur prior to nonconsensual and consensual sexual activity and affect how sexual consent is communicated and felt. Yet, researchers’ understanding of how substance use relates to these sexual experiences is still developing. Few researchers examine these behaviors among the intersection of sexual minority (SM) identity and gender. The goal of this study was to assess if experiences of nonconsensual and consensual substance-involved sexual activity, consent communication and feelings varied by the intersection of SM identity and identifying as a woman. Participants were recruited from a Prolific Academic panel to complete a survey about their substance use, sexual experiences, and sexual consent. SM persons and SM women reported more nonconsensual and consensual substance involved sexual experiences than heterosexual participants and SM men. Consent communication and feelings did not differ by across groups. Prevention initiatives for substance use and sexual activity may want to take an intersectional approach that addresses why different subgroups are at elevated risk to coalesce these two behaviors. Because consent feelings and communication did not differ by SM identity and gender, consent initiatives should expand their discussion to be inclusive of SM as these initiatives are often presented within a heteronormative framework.","PeriodicalId":51686,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Sexuality","volume":"33 1","pages":"279 - 293"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82754728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fat fuckers and fat fucking: a feminine ethic of care in sex therapy","authors":"Adam W. J. Davies, Ruth Neustifter","doi":"10.1080/19419899.2022.2109988","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2109988","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Through the regulation of both femininity and fatness, dominant norms in queer communities construct fatness and femininity as excessive, desexualised/hypersexualised, and undeserving of sexual desire, pleasure, and care. Care, as a feminine ethical stance emphasising relationality and interdependency, is not typically associated with fucking, yet is critical in sex therapeutic work and interventions. In this article, we contend that fat scholarship, femme theory, and care ethics offer productive intersections in terms of crafting an ethic of care in sex therapy practice and activism for fat bodies of all genders. Using the example of the Fat Fuckers workshop developed in Ontario, Canada, offered internationally and online, this article describes how sex therapeutic work that combines fat activism, care, community building and relationality works at the intersections of femme theory, fat studies, and care ethics. This article combines theory with praxis by describing the Fat Fuckers workshop as a form of fat activism that simultaneously promotes fat identification and care for fat bodies in sex therapy while illustrating a nuanced form of feminine relationality for fat subjects and sexualities. Through this, practical tips are described for practitioners (e.g. sex therapists, activists and sex workers) with theoretical implications for sexuality scholars.","PeriodicalId":51686,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Sexuality","volume":"58 1","pages":"294 - 305"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88010642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Differences between Australian bisexual and pansexual women: an assessment of minority stressors and psychological outcomes","authors":"J. Morandini, Jessica Strudwick, R. Menzies, I. Dar-Nimrod","doi":"10.1080/19419899.2022.2100717","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2100717","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The current study examined whether Australian cisgender women who identify as bisexual or pansexual differ in their experience of minority stress, and, in turn, psychological distress and well-being. A convenience sample of 229 Australian cisgender women who identified as bisexual or pansexual responded to a survey assessing minority stressors and psychological outcomes. Compared to bisexual women, pansexual women were more open about their sexuality, more connected to the LGBTIQ+ community, and somewhat more conscious of sexual minority stigma. No difference in psychological distress was observed between groups. However, pansexual identification was indirectly associated with psychological distress via elevated stigma consciousness. Similarly, there were no differences in psychological well-being between bisexual and pansexual women. However, pansexual identification was indirectly associated with poorer psychological well-being via stigma consciousness and greater psychological well-being via LGBTIQ+ community connectedness, suggesting that pansexual identification has a complex relationship with well-being. These findings suggest different underlying sexual minority experiences between bisexual and pansexual women in an Australian context, which influence psychological outcomes in divergent ways between groups. Clinical implications include the importance of recognising the unique experiences of bisexual and pansexual individuals, and the need for tailored care for these populations.","PeriodicalId":51686,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Sexuality","volume":"25 1","pages":"233 - 251"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77996097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}