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SUMMARY:Gender Pleasure: Positive Gender/Sex Experiences
DESCRIPTION:\nSocial scientific research on gender/sex has focused large
ly on important but negative phenomena like sexism\, transphobia\, and g
ender dysphoria. But how do people’s gender/sexes bring joy or affirmati
on? In this talk\, I describe a newly articulated construct I call “gend
er pleasure\,” or positive experiences related to one’s gender/sex. I al
so describe two qualitative studies exploring this construct among both
gender/sex and sexual minorities (e.g.\, LGBTQ+ people) and majorities (
e.g.\, cisgender heterosexual people) in the United States and Canada. W
e found many commonalities\, including the importance of both individual
and interpersonal experiences\, gender affirmation\, and relationships
to gender norms. There were also many differences\, largely hinging upon
the groups’ differing relationships to power and the gender/sex binary.
I conclude by discussing the importance of focusing on joy and thriving
\, especially among marginalized communities.\n\nFor more details: https
://events.la.psu.edu/event/gender-pleasure-positive-gender-sex-experienc
es/
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ic research on gender/sex has focused largely on important but negative
phenomena like sexism, transphobia, and gender dysphoria. But how do peo
ple’s gender/sexes bring joy or affirmation? In this talk, I describe a
newly articulated construct I call “gender pleasure,” or positive experi
ences related to one’s gender/sex. I also describe two qualitative studi
es exploring this construct among both gender/sex and sexual minorities
(e.g., LGBTQ+ people) and majorities (e.g., cisgender heterosexual peopl
e) in the United States and Canada. We found many commonalities, includi
ng the importance of both individual and interpersonal experiences, gend
er affirmation, and relationships to gender norms. There were also many
differences, largely hinging upon the groups’ differing relationships to
power and the gender/sex binary. I conclude by discussing the importanc
e of focusing on joy and thriving, especially among marginalized communi
ties.
For more details: https://events.la.psu.e
du/event/gender-pleasure-positive-gender-sex-experiences/
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