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Questioning Gender and Sexuality Binaries
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In this paper, the authors discuss the tension between the postmodern perspective and the social work liberal model, and make suggestions for incorporating the ideas emanating from queer theorists, new sex research, and the lived experiences of the transgendered into all areas of social work.Abstract:
Social work has largely adopted the oppression model in our research, practice, education, policy and advocacy work These essentialist constructions rely on the binary categorizations of male/female and heterosexuality/homosexuality Largely missing from the mainstream social work literature are the perspectives of postmodern/queer theorists, the latest sex research, and the experience of transgendered individuals These perspectives offer critiques of gender and sexuality binaries as well as libratory goals for social justice Tensions between the postmodern perspective and the social work liberal model are discussed, and suggestions for incorporating the ideas emanating from queer theorists, new sex research, and the lived experiences of the transgendered into all areas of social work are offeredread more
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The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States
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Transgender theory: Embodying research and practice
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Epistemology of the Closet
TL;DR: Sedgwick as mentioned in this paper argued that "o armario", ou o "segredo aberto", marcou a vida gay/lesbica no ultimo seculo e nao deixou de faze-lo mesmo apos o marco de Stonewall em 1969.
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The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States
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The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States
TL;DR: This survey of sexual practices in the United States has been combed by the media for items of interest to the public: monogamous sex is much more widespread in this country than has been thought.