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Coming Out Narratives: Realities Of Intersectionality, Marni A. Brown
Coming Out Narratives: Realities Of Intersectionality, Marni A. Brown
Sociology Dissertations
Coming out of the closet and sharing a disclosure narrative is considered an essential act to becoming gay (Jagose 1996; Meeks 2006). Although coming out experiences vary by time and place, sexuality scholars note the assumed difficulties when claiming a non-heteronormative identity, including stress, isolation, and rejection (Chauncey 1994; Faderman 1991; Herdt 1993; 1996; Savin-Williams and Ream 2003). In the late 1990s, a post-closet framework emerged arguing that coming out of the closet has become more common and less difficult; “American homosexuals have normalized and routinized their homosexuality to a degree where the closet plays a lesser role in their …
Lean On Me: Informal Social Networks And The Prevention Of Intimate Partner Violence In Sexual Minority Communities, Caroline A. Lippy
Lean On Me: Informal Social Networks And The Prevention Of Intimate Partner Violence In Sexual Minority Communities, Caroline A. Lippy
Psychology Dissertations
Research finds that intimate partner violence (IPV) occurs at comparable rates for heterosexuals and sexual minorities; however, few IPV prevention programs exist for sexual minority communities. Most programs are developed on heterosexuals and ignore the unique contexts and dynamics of IPV for sexual minorities. Community capacity IPV prevention programs aim to increase the skills and resources within informal social networks, and they represent a promising approach to IPV prevention for sexual minority communities. The current study explores the informal networks of sexual minorities in order to build knowledge that can inform the future development of community capacity IPV prevention programs …
Not Trying: Reconceiving The Motherhood Mandate, Kristin J. Wilson
Not Trying: Reconceiving The Motherhood Mandate, Kristin J. Wilson
Sociology Dissertations
Infertile and childless women think about, live with, and defend their status as mothers and as nonmothers, arguably more so than other women for whom motherhood comes about accidentally or relatively easily in accordance with a plan. Within this group of infertile and childless women are those who are otherwise socially marginalized by factors like class, race, age, marital status, and sexual identity. This dissertation asks about the ways in which marginalized infertile and childless women in America make sense of their situations given the climate of “stratified reproduction” in which the motherhood mandate excludes them or applies to them …