Critical Sexuality Scholarship
A critical sexuality studies perspective guides our work. This approach addresses the ways sexology and popular discourses produce…
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Research Focus
Feminist Epistemologies and Methodologies
Feminist epistemologies and methodologies – with feminist poststructuralism and discursive approaches as central analytic tools – direct our theoretical…
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Sexual Meanings, Messages and Practices
We have studied sexual meanings, messages and practices in the context of health issues, such as: sexuality in…
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Sexual Technologies
We join a body of feminist scholarship directed at expanding epistemic and empirical conversations beyond sexual empowerment/oppression oppositions…
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Current Projects
Postfeminism, Pornography, and Sexual Proficiency (PI: M. Gurevich, Ryerson SRC and Research Assistant Funds, 2011) The erotic landscape…
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