Heteronormativity and the Exclusion of Bisexuality in Psychology

Barker, Meg

doi:10.1002/9780470713099.ch6

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“…Bell et al are not unusual in this regard. Heteronormativity also frames developmental explanations of sexual identity in popular journalism (Hegarty, 2003) and psychology textbooks (Barker, 2007).…”

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Toward an LGBT-informed paradigm for children who break gender norms: Comment on Drummond et al. (2008) and Rieger et al. (2008).

Hegarty¹

2009

Developmental Psychology

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Toward an LGBT-informed paradigm for children who break gender norms: Comment on Drummond et al. (2008) and Rieger et al. (2008).

Hegarty¹

2009

Developmental Psychology

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“…One of the current authors, Barker (2007), conducted an in depth analysis of the representation of sexuality in popular psychology textbooks. She found that two thirds of the textbooks failed to mention bisexuality at all.…”

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II. Bisexuality: Working with a Silenced Sexuality

Barker

Langdridge

2008

Feminism & Psychology

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My friend told her father about her new boyfriend. He responded: 'the last thing I heard you were a lesbian'.At psychotherapy supervision one of my colleagues presented a male client who was in a sexual relationship with a woman but defined himself as gay. After some group discussion of whether the label 'heterosexual' or 'gay' was most appropriate for him, I suggested that there might be other possibilities if he wanted a description of his sexuality. The group appeared baffled until I offered: 'well I'm bisexual'.

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“…Participants also felt that queer theory's emphasis on fluidity undermined the existence of bisexuality as a stable identity label and this was concerning for pragmatic reasons such as gaining recognition and rights, funding for events, a place in relevant research projects, and so on. This erasure of sexual categories could be seen as even more problematic for bisexuality than it is for lesbian and gay sexualities since, unlike these other minority sexualities, bisexuality has never reached a point of popular visibility to begin with (remaining unspoken in most mainstream media and psychological texts, Barker, 2007). Thus it could be seen as being erased by queer theory before it has ever been properly seen (Barker & Langdridge, 2008).…”

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“…It is often pointed out at bisexual activist events that people in general understand the term 'bisexual' (partly because of its easily interpretable composition) whilst the term 'queer', particularly in the context of queer theory, is virtually unknown outside the academy and even outside the humanities (e.g. in psychology; Barker, 2007). Whilst, as noted above, many BiCon attendees do label themselves as 'queer' , 'bisexual' is a much more widely understood way of self-identifying and, as one participant said, the term "queer is not as simple as 'oh there are the bisexuals'".…”

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“All the World is Queer Save Thee and ME…”: Defining Queer and Bi at a Critical Sexology Seminar

Barker

Richards

Bowes-Catton

2009

Journal of Bisexuality

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On 7 th November 2007 the UK Critical Sexology seminar series (www.criticalsexology.org.uk) hosted a one day event focusing on international perspectives on bisexuality. This seminar drew together academics and activists from several different countries and disciplinary approaches, most of whom were informed, to some extent, by queer theory. As part of the day we chaired a discussion considering the potentials and pitfalls of bringing together queer theory and bisexuality research, and the links between these issues and the agendas of queer/bi activism. This article reports on the main themes emerging from this debate and discusses them in relation to wider writing on queer theory and bisexuality. One specific tension that emerged was the usage of the word 'queer' and what this meant to participants. Another was the tension between a bi identity politics agenda of giving a voice to a largely silenced sexuality and a queer agenda of challenging dichotomous understandings of sexuality and gender. It is clear, from the discussion and other work in this area, that rather than polarising this as an either/or debate, it is more productive to consider the possibilities of both/and conceptualisations and to view this as a creative tension. In this paper we explore these possibilities in depth, considering the way queer theory can open up multiple and fluid sexual, gendered and self experiences, whilst remembering the lived experience many have of fixed identities and the importance of these for achieving visibility. We also explore the links between academic research and theory, and real-world practice.

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Heteronormativity and the Exclusion of Bisexuality in Psychology

Cited by 66 publications

References 45 publications

Toward an LGBT-informed paradigm for children who break gender norms: Comment on Drummond et al. (2008) and Rieger et al. (2008).

Toward an LGBT-informed paradigm for children who break gender norms: Comment on Drummond et al. (2008) and Rieger et al. (2008).

II. Bisexuality: Working with a Silenced Sexuality

“All the World is Queer Save Thee and ME…”: Defining Queer and Bi at a Critical Sexology Seminar

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