Sexual Politics in Sons and Lovers

Understanding Intimate Partner Violence Among Ethnic and Sexual Minorities: Lived Experiences of Queer Women in Norway

“…Aru's reflection above relates to how internalization of heteronormative discourse on IPV by queer people might pose a huge problem, as it may contribute to concealing suffering by queer women ( Hesselberg, 2011 ; Ovesen, 2020 ). Equally important, however, is the argument by some of our participants that IPV in queer relations should be contextualized and understood in terms of growing up in a heterosexist culture.…”

Social Participation After Intimate Partner Violence: Investigating the Impact on Women's Citizenship

“…The research was theoretically underpinned by McNay’s (2004) theory of situated intersubjectivity, which understands the discursive and material gender inequalities in women's lives as intertwined but also open to contestation and change. We also drew on a contemporary elaboration of Millett's (1969) concept of sexual politics as a way of understanding IPV and its impact on women's lives. Within sexual politics, gender relations are understood as involving coherent groups that are subject to politics, just as are races and classes (Franzway, 2016).…”

WOMAN: An Essentially Contested Concept

“…My proposal is motivated by the observation of a tension that partially marks the literature on the metaphysics of gender. This tension lies between trans-inclusive conceptions that understand gender categories as importantly partly self-determined identities (e.g., Bettcher, 2009, 2013; Jenkins, 2016; McKitrick, 2015) and those that understand them as social or cultural categories imposed upon others as a tool of oppression, and thus not largely self-determined (e.g., Alcoff, 2006; Ásta, 2013, 2018; Haslanger, 2000; Millett, 1971; Okin, 1987; Witt, 2011a, 2011b). My proposal mediates this tension.…”