How do sexual norms in diasporic or minority religious communities adapt to maintain tradition while navigating social pressures?
Sexual norms are cultural guidelines that regulate human sexual...
Sexualized Perception and Employee Onboarding
Sexualized perception is an individual's tendency to view their surroundings through the lens of sexuality, including one's own, others', and those...
The process of assimilating into a new environment can be challenging for individuals who are entering an organization or social group that has its own set of unspoken guidelines and standards. These...
Values and Institutions
Institutions are organizations that have established rules for what is allowed and expected behavior. They include schools, workplaces, governments, businesses, families,...
Can transdisciplinary queer research challenge existing epistemologies and offer novel frameworks for understanding identity, embodiment, and power?
Transdisciplinary queer research is an emerging...
Cultural Identity Conflicts
When an individual lives between multiple cultures, their sense of self is often challenged. They may feel pulled in different directions by competing cultural...
In order to fully understand how teenagers incorporate cultural ideas into their sexual experiences, it is important to examine what exactly is meant by "cultural script." Cultural scripts are...
Today's post-Soviet queer activism is characterized by both assimilationist strategies and radical identity politics. These strategies reflect tensions that have existed since the fall of the USSR,...
The article will explain how commodified queer symbols navigate tensions between resistance and assimilation within mainstream culture.
Commodification is a process whereby an idea, product, or...
The concept of collective shame is an important one that can affect individuals from all walks of life, but it tends to have particularly profound effects on members of marginalized communities who...