This paper will discuss how military culture shapes expressions of intimacy among LGBT couples. Military culture can be described as an environment where masculine and feminine roles are highly...
Gender and sexuality are integral aspects of human identity that have been studied from various perspectives. Classical theories of moral agency and selfhood tend to view these identities as fixed...
Queer Philosophy and Therapeutic Neutrality
Therapeutic neutrality refers to a clinician's commitment to non-interference when providing therapy. In contexts shaped by structural injustice,...
Sexual identity is often understood to be an expression of one's gender, which is defined as the socially constructed roles and expectations associated with being male or female. This view suggests...
The concept of gender can be defined as a social construct that is based on societal expectations about how individuals are expected to behave according to their assigned biological sex. It refers to...
Bodily Noncompliance and Erotic Resistance
There has been an increased focus on the concept of bodily noncompliance in feminist discourse, which refers to refusing to adhere to societal norms...
Sexual Misconduct: A Performative Mechanism For Negotiating Ethical Standards?
The term "sexual misconduct" is often used to describe various forms of unwanted sexual behavior that violate...
Postmodern theories such as queer theory have challenged traditional understandings of gender and sexuality by emphasizing the fluidity and multiplicity of identities. This has led to new approaches...
The concept of borders has been used extensively within queer theory to explore questions regarding identity formation and its relationship to social norms and structures. Within this framework,...
Transgender identity is often conceptualized as an essential and stable quality that people possess from birth.
The idea that transgender people are inherently different or "born this way" has...