Moira Carmody
Biographic Data
| ID | 3648901 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Moira Carmody |
| GIVEN NAMES | Moira |
| FAMILY NAME | Carmody |
| SIGNATURE | CARMODY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Sydney University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Sexuality Research
Sexuality research and sex research differ in a number of important ways. Sex research focuses on the mechanics of sex and is dominated by biomedical discourses and most often framed from an “objective” stance. Sexuality research, in contrast, recognizes power relations between women and men, between heterosexual and homosexual, and between cultures, and therefore is inherently political. Sexuality and the research of sexuality are embedded in cu…
Putting ethical sex into practice
When young people begin to explore their sexuality they are often subject to particularly strong surveillance from adults and the institutions of the state. How young people become ethical sexual citizens is not well understood. In recent years an increased focus on comprehensive sexuality programmes that include violence prevention have led to the development of a number of education programmes targeting young people. This article will draw on q…
Young Men, Sexual Ethics and Sexual Negotiation
This paper explores a research and education project seeking positive ways to engage young men in respectful and ethical negotiation within sexual relationships. The experiences of young men aged 16-25 years of age are explored who took part in the Sex & Ethics Violence Prevention Program which was developed in 2006 and continues to be run in several Australian states and in New Zealand. The Program was designed to assist both young women and men…
‘Pleasure has no passport’
The idea that pleasure might form a part of sexuality education is no longer a 'new' idea in the field of sexuality studies. In this paper we examine how originally conceived notions of pleasure have been 'put to work' and theoretically 'taken up' in relation to sexuality and education. It is our contention that because of the nature of discourse and varying cultural and political contexts, pleasure has been operationalised in ways we did not int…
Playing by the rules
In 2004, the Australian National Rugby League (NRL) commissioned the Playing By The Rules research project in response to allegations of sexual assault by members of a professional rugby league team. This article offers an overview of the theoretical and methodological approaches adopted by the team, and the subsequent workplace education programmes designed to promote ethical sexual behaviour and attitudes within NRL culture. The researchers ref…
Preventing Adult Sexual Violence Through Education
An overview of research on the effectiveness of sexual assault prevention education programmes in Australia and the US is provided, considering some of the limitations and unintended consequences of the approaches to sexual assault prevention. The impact of construction of gender and sexuality on the kinds of prevention strategies promoted with a key focus on the needs of young women and men who are most vulnerable to sexual assault either as vic…
Ethical Erotics
This article argues that many anti-violence prevention strategies have been shaped by unarticulated discourses of sexuality that focus primarily on women managing the risk and danger of unethical behaviour of men. Sexual intimacy has therefore been dominated by discourses of fear and danger and women’s pleasure is once again invisible. An alternative conception of sexual ethics is presented based on Foucault’s work on ethics, and sexuality. The f…
Sexual Ethics and Violence Prevention
Violence against women remains a pressing and unresolved global issue which has proved resistant to over 30 years of feminist activism around prevention. This article argues that many prevention strategies have been shaped by unarticulated discourses about sexuality which have focused primarily on women managing the risk of the unethical behaviour of men. An alternative conception of sexual ethics is proposed based on Foucault's work on ethics, s…
TheRisk ofNamingViolence
(1999). The Risk of Naming Violence: An Unpleasant Encounter Between Legal Culture and Feminist Criminology. Australian Feminist Law Journal: Vol. 13, LAW, CULTURE AND THE QUESTIONS OF FEMINISM, pp. 13-37
Submerged Voices
This article reports on a study of a small group of social workers who are or have been coordinators of health-based sexual assault services in New South Wales, Australia. What does working in this area of practice mean for these women? How has being daily witnesses to sexual assault affected their lives professionally and personally? This article aims to give voice to and thereby gain some understanding of these workers' experiences
Midnight Companions
Social workers have played an active part in the development of sexual assault services in New South Wales. It will be argued they have effectively fulfilled the roles of individual counsellor, advocate, educator, social planner and political negotiator. Skills in these areas have benefitted individual clients and contributed to the development of social policy in the area of sexual assault
Social Workers as Writers
Sexual Ethics and Violence Prevention
Violence against women remains a pressing and unresolved global issue which has proved resistant to over 30 years of feminist activism around prevention. This article argues that many prevention strategies have been shaped by unarticulated discourses about sexuality which have focused primarily on women managing the risk of the unethical behaviour of men. An alternative conception of sexual ethics is proposed based on Foucault's work on ethics, s…
Putting ethical sex into practice
When young people begin to explore their sexuality they are often subject to particularly strong surveillance from adults and the institutions of the state. How young people become ethical sexual citizens is not well understood. In recent years an increased focus on comprehensive sexuality programmes that include violence prevention have led to the development of a number of education programmes targeting young people. This article will draw on q…
Young Men, Sexual Ethics and Sexual Negotiation
This paper explores a research and education project seeking positive ways to engage young men in respectful and ethical negotiation within sexual relationships. The experiences of young men aged 16-25 years of age are explored who took part in the Sex & Ethics Violence Prevention Program which was developed in 2006 and continues to be run in several Australian states and in New Zealand. The Program was designed to assist both young women and men…
Submerged Voices
This article reports on a study of a small group of social workers who are or have been coordinators of health-based sexual assault services in New South Wales, Australia. What does working in this area of practice mean for these women? How has being daily witnesses to sexual assault affected their lives professionally and personally? This article aims to give voice to and thereby gain some understanding of these workers' experiences
TheRisk ofNamingViolence
(1999). The Risk of Naming Violence: An Unpleasant Encounter Between Legal Culture and Feminist Criminology. Australian Feminist Law Journal: Vol. 13, LAW, CULTURE AND THE QUESTIONS OF FEMINISM, pp. 13-37
Midnight Companions
Social workers have played an active part in the development of sexual assault services in New South Wales. It will be argued they have effectively fulfilled the roles of individual counsellor, advocate, educator, social planner and political negotiator. Skills in these areas have benefitted individual clients and contributed to the development of social policy in the area of sexual assault
Social Workers as Writers
Midnight Companions
Social workers have played an active part in the development of sexual assault services in New South Wales. It will be argued they have effectively fulfilled the roles of individual counsellor, advocate, educator, social planner and political negotiator. Skills in these areas have benefitted individual clients and contributed to the development of social policy in the area of sexual assault
Submerged Voices
This article reports on a study of a small group of social workers who are or have been coordinators of health-based sexual assault services in New South Wales, Australia. What does working in this area of practice mean for these women? How has being daily witnesses to sexual assault affected their lives professionally and personally? This article aims to give voice to and thereby gain some understanding of these workers' experiences
TheRisk ofNamingViolence
(1999). The Risk of Naming Violence: An Unpleasant Encounter Between Legal Culture and Feminist Criminology. Australian Feminist Law Journal: Vol. 13, LAW, CULTURE AND THE QUESTIONS OF FEMINISM, pp. 13-37
Sexual Ethics and Violence Prevention
Violence against women remains a pressing and unresolved global issue which has proved resistant to over 30 years of feminist activism around prevention. This article argues that many prevention strategies have been shaped by unarticulated discourses about sexuality which have focused primarily on women managing the risk of the unethical behaviour of men. An alternative conception of sexual ethics is proposed based on Foucault's work on ethics, s…
Ethical Erotics
This article argues that many anti-violence prevention strategies have been shaped by unarticulated discourses of sexuality that focus primarily on women managing the risk and danger of unethical behaviour of men. Sexual intimacy has therefore been dominated by discourses of fear and danger and women’s pleasure is once again invisible. An alternative conception of sexual ethics is presented based on Foucault’s work on ethics, and sexuality. The f…
Preventing Adult Sexual Violence Through Education
An overview of research on the effectiveness of sexual assault prevention education programmes in Australia and the US is provided, considering some of the limitations and unintended consequences of the approaches to sexual assault prevention. The impact of construction of gender and sexuality on the kinds of prevention strategies promoted with a key focus on the needs of young women and men who are most vulnerable to sexual assault either as vic…
Playing by the rules
In 2004, the Australian National Rugby League (NRL) commissioned the Playing By The Rules research project in response to allegations of sexual assault by members of a professional rugby league team. This article offers an overview of the theoretical and methodological approaches adopted by the team, and the subsequent workplace education programmes designed to promote ethical sexual behaviour and attitudes within NRL culture. The researchers ref…
‘Pleasure has no passport’
The idea that pleasure might form a part of sexuality education is no longer a 'new' idea in the field of sexuality studies. In this paper we examine how originally conceived notions of pleasure have been 'put to work' and theoretically 'taken up' in relation to sexuality and education. It is our contention that because of the nature of discourse and varying cultural and political contexts, pleasure has been operationalised in ways we did not int…
Putting ethical sex into practice
When young people begin to explore their sexuality they are often subject to particularly strong surveillance from adults and the institutions of the state. How young people become ethical sexual citizens is not well understood. In recent years an increased focus on comprehensive sexuality programmes that include violence prevention have led to the development of a number of education programmes targeting young people. This article will draw on q…
Young Men, Sexual Ethics and Sexual Negotiation
This paper explores a research and education project seeking positive ways to engage young men in respectful and ethical negotiation within sexual relationships. The experiences of young men aged 16-25 years of age are explored who took part in the Sex & Ethics Violence Prevention Program which was developed in 2006 and continues to be run in several Australian states and in New Zealand. The Program was designed to assist both young women and men…
Sexuality Research
Sexuality research and sex research differ in a number of important ways. Sex research focuses on the mechanics of sex and is dominated by biomedical discourses and most often framed from an “objective” stance. Sexuality research, in contrast, recognizes power relations between women and men, between heterosexual and homosexual, and between cultures, and therefore is inherently political. Sexuality and the research of sexuality are embedded in cu…
Sociology (11 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Gender Studies (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Criminology (7 works) · Human sexuality (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works)