Asexuality

A content analysis of sex therapy journals

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12978433
AutoresGwendolyn Brown (University of North Florida), Andreea Cheva (University of North Florida), M D Fraser (0000-0003-3999-1270, University of North Florida), Megan Fraser, Robert J Zeglin (0000-0002-7483-8290, University of North Florida, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen14
Número1
Páginas17-30
Fecha de publicación2022-03-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPsychology and Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1941-9902 • E-ISSN: 1941-9899
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19419899.2022.2052943
OpenAlexW4220661472
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas54

Despite recent progress in society’s understanding of sexuality as a nuanced, highly individualised concept, asexuality is a continually under-researched and misunderstood sexual identity and community. Via content analysis, the authors examined 41 publications in nine leading journals in the sex therapy field to assess how asexuality has been represented in literature over the past decade. The purpose of the review was to determine if this literature acknowledges the spectrum of asexual identities, whether asexuality and aromanticism are conflated terms, and whether asexuality is pathologized. The review determined that 41.5% of publications did not note the heterogeneity of identities under the asexuality umbrella, 12.2% conflated the terms asexuality and aromanticism, and 0% pathologized asexuality. Implications are discussed

Asexuality · Conflation · Epistemology · Human sexuality · Identity (music · Sexual identity · Sexual minority · Sexual orientation · Sociology · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology