Rebecca F Plante
Biographic Data
| ID | 3685841 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca F Plante |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca F |
| FAMILY NAME | Plante |
| SIGNATURE | PLANTE R F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ithaca College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Working at the crossroads of pleasure and danger: Feminist perspectives on doing critical sexuality studies
For those entering the field of sexuality studies, there is often little advice or guidance on the many facets of the work, some of which are pleasurable and some of which are dangerous. Drawing from our personal and professional conflicts surrounding our work as feminist psychologists and sociologists studying women’s sexuality, we extend Carole Vance’s (1984) claims about pleasure and danger by arguing that, for the sex researcher, pleasure and…
Sexuality and reputation: An introduction
On 'good sex' and other dangerous ideas: Women Narrate Their Joyous and Happy Sexual Encounters
Existing studies of women’s sexual happiness and pleasure most often centre on sexual satisfaction, orgasm, and sexual dysfunction, largely failing to allow women to narrate their own experiences. With the recent release of the first drug to ‘treat’ women’s waning libidos a qualitative examination of women’s notion of ‘good sex’ is more pressing and urgent than ever. We need to extend feminist critiques of power, control, patriarchy and agency to…
Handbook of the Sociology of Sexualities
Handbook of the Sociology of Sexualities
Sexual Selves and Sexual Lives
Sexualities in Context: A Social Perspective
Written in an accessible and clear manner, Sexualities in Context presents focused overviews and explorations of some of the most timely issues in the social construction of sex. This brief text is the only book of its kind to address sexualities from a social perspective, Plante's analysis of the context of sexuality, sexual behaviors, and identities is both intelligent and readable. With contemporary topics, such as 'hooking up,' sexual fantasi…
Sex(ualities) and Symbolic Interaction
What goes on sexually has to be placed in a context of meaning. This might seem a very simple and obvious idea. And yet this is what makes it so important: most people still cannot see sexuality in this way. We continue to think of our sexualities as remaining firmly locked in the chains of biology. Whereas for humans surely the biological is really the least interesting aspect of our sexuality. So, whilst there remain huge armies of sexologists …
Sexuality, Masculinity and
Nowhere in our intimate lives is there greater expression of gender difference than in our sexual relationships. “She” may make love “just like a woman,” as Bob Dylan famously sang, but “he” would make love just like a man. Though we often think that sexual orientation is the great dividing line in our sexual expression – that being gay or straight is all we need to know about a person's sexuality – the evidence points decisively the other way, t…
Well beyond the Birds and the Bees: Three Books about Sexuality
Sexualities in Context: A Social Perspective
Written in an accessible and clear manner, Sexualities in Context presents focused overviews and explorations of some of the most timely issues in the social construction of sex. This brief text is the only book of its kind to address sexualities from a social perspective, Plante's analysis of the context of sexuality, sexual behaviors, and identities is both intelligent and readable. With contemporary topics, such as 'hooking up,' sexual fantasi…
Sexual Spanking, the Self, and the Construction of Deviance
Using interview and observation data from a group of consensual, heterosexual adults interested in sexual spanking, I describe members' sexual stories and stigma neutralization techniques. Sexual stories are situated within broader cultural contexts that help individuals construct meaning and identities. I describe group members' stories about their initial interest in sexualized spankings. Focusing on a specific event at one party, I show how th…
Future Girl: Young Women in the Twenty-First Century
The Orifice as Sacrificial Site: Culture, Organization, and the Body
Dirty things, the entryways and exits of our bodies, as well as their exuviae and influents, are mysteriously enchanting. Yet they are also terrifying. As a result, they have been perennial objects of devotion, and everywhere they have become subject to ritualization. In his customarily pointed way, Aho, who has written previous books on the survivalist sects of the Northwest, here explores cross-cultural primary documents to characterize what he…
Sexual Spanking, the Self, and the Construction of Deviance
Using interview and observation data from a group of consensual, heterosexual adults interested in sexual spanking, I describe members' sexual stories and stigma neutralization techniques. Sexual stories are situated within broader cultural contexts that help individuals construct meaning and identities. I describe group members' stories about their initial interest in sexualized spankings. Focusing on a specific event at one party, I show how th…
Sexualities in Context: A Social Perspective
Written in an accessible and clear manner, Sexualities in Context presents focused overviews and explorations of some of the most timely issues in the social construction of sex. This brief text is the only book of its kind to address sexualities from a social perspective, Plante's analysis of the context of sexuality, sexual behaviors, and identities is both intelligent and readable. With contemporary topics, such as 'hooking up,' sexual fantasi…
Sex(ualities) and Symbolic Interaction
What goes on sexually has to be placed in a context of meaning. This might seem a very simple and obvious idea. And yet this is what makes it so important: most people still cannot see sexuality in this way. We continue to think of our sexualities as remaining firmly locked in the chains of biology. Whereas for humans surely the biological is really the least interesting aspect of our sexuality. So, whilst there remain huge armies of sexologists …
On 'good sex' and other dangerous ideas: Women Narrate Their Joyous and Happy Sexual Encounters
Existing studies of women’s sexual happiness and pleasure most often centre on sexual satisfaction, orgasm, and sexual dysfunction, largely failing to allow women to narrate their own experiences. With the recent release of the first drug to ‘treat’ women’s waning libidos a qualitative examination of women’s notion of ‘good sex’ is more pressing and urgent than ever. We need to extend feminist critiques of power, control, patriarchy and agency to…
The Orifice as Sacrificial Site: Culture, Organization, and the Body
Dirty things, the entryways and exits of our bodies, as well as their exuviae and influents, are mysteriously enchanting. Yet they are also terrifying. As a result, they have been perennial objects of devotion, and everywhere they have become subject to ritualization. In his customarily pointed way, Aho, who has written previous books on the survivalist sects of the Northwest, here explores cross-cultural primary documents to characterize what he…
Future Girl: Young Women in the Twenty-First Century
Sexualities in Context: A Social Perspective
Written in an accessible and clear manner, Sexualities in Context presents focused overviews and explorations of some of the most timely issues in the social construction of sex. This brief text is the only book of its kind to address sexualities from a social perspective, Plante's analysis of the context of sexuality, sexual behaviors, and identities is both intelligent and readable. With contemporary topics, such as 'hooking up,' sexual fantasi…
Sexual Spanking, the Self, and the Construction of Deviance
Using interview and observation data from a group of consensual, heterosexual adults interested in sexual spanking, I describe members' sexual stories and stigma neutralization techniques. Sexual stories are situated within broader cultural contexts that help individuals construct meaning and identities. I describe group members' stories about their initial interest in sexualized spankings. Focusing on a specific event at one party, I show how th…
Sexuality, Masculinity and
Nowhere in our intimate lives is there greater expression of gender difference than in our sexual relationships. “She” may make love “just like a woman,” as Bob Dylan famously sang, but “he” would make love just like a man. Though we often think that sexual orientation is the great dividing line in our sexual expression – that being gay or straight is all we need to know about a person's sexuality – the evidence points decisively the other way, t…
Well beyond the Birds and the Bees: Three Books about Sexuality
Sex(ualities) and Symbolic Interaction
What goes on sexually has to be placed in a context of meaning. This might seem a very simple and obvious idea. And yet this is what makes it so important: most people still cannot see sexuality in this way. We continue to think of our sexualities as remaining firmly locked in the chains of biology. Whereas for humans surely the biological is really the least interesting aspect of our sexuality. So, whilst there remain huge armies of sexologists …
Sexualities in Context: A Social Perspective
Written in an accessible and clear manner, Sexualities in Context presents focused overviews and explorations of some of the most timely issues in the social construction of sex. This brief text is the only book of its kind to address sexualities from a social perspective, Plante's analysis of the context of sexuality, sexual behaviors, and identities is both intelligent and readable. With contemporary topics, such as 'hooking up,' sexual fantasi…
Handbook of the Sociology of Sexualities
Sexual Selves and Sexual Lives
Handbook of the Sociology of Sexualities
Sexuality and reputation: An introduction
On 'good sex' and other dangerous ideas: Women Narrate Their Joyous and Happy Sexual Encounters
Existing studies of women’s sexual happiness and pleasure most often centre on sexual satisfaction, orgasm, and sexual dysfunction, largely failing to allow women to narrate their own experiences. With the recent release of the first drug to ‘treat’ women’s waning libidos a qualitative examination of women’s notion of ‘good sex’ is more pressing and urgent than ever. We need to extend feminist critiques of power, control, patriarchy and agency to…
Working at the crossroads of pleasure and danger: Feminist perspectives on doing critical sexuality studies
For those entering the field of sexuality studies, there is often little advice or guidance on the many facets of the work, some of which are pleasurable and some of which are dangerous. Drawing from our personal and professional conflicts surrounding our work as feminist psychologists and sociologists studying women’s sexuality, we extend Carole Vance’s (1984) claims about pleasure and danger by arguing that, for the sex researcher, pleasure and…
Sociology (12 works) · Gender Studies (11 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Human sexuality (9 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (4 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (4 works) · History (4 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (4 works) · Psychoanalysis (4 works)