Playing It Straight
Framing Strategies Among Reparative Therapists
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2291661 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Arthur (0000-0003-2327-1797, Pepperdine University), Dillon Mcgill (Pepperdine University), Elizabeth H Essary (Pepperdine University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 16-41 |
| Publication date | 2014-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0245 • E-ISSN: 1475-682X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/soin.12026 |
| OpenAlex | W2002366905 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 36 |
Reparative therapy, a form of counseling that seeks to help individuals get rid of their homosexual desires, has been an important component of the ex-gay movement, but the controversy surrounding the practice has been growing since the 1990s. As a result, the therapy has been effectively relegated to a deviant status by both mainstream society and the mental health profession. Nevertheless, a number of reparative therapists continue to offer their services. This article uses the sociological concepts of deviance and framing to identify both the factors that constitute the deviant status of reparative therapy and the frames practitioners use to legitimate the therapy within an increasingly hostile social environment. A content analysis of reparative therapy Web sites highlights differences between two types of reparative therapists: professional therapists who emphasize the client's right to pursue change and religious counselors who prioritize biblical teachings prohibiting homosexual acts. The results contribute to the sparse sociological literature on reparative therapy and the use of frames by individuals who have experienced marginalization
Deviance (statistics) · Framing (construction) · Mainstream · Mental health · Political science · Psychotherapist · Sociology · History · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Psychology · Social Psychology
“Damned If I Do, Damned If I Don’t” Responses to Sexuality-Conflicted Clients
Does Knowing Why Someone is Gay Influence Tolerance? Genetic, Environmental, Choice, and “Reparative” Explanations
Evaluate Models of High-Frequency Sexual Behaviors Already
Putting Lesbians in Their Place
Sexual Orientation Change Efforts, Conservative Christianity and Resistance to Sexual Justice
The Effectiveness of Didactic and Perspective-Taking Interventions on Reducing Multiple Dimensions of Heterosexism
Constructions of deviance
Wayward Puritans
Straight to Jesus
The practice and ethics of sexual orientation conversion therapy.
Changing sexual orientation
Caring, Control, and Clinicians' Influence
Frame analysis
Organizational Approaches to Shame
Outsiders
Organizational Approaches to Shame
Men Who Cheer
Managing the Stigma of Personal Bankruptcy
Spitzer Reassesses His 2003 Study of Reparative Therapy of Homosexuality
Can Some Gay Men and Lesbians Change Their Sexual Orientation? 200 Participants Reporting a Change from Homosexual to Heterosexual Orientation
Constructing Social Problems
Transforming meanings and group positions
Frame Alignment Processes, Micromobilization, and Movement Participation
America's Liberalization in Attitudes Toward Homosexuality, 1973 to 1998
I'm Your Handyman
The Charisma and Deception of Reparative Therapies
Toward a Multidimensional Understanding of Heterosexism
Ex-Gay Rhetoric and the Politics of Sexuality
Working Anita Bryant
Fitting In and Fighting Back
The Politics of Masculinity and the Ex-Gay Movement
Framing Processes and Social Movements
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2023 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |