Psychology of sexuality and gender
- Submission status
- Open
- Submission deadline
This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities.
Issues of sexuality and gender touch upon all people’s lives, and as such, while deeply personal, are simultaneously profoundly social in nature. Cultural norms and social institutions — from socioeconomic status, religion and education, to mass media, popular culture, and the law — all shape and influence people’s perspectives and lived experiences of sexuality and gender.
This collection is concerned with the psychology — theory, research and practice — of sexual orientation and behaviour, gender identity and related themes.
Empirical, theoretical, qualitative and quantitative psychology research is invited on key topics, including but not limited to:
- Lived sexual experiences, behaviours, practices and identities
- Cultural and social psychology perspectives
- Technology, media and sexuality
- Family and relationships
- Sexual desire, fantasy, attraction, mating and dating
- Prejudice and isolation
- Subcultures and communities
- Theoretical, conceptual and historical studies
- Gender identity, roles and nonconformity
- Ageing
- Disability
- Race and ethnicity
- Gender/sexuality at work, at home, in relationships, and in public life
- Persecution, exploitation, discrimination and exclusion
- Addiction and violence
Research that is not grounded in a psychological approach or which does not consider psychological concepts will be considered out of scope of this collection — although it may be suitable for the general section of the journal. Work that focuses on clinical issues (e.g. sexual health, psychiatry) is out of scope both of the collection and journal.
