Sexual Citizenship and Queer Post-Feminism: Young Women’s Health and Identity Politics

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Sexual Citizenship and Queer Post-Feminism makes new connections between post-feminism and queer theory to explore the complexities of contemporary gender and sexuality. In a wide-ranging examination of sex education, safe sex, and sexual healthcare, this book demonstrates how queer post-feminist discourses practically shape young women’s lives. Bisexual, pansexual, non-binary, queer. With the ever-expanding scope of gender and sexuality categories, some feminists have bemoaned a "shrinking of the lesbian world." But how do young women understand these identity politics? Drawing on extensive interviews with queer young people, this book offers a timely exploration of the links between identity, sex, and health. Utilising cross-disciplinary perspectives grounded in international social science research, this book will appeal to students and scholars with interests in sexuality and sexual health and those in the fields of gender and sexuality studies, public health, social work, and sociology. The book also offers implications for practice, suitable for policy-makers, health practitioners, and activist audiences. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Why sexual citizenship? Why now? The research Theoretical framework: Understanding and critiquing neoliberalism and post-feminism The book References Chapter 1: Identity politics Introduction Theorising queer women's identities "I just live my life": Homonormativity and rejecting labels "To give it a name, to give it a voice": Countering homonormativity and embracing labels Complicating homonormativity? Towards queer disidentification Chapter summary References Chapter 2: Not like other girls Introduction "I was a hard-core tomboy": Beginning to make sense of gender nonconformity Agenderflux: Gender as fluid Genderqueer: Gender as blended Greygender: Choosing nothing Chapter summary References Chapter 3: Sex education and queer post-feminist sexual citizenship Introduction The politics of sex education Medicalised risk discourses and deterrence Cis-heteronormative discourses and queer erasure Digital sexual citizenship: Queer sex education online Chapter summary References Chapter 4: Safety, risk, and trust Introduction Low risk? Conceptualising lesbian, bisexual, and queer women's sexual health Neoliberal understandings of 'safe sex' "You're using a condom, right?" Negotiating safe sex with cis men Trust, cleanliness, and eating plastic: Negotiating safe sex with cis women Chapter summary References Chapter 5: The politics of queer sexual health Introduction Queer women and non-binary people's experiences of sexual healthcare in Tasmania Structural (in)accessibility Conceptual (in)accessibility Practitioner attitudes Communicating inclusivity Professional approaches to inclusive practice in Tasmania Being visually inclusive Using inclusive language Education, training, and leadership Chapter summary References Conclusion Why queer post-feminist sexual citizenship? References Index