This module is intended to provide participants with an overview of Advancing Sexualities Studies: A short course on sexuality theory and research methodologies. A brief background will be provided, along with a summary of an audit of sexuality studies undertaken as part of the short course development process. The short course team recommends that this Introduction module be used where two or more modules are being delivered together, as a way of establishing the framework in which the modules sit.

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Introduction Outline for Participants	42.67 KB	PDF
Introduction Facilitator Notes	172.95 KB	PDF
Introduction Powerpoint Slides	413 KB	Powerpoint file

Based on the work of Michel Foucault, the interrelated concepts of ‘biopower’, ‘governmentality’ and 'technologies of the self’ have been used to shape sexualities research and to investigate health education practice. Indeed, many of the prevailing concerns in HIV and sexual and reproductive health can be conceptualised as ‘biopolitical’—thereby expanding the conceptual tools that can be used to generate research questions and encourage consideration of new forms of practice. Using examples from research and health education, this module introduces these concepts and enables participants to explore how they may be applied.

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Biopower and Sexuality Outline for Participants	42.08 KB	PDF
Biopower and Sexuality Facilitator Notes	193.66 KB	PDF
Biopower and Sexuality Powerpoint Slides	394.5 KB	Powerpoint file
Biopower and Sexuality Handout A	21.46 KB	PDF
Biopower and Sexuality Handout B	78.91 KB	PDF
Biopower and Sexuality Handout C	10.75 KB	PDF

This module is designed to provide participants with an overview of the key issues associated with conducting research in Critical Sexuality Studies, including the ethical, social, and political complexities of studying sexuality, and the relationship between epistemology, methodology and method.

In addition, the module will provide students with the opportunity to undertake a research design case study, starting from identification of the key issues to be researched through to development of a dissemination plan. Throughout, students will have the opportunity to reflect upon and share their own experiences of research, while learning more specific detail about the relationship between Critical Sexuality Studies and research methodology.

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Critical Sexuality Studies and Research Methodologies Outline for Participants	43.68 KB	PDF
Critical Sexuality Studies and Research Methodologies Facilitator Notes	283.7 KB	PDF
Critical Sexuality Studies and Research Methodologies Powerpoint Slides	873 KB	Powerpoint file
Critical Sexuality Studies and Research Methodologies Handout A	11.79 KB	PDF
short-course-overview.pdf	103.04 KB	PDF
short-course-map.pdf	25.86 KB	PDF

In many cultures, kinship and sexuality are perceived as intimately interconnected issues and dominant sexual moralities often frame heterosexual relations within the union of marriage as the only ‘natural’ basis for family formation. Breaches of these moral expectations through premarital, extramarital, or lesbian/gay sexual relations are often heavily sanctioned.

Conventional cultural perceptions of the linkages between kinship and sexuality are, however, challenged in multiple ways in the contemporary world. New technologies for assisted reproduction de-link sexuality from parenthood, sowing cultural doubts about what mother- and fatherhood mean and bringing into question whether sex is always the ‘natural’ basis for family formation. In the case of surrogacy, for instance, is the ‘real’ mother the woman gestating the child or the woman providing the egg and thus the child’s genetic make-up? In case of in-vitro fertilisation with donor sperm, is the father the man who provided the sperm or the man who brings up the child? The advent of gay and lesbian families also contributes to questioning conventional ideas about kinship: these new ways of forming families suggest that kinship may be constituted in ways other than through biological relations.

This module examines relations between kinship and sexuality, exploring particularly how social and technological challenges to conventional family arrangements may confront dominant ethics of sexual propriety in different ways across different cultures.

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Kinship Outline for Participants	46.49 KB	PDF
Kinship Facilitator Notes	231.07 KB	PDF
Kinship Powerpoint Slides	1.23 MB	Powerpoint file

This module draws on contemporary theoretical work from the fields of media and cultural studies to consider the questions of who uses media, and how and why they use it. Its focus is on the variety of ways that media can be used to make sense of sex, sexuality and sexual health. It is also designed to introduce researchers and practitioners from a range of disciplines to the practice of textual analysis as a research methodology.

Module readings and exercises will be used to promote a process of critical reflection, in which participants will explore the ways that media texts can be used in different contexts:  to shape opinions or behaviours, to entertain, to distract, to form identities, or to build communities. Participants will be invited to reflect on the ways that they use and enjoy media, and the ways that their own interactions with the media may (or may not) actively involve negotiation of values, attitudes and/or sense of identity.

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Media and Sexuality Outline for Participants	56.59 KB	PDF
Media and Sexuality Facilitator Notes	284.33 KB	PDF
Media and Sexuality Powerpoint Slides	1.16 MB	Powerpoint file

What does it mean to be a ‘woman’ or a ‘man’ and how can we tell the difference? What does it mean to speak of ‘sex’, ‘sexuality’ and ‘gender’, and how do these concepts interrelate? This module explores the social relationship between sex, sexuality and gender. Drawing on a range of theoretical approaches from sociology, feminism and queer theory, the module argues that it is impossible to understand any one of these three terms without reference to the other two.

The module describes in a critical fashion the ways in which hierarchies of sex, sexuality and gender are implicated in all areas of social life. In both Western and non-Western societies, what a woman and a man should be has relied on a narrow understanding of sex, gender and sexuality and the relationship between these three. This understanding is reproduced, reinforced and enforced by a range of social institutions, from the state to religious organisations and the media, and has been used to marginalise alternative gender and sexual identities.

The material in this module provides a foundation for other modules that look at how hierarchies of sex, sexuality and gender intersect with other social differences including race, socio-economic status, ethnicity and location.

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Sex, Sexuality and Gender Outline for Participants	44.38 KB	PDF
Sex, Sexuality and Gender Facilitator Notes	267.49 KB	PDF
Sex, Sexuality and Gender Powerpoint Slides	2.35 MB	Powerpoint file
Sex, Sexuality and Gender Handout A	25.35 KB	PDF
Sex, Sexuality and Gender Handout B	179.57 KB	PDF

Discourses of human rights have permeated the politics of many social justice struggles, including the movement against the oppression of diverse sexualities. There has been a significant expansion over the last decade of research, writing and discussion about the concept of sexual rights, the primary concept that links sex and sexuality with the broader human rights agenda.
 
This module offers a critical overview of sexual rights and examines how sexual rights are currently understood, discussed and used. Questions are raised on whether sexual rights are sufficient to achieve sexual justice and whether the use of rights-based discourses have unintended consequences. What are the best strategies for using a rights-based discourse while avoiding negative consequences?

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Sexual Rights in Pursuit of Sexual Justice Outline for Participants	59.05 KB	PDF
Sexual Rights in Pursuit of Sexual Justice Facilitator Notes	254.2 KB	PDF
Sexual Rights in Pursuit of Sexual Justice Powerpoint Slides	965 KB	Powerpoint file
Resource: Hypothetical Legal Hearing Handout	24.3 KB	PDF
Resource: WHO Report on Sexual Health	86.97 KB	PDF
Resource: Yogyakarta Principles	190.4 KB	PDF
CEDAW	59.42 KB	PDF
ICCPR	84.79 KB	PDF
ICESCR	49.75 KB	PDF
UDHR	115.52 KB	PDF

The purpose of this module is to identify key themes that inform Christian thought, belief and practice about sexuality. This module provides participants with the opportunity to critique the application of these elements and to consider other factors that influence the way in which Christian churches are engaging with contemporary issues that centre upon sexuality. The module also offers the opportunity for considering ways to engage positively with Christian communities on contemporary sexuality issues.

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Sexuality and Christianity Outline for Participants	51 KB	PDF
Sexuality and Christianity Facilitator Notes	258.13 KB	PDF
Sexuality and Christianity Powerpoint Slides	874 KB	Powerpoint file
Sexuality and Christianity Handout A	38.64 KB	PDF
Sexuality and Christianity Handout B	35.38 KB	PDF
Sexuality and Christianity Handout C	43.36 KB	PDF
Sexuality and Christianity Handout D	15.38 KB	PDF
Resource: Some Issues in Human Sexuality	243.79 KB	PDF
Resource: Essay by Spong (2004)	45.5 KB	Word document
Resource: Kuala Lumpur Statement on Human Sexuality	38.5 KB	Word document

This module is intended to provide all participants with an insight into the dynamic relationship between Islam and sexuality. For non-Muslim participants who have little or no knowledge of Islam, this module will disrupt false stereotypes about Muslims and their sexuality. For Muslim participants, this module will open up a dialogue that may not always be possible in their everyday lives. Some participants may find this challenging, others may find this liberating. It is hopeful, however, that by exploring Islam and sexuality in cross-cultural perspectives both Muslim and non-Muslim students will deepen their knowledge and understanding of how Islam and sexuality are negotiated in multiple contexts.

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Sexuality in Islamic Societies Outline for Participants	50.54 KB	PDF
Sexuality in Islamic Societies Facilitator Notes	265.29 KB	PDF
Sexuality in Islamic Societies Powerpoint Slides	479.5 KB	Powerpoint file

This module looks at how sexuality is reflected and constrained in policy, in the application of policy, and in politics, at both a national and international level.

At a national level, understandings and views of sexuality are reflected in national policies which are then acted upon by government departments, the judicial system and the police. Sexuality can also be a factor in laws and policies which govern the interaction between nations—including in international law, international agreements and forums of cooperation, and also the national policies of developed nations in relation to how they fund and deliver overseas development aid.

Given the range of groups, interests and views involved, policy related to sexuality is often highly contested. The module will seek to explore debates around the range of policies which are related to sexuality. It will show how policy is changeable, but generally reflects the prevailing values and power relations in any given society or forum. It also looks at how sexuality as an issue can be used for other political ends.

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Sexuality, Politics and Policy Outline for Participants	50.39 KB	PDF
Sexuality, Politics and Policy Facilitator Notes	190.01 KB	PDF
Sexuality, Politics and Policy Powerpoint Slides	545 KB	Powerpoint file
Sexuality, Politics and Policy Debate Handout	12.45 KB	PDF
Resource: Condom Access in South African Schools	80.14 KB	PDF
Resource: Activism and the Policy Process by Yeatman	972.69 KB	PDF

Sex and sexuality have long been assumed to be inextricably linked with the physical and social body. Notions of the body and personhood are therefore endowed with the ability either to constrain or to broaden notions of sexuality. This module is designed to introduce participants to the ways in which understandings of the body and personhood, as socially constructed, intersect with understandings and experiences of sexuality. The module is designed to produce a conversation between social theory and lived realities. It aims to enhance participants’ critical and theoretically informed understanding of the body, personhood, and sexuality and to develop their ability to apply this knowledge meaningfully in their own social or professional contexts.

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Sexuality, The Body and Personhood Outline for Participants	43.47 KB	PDF
Sexuality, The Body and Personhood Facilitator Notes	216.95 KB	PDF
Sexuality, The Body and Personhood Powerpoint Slides	818.5 KB	Powerpoint file

This module introduces participants to critical perspectives on sexual identity from a social constructionist perspective. In particular, these approaches critique common assumptions about ‘natural’, trans-historical or universal sexuality and identify a range of factors at work in the constitution of sexual subjectivities in social and cultural context. The module encourages participants to analyse these factors particularly in relation to processes associated with globalisation. The effects of globalisation mean that the character and limits of ‘local cultural contexts’ are increasingly open and uncertain. This has implications for how we think about sexual identity and sexuality more broadly.

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The Social Construction of Sexual Identities Outline for Participants	46.36 KB	PDF
The Social Construction of Sexual Identities Facilitator Notes	260.06 KB	PDF
The Social Construction of Sexual Identities Powerpoint Slides	458.5 KB	Powerpoint file
Resource: The Social Construction of Sexual Identities Handout A	16.7 KB	PDF
Resource: The Social Construction of Sexual Identities Handout B	23.35 KB	PDF

Masculinity has become a problem. By this we mean that the concept of masculinity is now used in widely differing ways to problematise issues relating to men and boys, but stands as an accepted category of scholarly inquiry and political endeavour. Once, masculinity was regarded as merely a set of attributes or a quality that a man or boy had more or less of. Yet, in the media, at the UN and academic conferences, and more recently in policy development in health care, education, international development, welfare and justice, masculinity has become the conceptual framework for trying to understand a set of longstanding, if newly recognised, social issues. This module explores these issues and relates them specifically to questions of sexuality.

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Thinking About Men and Masculinity Outline for Participants	49.69 KB	PDF
Thinking About Men and Masculinity Facilitator Notes	242.96 KB	PDF
Thinking About Men and Masculinity Powerpoint Slides	1.35 MB	Powerpoint file
Resource: Real Boys' Voices by William S. Pollack	433.64 KB	PDF

This module will begin by extending an understanding of ‘translation’ beyond word-for-word replacement (the traditional, basic understanding of translation) and into consideration of receipt of all acts of communicative intent as acts of translation, in which meaning can shift focus or change entirely.

Three types of translation will be considered; translation between languages (interlingual); within languages (intralingual) and translation of non-verbal communicative acts. How are meanings of ‘sex’ or ‘sexuality’ transmitted within each of these spheres—and what meanings may get lost, or be added, in the process of translation? How does the dominance of English as a lingua franca of sexuality studies affect pre-existing understandings of sexual desire, sexual practice or sexual identities?

Becker’s view that ‘all languaging is deficient and says less than we wish it to, and … at the same time all languaging is exuberant and says more than we know’ (Becker 1995: 5) can be extended to cover all forms of communicative acts; therefore leaving all communicative acts vulnerable to becoming lost or transmuted in translation.

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Translating Sexuality Outline for Participants	104.8 KB	PDF
Translating Sexuality Facilitator Notes	281.74 KB	PDF
Translating Sexuality Powerpoint Slides	886.5 KB	Powerpoint file
Resource: Sex Talk Handout	13.32 KB	PDF

Young people’s sexualities have often been a focus for concern among professionals, parents, carers and other adults. This module takes as its starting point the position that understandings of concepts such as ‘sexuality’ and ‘youth’ are socially and culturally constructed. The module examines the relationships between this construction of meaning and the ways in which we understand and respond to sexuality and young people. Issues of regulation and resistance will also be examined, as will implications for practice.

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Young People and Sexuality Outline for Participants	45.21 KB	PDF
Young People and Sexuality Facilitator Notes	257.59 KB	PDF
Young People and Sexuality Powerpoint Slides	462 KB	Powerpoint file
Resource: UNICEF Report on Preventing HIV with Young People	3.62 MB	PDF
Resource: Masculinity in Sub-Saharan Africa by Barker and Ricardo	1001.71 KB	PDF