The Routledge International Handbook of Social Work and Sexualities

"This handbook is the first volume to address the dynamic issues related to sexuality from a social work perspective by providing a comprehensive, current and international overview of issues related to sexuality. It explains how each issue is important and critically discusses the leading views in the area, providing diverse and inclusive perspectives from leading scholars in the field. Divided into seven parts: Structural Context Sexual Identities Sexuality Through the Lifespan Health, Mental Health, and Sexuality Sexual Health and Well-Being: Pleasure, Desire, And Consent Practice Issues Regulating Sexuality: Historical and Contemporary Legislation it will be of interest to students, academics, researchers and practitioners of social work and related health and social care subjects and is particularly relevant for practice courses as well as courses on Human Growth and Development and Human Behavior in the Social Environment"-- Provided by publisher This handbook is the first volume to address the dynamic issues related to sexuality from a social work perspective by providing a comprehensive, current and international overview of issues related to sexuality. Cover 1 Endorsement Page 2 Half Title 4 Title Page 6 Copyright Page 7 Dedication 8 Table of Contents 10 List of Figures 15 List of Tables 16 List of Contributors 17 Acknowledgments 23 Introduction 25 Part I Structural Context 30 Chapter 1 Social Work and Sexual Health: A History 32 Chapter 2 Heteronormativity and Social Work: The What That Dare Not Speak Its Name 41 Chapter 3 Combatting Cisnormativity in Social Work Education, Research, and Practice 52 Part II Sexual Identities 64 Chapter 4 Asexuality 66 Chapter 5 Navigating Genders and Orientations: An Exploration of Bisexuality and Pansexuality 85 Chapter 6 Social Work Practice with Sexual Minority Men: History, Terminology, and Social Context 96 Chapter 7 Social Work Practice with Sexual Minority Men: A Developmental and Life Course Perspective 113 Chapter 8 ‘Corrective Rape’ and Black Lesbian Sexualities in South Africa: Negotiating the Tensions between ‘Blackwashing’ and ‘Pinkwashing’ Homophobia 127 Chapter 9 Beyond 50 Shades: BDSM and Kink for Social Workers 143 Chapter 10 What the Heart Wants: Polyamory, Compersion and Monogamish Arrangements 163 Part III Sexuality Through the Lifespan 178 Chapter 11 Intersections between Body Image, Sexual Identity, and Sexual Well-Being among Gender-Diverse Youth 180 Chapter 12 Sexuality and Relationships Education in Group Homes 194 Chapter 13 LGBT+ Parenting 211 Chapter 14 Sexual and Gender Identity in Older Age 224 Chapter 15 Social Work and LGBTQ Aging 234 Chapter 16 Intimate Expression during the End of Life: Considerations for Practitioners Working with Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults 246 Part IV Health, Mental Health, and Sexuality 260 Chapter 17 Sexuality and Cancer 262 Chapter 18 Spectrums: Autism, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality 280 Chapter 19 Sexy Spoonies and Crip Sex: Sexuality and Disability in a Social Work Context 298 Chapter 20 A Vision of Justice: Seeing the Sex-ABILITY of People with Intellectual Disabilities 314 Chapter 21 Neurodiverse Relationships: When Partners’ Brains Are Wired Differently 329 Part V Sexual Health and Well-Being: Pleasure, Desire, and Consent 346 Chapter 22 Orgasm and the Desire to be Desirable 348 Chapter 23 Understanding Consent among Emerging Adults: Wrestling with the Social Construction of Gender, Sexuality, and Salient Social Categories 361 Chapter 24 Grab ‘Em by the Pussy: An Exploration of Consent in the #MeToo Era 376 Chapter 25 Sexual Violence and The Steps to Recovery: From Reporting to Healing 389 Part VI Practice Issues 400 Chapter 26 Sex Therapy: Social Workers’ Potential as Sexuality Experts 402 Chapter 27 Rethinking Sexual Risk 418 Chapter 28 Therapist Self-Disclosure: Use of Self as a Transgender Therapist 428 Chapter 29 Somatic Experiencing and Sexuality: Trauma Resolution, Embodied Integration, and Sexual Health 443 Chapter 30 Safeguarding Young People in Care: Sexuality and Relationship Education 460 Chapter 31 Reacting to Sexually (Un)acceptable Behaviour with the Flag System 471 Chapter 32 Show Me the Ropes: Common Kink Community Practices 487 Chapter 33 Applying Critical Feminist Theories and Praxis to Contemporary Social Work Education, Practice, Policy, and Research with Individuals in Sex Trades 497 Part VII Regulating Sexuality: Historical and Contemporary Legislation 510 Chapter 34 Sexing and Genderizing Policy: Moving Beyond Binaries and Normatives 512 Chapter 35 Scoping the Literature about LGBTQI Migrants: A Critical Synthesis of Knowledge Produced about LGBTQI Migrants and Implications for Social Work 522 Chapter 36 From Fallen Women to the Tumblr Ban: Representing the Landscape of Sex Work from a Historical and Legal Perspective 541 Chapter 37 Regulation of Kink and BDSM: Pathologization through Diagnostic Tools 556 Index 570 Heteronormativity;,Combatting,Cisnormativity;,Asexuality;,Sexual,Minority,Men;,Black,Lesbian,Sexualities;,Polyamory;,Compersion,and,Monogamish;,Group,Homes;,LGBTQ,Aging;,Sexuality,and,Disability;,Neurodiverse,Relationships Heteronormativity,Combatting Cisnormativity,Asexuality,Sexual Minority Men,Black Lesbian Sexualities,Polyamory,Compersion and Monogamish,Group Homes,LGBTQ Aging,Sexuality and Disability,Neurodiverse Relationships This __Handbook__ is the first volume to address the dynamic issues related to sexuality from a social work perspective by providing a comprehensive, current and international overview of issues related to sexuality. It explains how each issue is important and critically discusses the leading views in the area, providing diverse and inclusive perspectives from leading scholars in the field. Divided into seven parts: * Structural Context * Sexual Identities * Sexuality trough the Lifespan * Health, Mental Health, and Sexuality * Sexual Health and Well-Being: Pleasure, Desire, and Consent * Practice Issues * Regulating Sexuality: Historical and Contemporary Legislation