Feminist Perspectives In Psychology
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Sumanai is a Japanese word that refers to a feeling in response to a favor; it includes gratitude, along with sorrow and sometimes guilt for having put the benefactor to so much trouble. The purpose of the current research was to explore... more
Bu metin Soraya'yı Taşlamak filminin analiziyle birlikte feminist psikolojinin ana akım, erkek egemen psikoloji eleştirisini aktarmaktadır
1 Editorial Jane Callaghan Article 3 How is this feminist again? Q as a feminist methodology Sandra Roper, Rose Capdevila, Lisa Lazard & Anca Roberts Article 13 Mothers and Children? Representations of mothers in research on children’s... more
Gender and sex diversity exist in humans, but are often seen as too complex for scientists to incorporate beyond a female/male binary or placement on single dimensions. Here, we demonstrate a novel method for assessing and visualizing... more
Nietzsche is known for his penetrating critique of Mitleid (now commonly rendered as ‘compassion’). He seems to be critical of all compassion but at times also seems to praise a different form of compassion, which he refers to as “our... more
The anima and animus archetypes are two of C. G. Jung’s most challenging contributions to the field of psychoanalytical thought—perhaps all the more so because the conceptual development of these archetypes has coincided with the gradual... more
This paper challenges post-feminist discourses and recuperative masculinity politics in education that have evoked mythical constructions of the successful ‘achieving’ girl in ways that flatten out social and cultural difference and... more
This paper draws on school-based ethnographic research in two elementary schools (South Wales, UK and Oulu, Finland) to explore the ‘ordinary affects’ (Stewart 2009) of gendered/sexual power in young children's (age 5-6) negotiation of... more
This is the Introduction chapter, "Diagnosing Gender through Desire: How You Know You’re in Bed with a Woman," from my recently released book, Diagnosing Desire: Biopolitics and Femininity into the Twenty-First Century (OSUP, October... more
This viewpoint begins by exploring whether the global phenomenon of the 2011 ‘SlutWalks’ constitutes a feminist politics of re-signification. We then look at some qualitative, focus group data with teen girls who participated in a UK... more
"Psychology defines people who take pleasure in the suffering of others as having a form of mental illness, while media representations frame such behaviour as ‘evil’. This is hotly contested territory, not least where sexual violence is... more
Malich, L., & Balz, V. (2020). Psychology and critique - forms of psychologization after 1945: An introduction. In V. Balz & L. Malich (Eds.), Psychologie und Kritik: Formen der Psychologisierung nach 1945 (pp. 23-39). Wiesbaden: Springer.
- by Alisha M Gray
- Prejudice (Psychology), African history, African culture, African politics, African education, Afrocentrism, African-Centred Education, Black Psychology, Black Sociology, Black Family Research, Black Men, Black Youth, African Consciousness, Black Consciousness, Race and Racism, African Americans, Black Feminist Psychoanalysis
This paper engages the theme of “decolonizing psychological science” in the context of a perspective on psychological theory and research—namely, feminist psychology—that shares an emphasis on broad liberation. Although conceived as a... more
This article is a theoretical treatment of feminist epistemology of crime, which advocates the centrality of gender as a theoretical starting point for the investigating of digital crimes. It does so by exploring the synergy between the... more
This paper engages the theme of “decolonizing psychological science” in the context of a perspective on psychological theory and research—namely, feminist psychology—that shares an emphasis on broad liberation. Although conceived as a... more
Cultivation of compassion through meditation training is of increasing interest to scientists, healthcare providers, educators, and policy makers as an approach to help address challenging personal and social issues. Yet people encounter... more
Research tool for scholars. Comprehensive list of all publications related to Freud's case of Dora, including a comprehensive list of 113 journal articles, 68 book chapters, 6 books, 4 anthologies, 2 dedicated journal issues, 4 produced... more
The Slavic term " maternal fright " is carved from chronic wars and violence towards women and is a form of transgenerational trauma. The forgotten conflict, the Balkan War of 1991-95 in the former Yugoslav region, resulted in South... more
Eleanor Gibson and Richard Walk’s famous visual cliff experiment is one of psychology’s classic studies, included in most introductory textbooks. Yet the famous version which centers on babies is actually a simplification, the result of... more
Cultivation of compassion through meditation training is of increasing interest to scientists, healthcare providers, educators, and policy makers as an approach to help address challenging personal and social issues. Yet people encounter... more
A thin Bosnian-Herzegovinian pregnant woman in her late twenties had big dark circles under her eyes; her hands shook even at rest. When she began sharing her maternal fright, she released expressions that were formerly deliberately... more
Previous researchers have noted the domination of Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) samples in fields like psychology. In this study we asked: how WEIRD and androcentric is contemporary sex research? We... more
The Call for Submissions flyer and a General Poster for the International Society for Theoretical Psychology conference in Coventry from June 26th to 30th 2015. See http://www.coventry.ac.uk/events/ISTP2015/ and Twitter @istp2015 for more... more
Sexual violence has featured in psychiatric theorizing of ‘perversion’ since the late 19th century and continues with ongoing research into the medical ‘treatment’ of rapists (e.g. Shaw, 2012). Whether it’s Krafft-Ebing’s (1892) ‘lust... more
This paper explores the tensions and dislocations linked to my doctoral fieldwork in El Salvador. I reflect upon my experiences as an emerging community psychologist, engaging with feminist theory to frame my praxis and draw out new... more
My understanding of authority differs from that of the academy in that I have defined for myself a sense of ultimate purpose that those in power in the institution do not have authority to deny. It also differs because I believe my... more