1st Edition

Positive Sexuality A Promising Future for Sex Research, Education, and Practice

Edited By Emily E. Prior, DJ Williams Copyright 2025
228 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

228 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

228 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book focuses on an emerging, multidisciplinary, positive sexuality framework that guides sexuality research, education, and practice. Using this positive sexuality framework, this book will provide helping professionals and others with current research and information on topics and populations that are often missed or misrepresented, including but not limited to: lesbian, gay, bisexual,... Read more

Ch 1: Positive Sexuality and Sociolinguistics: A Conversation

Ch 2: The Crisis of Sexuality Training in Social Work: A Need for Positive Sexuality

Ch 3: Sex Positivity and Healthcare

Ch 4: Intuitive Sexuality: A Sex-Positive Model for Understanding and Treating Compulsive Sexual Behavior

Ch 5: “The Term ‘Life’ Should be Returned to Us”: Achieving a More Just Society through Sex-Positive Criminology

Ch 6: Polyamorous Elders: The “Original Gangsters” of Sex-Positivity

Ch 7: Sex Work as a Form of Art: Using Arts-Based Research to Understand the Profession

Ch 8: Positivity Sexuality as Praxis: A Collaborative and Intergenerational Discussion on the Training and Mentoring Experiences of Sexuality Educators

Ch 9: “Does It Mean Someone Loves You If They Call You Daddy?”: Anonymous Sex Education Questions about Kink from 5th–12th Grade Students

Ch 10: Communicating Sex in Digital Spaces: From Emojis to “What are You Into?”

Biography

Emily E. Prior, M.A. (she/her) is the Founder and Executive Director for the Center for Positive Sexuality. She is a queer femme, an interdisciplinary social scientist, and adjunct professor.

D J Williams, Ph.D., is a professor at Idaho State University and a Research Affiliate and Executive Board Member for the Center for Positive Sexuality. His work is known worldwide and focuses primarily on sex as leisure experience and also violent crime as leisure.