Is development work still so straight? Heteronormativity in the development sector over a decade on

Susie Jolly

Development in Practice, 2023, vol. 33, issue 4, 463-474

Abstract: Eleven years ago, I published an article in this journal detailing the ways that international development work was heteronormative, assuming heterosexual gender stereotyped household models and framing sexuality as a problem of ill-health or violence, rather than a potentially pleasurable contributor to well-being. Over a decade later, while the sector is largely still heteronormative, LGBTI and sexual pleasure have now made an entry into development discourses. However, they have both been co-opted at least to some degree to reinforce other intersecting axes of inequality. A more productive frame for addressing sexuality would be an integrated sexual rights and sexuality politics approach.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2022.2115012

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