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primarily described or studied in terms of sexual response; and the socially constructed nature of sex or sexuality is negated or ignored (Ussher, 1997a). The gaze of psychologists who have entered the arena of sex research has historically been focused within a similarly narrow vein. The dictates of positivism and realism that still dominate our discipline mean that experimental studies of biology, behavior, or bodily response are deemed the most legitimate form of inquiry, with theoretical development being minimal or absent and research framed within a narrow hypothetical-deductive mold. This perhaps explains why the subject of women’s sexuality has long been ne- glected or ignored, for to date, the majority of sex research has focused on (the bodies
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