Knowledge/Ignorance and the Construction of Sexuality in Social Work Education
- 13 February 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Social Work Education
- Vol. 27 (2) , 138-151
Abstract
This paper explores how systems of knowledge about sexuality in social work operate alongside systems of ignorance—ways of not knowing sexuality or not knowing parts of it—which work to exclude particular ideas, behaviours and groups of people. It uses discourse analysis of literature aimed at social work students in order to examine how these systems manifest themselves in social work education. The paper analyses the following aspects of dominant discourses about sexuality and lesbians and gay men in this literature: The paper ends by suggesting ways in which sexuality might be understood differently in social work education contexts.Keywords
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