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“It’s kind of like a fifty-fifty”: Participant ambivalence and the queer(ed) potential of the focus group method

Sexualities, Ahead of Print.
This paper explores the queer(ed) possibilities of the focus group method through analyzing the ambivalent responses provided by participants in a series of focus groups around their experiences with pornography. I argue that these ambivalences reflect participants’ tendencies to attach themselves to “happy affects” as they emerged within the sociality of the focus group encounter and therefore offer glimpses into the situated and relational nature of subjectivity. To the extent that sociality is a key feature of the focus group method, I suggest that focus groups might be utilized to queer the field of sex research more broadly.

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Posted in: Journal Article Abstracts on 06/27/2022 | Link to this post on IFP |
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