SEXUALITY

The field of sexuality studies has grown rapidly over the past half-century, and academic approaches to the topic have changed considerably. As Professor Hacker was a pioneer in this field, her reflections on the academy’s response to her own and subsequent research are particularly revealing in showing the growth of the discipline. Professor Hacker's ideas have evolved with the field and with the society, particularly since publication of her original work in the 1970s and 1980s.

Hacker, Helen Mayer. 1971. “Homosexuals: Deviant or Minority Group?” Pages 65-92 in The Other Minorities, edited by Edgar Sagarin. Ginn and Company.

------. 1981. “The Future of Sexuality: A Sociologist’s View.” Pp. 626 in Sexual Choices, edited by Gilbert D. Nass, Rober W. Libby, & Mary Pat Fisher. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Inc.

------. 1981. “Blabbermouths and Clams: Sex Differences in Self-Disclosure in Same-Sex and Cross-Sex Friendship Dyads.” Psychology of Women Quarterly 5(3): 385-401.