An Integral Approach to Sexual Identity: Beyond Religion and Science

An Integral Approach to Sexual Identity: Beyond Religion and Science

Michele Eliason   October 31, 2022  
This article proposes an integral approach to sexual identity development that broadens the discussion beyond science and religion or nature versus nurture. A four-quadrant exploration of the research on the origins of sexual identity reveals much more complexity and highlights potential points for social justice interventions as well as ideas to enhance personal spiritual transformation.
Coding Gender: Using IMP to Construct a Content Analysis of Gender Definitions in Scientific Research

Coding Gender: Using IMP to Construct a Content Analysis of Gender Definitions in Scientific Research

Jeff Cohen   May 15, 2022  
The pervasive influence and conceptual complexity of gender as a scientific construct has lead to attempts to explain it from multiple perspectives. When each of these perspectives is offered, it tends to be presented as a complete explanation. Each perspective, however, likely offers only a partial truth concerning the enactment of gender. The recognition of the partiality of these perspectives indicates that each should be considered in some form when trying to address the full complexity of gender. It also makes clear that none should be privileged above any other. Through the application of the Integral model and Integral Methodological...
Toward an Integral Feminism

Toward an Integral Feminism

Sarah Nicholson   December 26, 2021  
This paper studies the development of some of the key schools of feminist thought, exploring the history of the definition of Woman. Ken Wilber's framework of Integral Feminism is then used to move toward the processual creation of a more adequately holistic understanding of women and subjectivity.