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Q: How have you seen the field of Latino/a sexuality research change over the years? And where do you see the field going?

Response on Mon, March 05, 2007

I think the field (referring to Latina/o sexuality in this country) is growing, it is still very young, it is growing slowly, but it looks promising. We are still stuck in old paradigms (marianismo, machismo, acculturation, etc. among other overused frameworks). It looks like each one of us is pulling toward our disciplines (sociology, in my case), and some are following a multi-disciplinary approach. – Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez, Assistant Professor, Sociology, UT-Austin