Ferguson Aidan, Gilmour Matt
a College of Social Work , Florida State University , Tallahassee , Florida , USA.
J Evid Inf Soc Work. 2018 Jan-Feb;15(1):23-37. doi: 10.1080/23761407.2017.1391730. Epub 2017 Dec 5.
An estimated 4% of men and 9% of women identify as non-monosex, a term for sexual identities outside of the heterosexual/homosexual binary, such as bisexual, pansexual, polysexual, and asexual. In addition to experiences of oppression shared with all sexual minorities, non-monosex-identifying persons face additional issues of monosex bias in their personal lives, in mass media, and in research. Despite social work's commitment to issues of social justice and inclusion, prior reviews of the literature have indicated a gap in research on non-monosex-identifying persons, which can lead to inappropriate clinical practices and continued stigmatization. The authors of this article examined the state of social work literature on non-monosex-identifying persons through a systematic review and content analysis of primary-study data-based publications from 2008 to 2016 in 24 social work journals based in the United States. Only four articles were found that met the inclusion criteria, and while 31% of the 357 total study participants identified as non-monosex, a content analysis showed subtle forms of monosex bias in the reporting of study results, such as collapsing of gay/lesbian participants with non-monosex participants and the use of marginalizing language. Implications and suggestions for future social work researchers are discussed.
据估计，4%的男性和9%的女性认同非单一性取向，这是一个用于描述异性恋/同性恋二元之外的性取向的术语，如双性恋、泛性恋、多性恋和无性恋。除了与所有性少数群体共同面临的压迫经历外，认同非单一性取向的人在个人生活、大众媒体和研究中还面临着单一性取向偏见的额外问题。尽管社会工作致力于社会正义和包容问题，但先前的文献综述表明，对认同非单一性取向的人的研究存在空白，这可能导致不适当的临床实践和持续的污名化。本文的作者通过对2008年至2016年在美国24种社会工作期刊上发表的基于原始研究数据的出版物进行系统综述和内容分析，研究了关于认同非单一性取向的人的社会工作文献状况。仅发现四篇文章符合纳入标准，虽然在总共357名研究参与者中有31%认同非单一性取向，但内容分析显示在研究结果报告中存在微妙的单一性取向偏见形式，如将同性恋参与者与认同非单一性取向的参与者合并以及使用边缘化语言。文中还讨论了对未来社会工作研究人员的启示和建议。
