Sex and Sexualities in Ireland

lt;p>Barbara Górnicka completed her doctoral degree in Sociology at University College Dublin. Her main research interests include sociology of the body, emotions, women's health, sex and sexuality, gender, and sociological theory. Her publications include a book Nakedness, Shame, and Embarrassment: A Long-Term Sociological Perspective (2016), and an edited collection Norbert Elias in Troubled Times Figurational Approaches to the Problems of the Twenty-first Century (2021). She is a lecturer at UCD's School of Sociology.

Mark Doyle is lecturer in Sociology at South East Technological University and a community outreach worker for the Mpower Programme at HIV Ireland. His PhD research (2022) is concerned with the negotiation of desire and identity by gbMSM on Grindr in Ireland. His main areas of interest are digital intimacies, masculinities and sexual health. ORCID ID 0000-0002-8280-8315.

Chapter 1- Irish Sex in History and Contexts: Editors' Introduction.- Part I: Sexualities in Historical Irish Contexts.- Chapter 2- 'I part not from effeminacy' - queer behaviour in Gaelic Ireland.- Chapter 3- Fun and Games - Cork Lesbians, Sex and Sexuality.- Chapter 4- Digital Pathways to Queer Irish Histories: Digital Media, Queer Archives and Queering Cultural Memory through Technology.- Part II: Young Adults, Sexual Health, and Education.- Chapter 5- Comprehensive sexuality education in Ireland: A children's rights perspective.- Chapter 6- The Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) Review: Advancing Student Sexual Citizenship in Ireland for the Twenty First Century?.- Chapter 7- The Road Less Travelled: The Journey to Meaningful and Empowering Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) in Irish Schools.- Part III: Sexual Practices and Health.- Chapter 8- Vaginismus in Irish Culture.- Chapter 9- Queer Expressions: Intersections of Sexuality, Identity and Healthcare for IrishGay Men.- Chapter 10- Chemsex in Ireland: Increasing pleasure and reducing harms.- Part IV: Minority Sexualities and Genders.- Chapter 11- Sexual behaviour in sexual minority young people from Ireland.- Chapter 12- Gay Travellers in Ireland: resisting tradition.- Chapter 13- "To be honest, I've never associated too much with being Irish...": Bisexualities and Belonging in the Post-Marriage Equality Era.- Part V: Sex Work in Ireland.- Chapter 14-'Selfies that Pay': #OnlyFans and the Online Lives of Migrant Male Sex Workers in Ireland.- Chapter 15- "They never self-identify": Victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation, the island of Ireland.- Part VI: Activism and Contestation.- Chapter 16- 'No woman should have to travel for the health care they deserve. #repealthe8th'.- Chapter 17- HIV and the Politics of Silence in Ireland.