New Work 2023
Focus group research on what makes sex ethical. Beyond Consent.
Finishing up 2022 research on Ethical Sexual Regret in straight and GBT men.
Creating a “health” addition to the SECS-C (Sexual Ethics for a Caring Society Curriculum).
Philosophical inquiry into the ethics of fantasies.
New Work 2021
“Triggered" research: ongoing research on use of the word “triggered” and its meaning in various contexts
Men’s Ideas on Mutuality in Sexual Relationships. with James Worthley
Forgiveness in Gendered Contexts. with Handan Titiz.
HABIT (Humane Acts Bystander Intervention Training) revisions underway for collaboration with New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault for a high school version.
New Work 2019-2021
Mutuality in Sexual Relationships: a Standard of Ethical Sex? Sharon Lamb & Sam Gable & Doret de Ruyter (2021) Ethical Theory and Moral Practice.
How to provide sexual education: Lessons from a Pandemic on Masculinity, Individualism, and the Neoliberal Agenda. with Marta Pagán-Ortiz and Sara Bonilla. (2021). Int J Environ Res Public Health, 18(8):4144. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18084144.
Problematizing Consent Campaigns in the #METOO Era, with Inga Schowengerdt and Charlie Brown, accepted for publication
HABIT (Humane Acts Bystander Intervention Training) program evaluation completed
SEXTING Bonilla, S., McGinley, M., & Lamb, S. (2020). Sexting, power, and patriarchy: Narratives of sexting from a college population. New Media and Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820909517
Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development: Children and Adolescents, co-edited with Jen Gilbert, York University (January, 2019)
Lamb, S., White, L., & Plocha, A. (2019). Childhood sexuality. In S. Lamb & J. Gilbert Cambridge handbook of sexual development: Children and adolescents.
Jarkovska, L., & Lamb, S. (2019). Not innocent but vulnerable: An approach to childhood sexuality. In S. Lamb & J. Gilbert (in press). Cambridge handbook of sexual development: Children and adolescents.
The Not Good Enough Mother, a book that is mostly about the difficulties of doing forensic and attachment evaluations in the state of Vermont for parents about to lose custody of their children (June, 2019)
Lamb, S. & Koven, J. (2019). Sexualization of girls: An update. Published on this blog first and should be published inSexualization, Media, & Society soon https://www.culturereframed.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CultureReframed-SexualizationOfGirlsReport-2019.pdf
Lamb, S., & Koven, J. (2019). Adolescent sexual desire: Influences on the construction of agency and desire. In T. Tykla & N. Piran (Eds.) Handbook of Positive Body Image and Embodiment. NY: Oxford U Press.
Lamb, S. & Attwell, L. (2019). Bystanders in “sketchy” sexual situations: Their constructions of the “girl,” the “guy,” and themselves. Feminism & Psychology.https://doi.org/10.1177/0959353518821150
https://www.apa.org/about/policy/psychological-practice-girls-women.pdf APA (2019). APA Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Girls and Women. FINALLY PUBLISHED!! https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/13/american-psychological-association-sexism-discrimination-harm-women/1174801001/
New Work in 2017-2018
Submitted the Cambridge University Press Handbook of Sexual Development: Children and Adolescents, co-edited with Jen Gilbert, York University
Signed a contract with Beacon Press for The Not Good Enough Mother, a book that is mostly about the difficulties of doing forensic and attachment evaluations in the state of Vermont for parents about to lose custody of their children
Submitted a chapter on Sexual Agency for a volume on Body Image, co-authored with Julie Koven, my doctoral student
Wrote an update on the Sexualization of Girls Task Force Report for Culture Reframed, for their parenting curriculum re pornography and children
The APA Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Girls and Women were accepted by various committees and now will move towards publication and use
The SECS-C is getting popular, with people using it or parts of it in Australia, Indonesia, Israel, and England, as well as the U.S.
My research lab is working on an analysis of Consent Campaign posters!
New Work in 2016-2017
Girls of Color: Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Education published October 2016
Submitted to Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Study of 270 undergraduates on Intervening in Sketchy Sexual Situations Qualitative study on moral reasoning of bystanders in Sketchy Sexual Situations
In Press Chapter on Psychotherapy with Girls for APA Handbook of Women and Girls (White & Travis, Eds.)
Revision of APA Guidelines for Psychotherapy with Girls and Women
Revision of the Sexual Ethics for a Caring Society Curriculum for 8-9-10 (8th-10th grades) including lessons on gender non-conformity, consent, and abortion
Development of HABIT (Humane Acts Bystander Intervention Training) and implementation in university classrooms
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RESEARCH TOPIC A FEW WORDS SAMPLE PUBLICATIONS
Girls and Sexuality
I run a research group with graduate students exploring girls of color and their relationship to ideas of what's sexy and what's sexualization. If you are interested in any of the sample articles on the right, please write me for them.
Lamb, S., (2015). Revisiting choice and victimization: A commentary on Bay-Cheng's "Agency Matrix." Sex Roles.
Lamb, S. & Plocha, A. (2015). Pride, shame, and sexiness: Girls of color discuss race, body image, and sexualization. Girlhood Studies.
Lamb, S., Farmer, K., Kosterina, E., Lambe, S., Plocha, A., & Randazzo, R. (2015). What's Sexy? What's Sexualization? Confidence, Rebellion, and Trying Too Hard. Gender & Education.
Lamb, S. (2010) Feminist ideals of healthy female adolescent sexuality: A critique. Sex Roles, 62(5/6), 294-306.
Lamb, S., Graling, K., & Wheeler, E. (2013). “Pole-arized” Discourse: An Analysis of Responses to Miley Cyrus’ Teen Choice Awards Pole Dance. Feminism & Psychology, 23, 2, 163-183.
Sexual Ethics
The research on my sexual ethics curriculum was supported by a Spencer Foundation "New Civics" grant. I am always interested in new sites to test the curriculum and/or work with others to prevent sexual violence and provide relationship-based and ethics-based sex education
Lamb, S., Gable, S., & De Ruyter, D. (2021). Mutuality as a standard in sex education. Ethical and Moral Practice.
Lamb, S., & Randazzo, R. (2016.) An examination of the effectiveness of a sexual ethics curriculum. Journal of Moral Education
Lamb, S., & Randazzo, R. (2016.) From I to We: Sex education as a form of civics education. Curriculum Inquiry
Lamb, S. & Randazzo, R. (2015) Obstacles to Teaching Ethics in Sex Education. In J. Ponzetti (Ed.) Evidence Based Approaches to Sex Education. NY: Routledge.
Lamb, S. (2013). The future of sex education: Just the facts? Educational Theory, 63(5), 443-460.
Lamb, S. (2013). The hard work of pleasure. InL. Allen, M. L. Rasmussen, & K. Quinlivan (Eds.) The Politics of Pleasure in Sex Education: Pleasure Bound (pp. 136-152). London: Routledge.
Voices of the Mind
This body of research investigates men's and adolescent boys' thoughts and feelings during sex. It aims to uncover rules and beliefs about masculinity that influence the act of sex for heterosexual and nonheterosexual men.
Lamb, S., Kosterina, E., Brodt, M., Maroney, M. & Dangler, L. (2017). Voices of the mind: Hegemonic masculinity and others in mind during young men's sexual encounters.
Childhood Sexuality
In addition to my book, Sex, Therapy, and Kids, I have been asked to write about sexual development in childhood.
Lamb, S. (2014). Childhood sexuality. In D. Tolman & L. Diamond (Eds.) Handbook of Sexuality. Washington, D.C.: APA Press.
Lamb, S. & Plocha, A. (2017). Treating sexual problems in children and adolescents. In Z. Peterson (Ed.) Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Sex Therapy.
Forgiveness
In addition to my edited book with Jeffrie Murphy, Before Forgiving, I have written a few articles questioning the advocacy of forgiving in psychotherapy.
Lamb, S. (2006). Forgiveness therapy in gendered contexts: What happens to the truth? In Nancy N. Potter (Ed.), Trauma, truth, and reconciliation: Healing damaged relationships (pp. 229-256). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
Lamb, S. (2006). Forgiveness, women, and responsibility to the group, Journal of Human Rights, 5, 1-16.
Lamb, S. (2005). Forgiveness therapy: The context and conflict. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 25, 61- 80.
Book Reviews
Lamb, S. (2016). An object lesson on attachment. Feminism & Psychology.
Lamb, S. (2013). LGBTQ for the PreK-12: Sexual Diversity in the classroom. Sex Roles, 68(9-10), 626-628.
Lamb, S. (2012). Foundational sociology for the study of sex and gender. Sex Roles, 66(1), 146-148.
Lamb, S. (2009). Shock and arggghhh: More notes from the trenches of the war against the sexualization of childhood. PsycCRITIQUES, 54(34),
Lamb, S. (2008). Media effects and the sexualization of girls. Sex Roles, 60(5-6), pp. 439-441.
Lamb, S. (2008). Taking the stand. Review of Amanda Konradi’s Taking the Stand, in Psychology of Women Quarterly, 32(3), 337-338.