A Leisure Approach to Sex in Research

Responding to the relationship between sex and leisure shapes this edited book.While sex and sexuality have been the topic of many scholarly works, mostly from inequality, deviance, and labor studies perspectives, this book puts "sex as leisure" at the core of the discussions.The sex-positive approach in the chapters challenges the traditional sex-negative approach in different disciplines and research areas.Berdychevsky and Carr gathered scholars from different humanities, social sciences, and health disciplines.It gives readers a wide range of discussions on sex as a leisure in various areas, including but not limited to race studies, dis/ability studies, tourism, and media studies.Before presenting eight chapters in this edited book, Berdychevsky and Carr provide an introduction frame "sex as leisure" to set a base for further discussions and analysis.The interdisciplinary approach of editors in gathering scholarly works around the theme of "sex as leisure" makes this book novel.In the first substantive chapter, Positive Sexuality as a Guide for Leisure Research and Practice Addressing Sexual Interests and Behaviors, Williams, Prior, and Vincent provide a multidisciplinary framework by reviewing existing literature on positive sexuality and its relationship to leisure studies.Their attention to the context and interactions among individuals in this study provides a flexible framework to discuss positive sexuality and sexual behaviors.The authors add the positive sexuality approach to sex and sexual behavior instead of declining discussions on risks related to these behaviors.It helps to shape more scholarly negotiations around sexual behavior rather than a battle between opposite approaches.The concept of escapism is discussed in leisure studies and the sociology of tourism in various ways.Tourism has become an escape from everyday routine life and the workplace.In the same vein, Piha, Huemerinta, Jrvinen, Rikknen, and Sandberg discuss the sexual play as an escape strategy from everyday stress in the