Peer Review

The blog post is very detailed and appears well-researched.  It provides cross-cultural material for Australian students, but could also be of use to others.

This page is located in a larger webpage about the author and several other areas of her research agenda.  The topic is described from the author's theoretical framework. The topic is not treated from various perspectives and a wider range of researchers and publications.  The results are mostly restricted to research completed by the author.

The historical evolution of sexuality and the analysis of sexuality in Australia and other countries easily engages the reader and reinforces how sociologists study sexuality. It could be assigned for students to read outside of class. It is clearly written and is easy to understand.

The lack of citations is concerning. I would also like to see discussion question prompts provided by the author to make it more easily adapted by instructors.  There is no section regarding learning goals so the page needs to be placed in a context of other learning resources.

It is concise and provides examples of how sociologists study sexuality.  It includes links to other websites with supporting materials and plenty of images. The images break up the text and help support the narrative.

While the blog post covers a lot of ground, one concern is the length. A table of contents might be helpful at the top of the article so that those reading can break the reading up more easily. There are no instructions for use.  The student who is looking for information on sexuality from a cross cultural perspective may get lost in the midst of all the other pages in this author's electronic portfolio.  It also not easy to get back to the particular page on sexuality after exploring the other pages.