Resources

SCT: Sexual Configurations Theory

Sexual configurations theory (SCT) is a way to conceptualize, model, measure, and make sense of individual gender/sex and partnered sexuality. We have a whole SCT platform dedicated to it, with articles, a zine, videos, an online SCT measure, and translations. Click here for more info!

Measures & Materials

Our lab has created a number of measures. You are welcome to use them in your research, and to get in touch with any questions. For access, click on the links, go to academia.edu, or get in touch with us. Measures include:

• Branchedness & Coincidence:
  This describes an online platform with circles that participants manipulate (in size and location) to visually indicate branchedness and coincidence.
  From Gormezano, Harris, Gauvin, Pinto, van Anders, & van Anders, 2022, Sexual orientation across porn use, sexual fantasy, and in-person sexuality: Visualizing branchedness and coincidence via Sexual Configurations Theory.
• The Gender/Sex 3x3:
  Three simple and validated questions anyone can use to ask about gender/sex (including trans, cis, nonbinary, and binary status) and an analytical framework for responses and analyses.
  Here is the Gender/Sex 3x3 formatted in Word.
  From Beischel, Schudson, Hoskin, & van Anders, 2022, The Gender/Sex 3x3: Measuring and categorizing gender/sex beyond binaries.
• The Gender/Sex Diversity Beliefs (GDSB) Scale:
  This is a validated measure about what people believe gender/sex is.
  Here is the GDSB formatted in Word.
  From Schudson & van Anders, 2022, Gender/Sex diversity beliefs: Scale construction, validation, and links to prejudice.
• Household Labour Inequities:
  This is a new and validated measure of inequities in household labour.
  Here is the scale formatted in Word.
  Also see the Perceived Fairness and Perceived Partner Dependence Scales below!
  From Harris, Gormezano, & van Anders, 2022, Gender inequities in household labor predict lower desire in women partnered with men.
• The Imagined Social Situation Exercise (ISSE):
  The ISSE provides a structured framework for imagining social interactions (including sexual ones) to explore impacts on hormones.
  From Goldey & van Anders, 2011, Sexy thoughts: Effects of sexual cognitions on arousal and hormones.
• The Multifaceted Sexual Desire Questionnaire (DesQ):
  This is a validated measure of what people experience sexual desire for.
  Here is the DesQ formatted in Word.
  From Chadwick, Burke, Goldey, Bell, & van Anders, 2017, Sexual desire in sexual minority and majority women and men: The multifaceted sexual Desire Questionnaire (DESQ).
• Perceived Fairness Scale:
  This is a new and validated measure of perceptions of fairness in divisions of household labour.
  Here is the scale formatted in Word.
  From Harris, Gormezano, & van Anders, 2022, Gender inequities in household labor predict lower desire in women partnered with men.
• Perceived Partner Dependence Scale:
  This is a new and validated measure of perceptions of partners being dependents.
  Here is the scale formatted in Word.
  From Harris, Gormezano, & van Anders, 2022, Gender inequities in household labor predict lower desire in women partnered with men.
• Sexual Configurations Theory (SCT) materials: There's so much, we have a whole SCT platform!

Other Feminist/Queer Resources

We are involved in a number of initiatives that might be of interest:

• Dr. van Anders organizes a Feminist Sex Research Reception every few years at the International Academy of Sex Research.
• Gap Junction Science is a feminist science website Dr. van Anders created a while ago with informative, entertaining (hopefully!), and accessible entries. Right now, it's not being updated but there is still interesting material!
• Dr. van Anders is one of the members of the team who developed the Gender & Sex in Methods & Measurement Toolkit. There are a number of tools, including determining & communicating eligibility, effective recruitment strategies, sampling plans & data analyses, asking about & measuring participants' genders and sexes, and methodological responsiveness over time.
• The annual Summer Session in Gender/Sex/uality In/Justice is a multi-week session with a (paid) facilitator and free attendance, organized by Dr. van Anders. It's on hiatus for 2025, but will return for 2026!
• Talking about Trans Experiences, Existences, and Identities in Academic Spaces is an academic reference guide to, and glossary for, talking about transgender people, experiences, identities, backgrounds, and existences in academic spaces for anyone interested; it also can be useful for classrooms and teaching.