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Nicola Gavey (born 1960) is a New Zealand psychology academic. She is currently a full professor at the University of Auckland.

Academic career

After a 1985 MA titled 'Depressive self-schemata and gender-schemata in women' and a 1990 PhD titled 'Rape and sexual coercion within heterosexual relationships : an intersection of psychological, feminist, and postmodern inquiries' at the University of Auckland, she joined the staff, rising to full professor.

Much of Gavey's research focuses on the gender politics, sexuality, rape and coercion, and often features in the press.

Selected works

• Gavey, Nicola. (1989) "Feminist poststructuralism and discourse analysis: Contributions to feminist psychology." Psychology of Women Quarterly 13 (4): 459–475.
• Gavey, Nicola. (1991) "Sexual victimization prevalence among New Zealand university students." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 59 (3): 464.
• Gavey, Nicola. (1992) "Technologies and effects of heterosexual coercion." Feminism & Psychology 2 (3): 325–351.
• McPhillips, Kathryn, Virginia Braun, and Nicola Gavey. (2001) "Defining (hetero) sex: how imperative is the “coital imperative”?." In Women's Studies International Forum, 24 (2): 229–240.
• Braun, Virginia, Nicola Gavey, and Kathryn McPhillips. (2003) "The fair deal'? Unpacking accounts of reciprocity in heterosex." Sexualities 6 (2): 237–261.
• Gavey, Nicola. (2013) Just sex?: The cultural scaffolding of rape. Routledge.

References

1. ^ "Professor Nicola Gavey - The University of Auckland". Psych.auckland.ac.nz.
2. Gavey, Nicola (1985). "Depressive self-schemata and gender-schemata in women (MA psychology thesis)". University of Auckland library catalogue. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
3. Gavey, Nicola (1990). Rape and sexual coercion within heterosexual relationships: an intersection of psychological, feminist, and postmodern inquiries (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/2602.
4. Alanah Erikse (11 August 2018). "'Can I say she looks nice?': Gender and dating etiquette in the #metoo era". The New Zealand Herald.
5. "Big read: How do we teach our kids about sex and consent?". The New Zealand Herald. 24 March 2017.
6. "50 shades of screwed up: now sexual choking is trendy". Stuff.co.nz.
7. "Have you ever had 'unjust sex'?". Irishtimes.com.
8. Marvelly, Lizzie (10 June 2016). "Lizzie Marvelly: NZ is a dangerous place to be a woman". The New Zealand Herald.
9. Collins, Simon. "Lizzie Marvelly boycotts Paul Henry". Spy.nzherald.co.nz.
10. "The rise of high school feminism". Stuff.co.nz.
11. Simon Collins (22 November 2013). "Abuse victims blame themselves". The New Zealand Herald.
12. Kirsty Johnston (1 April 2016). "Opotiki College underage teen sex case: 'I feel like we are being used'". The New Zealand Herald.
13. "Pornography project given $790,000". Stuff.co.nz.
14. "Advertising and feminism: How to sell a social movement". Stuff.co.nz.
15. "Pornography being used for teens' sex education". Stuff.co.nz.
16. "Kiwi cops in sex selfie video sent to junior to join in". Qt.com.au.

External links

• Nicola Gavey on LinkedIn

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