Agnes Bolsø (born 4 June 1953) is a Norwegian sociologist and expert on

gender studies Gender studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to analysing gender identity and gendered representation. Gender studies originated in the field of women's studies, concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. The field n ...

, particularly studies of

sexuality Human sexuality is the way people experience and express themselves sexually. This involves biological, psychological, physical, erotic, emotional, social, or spiritual feelings and behaviors. Because it is a broad term, which has varied ...

. She is associate professor of sociology at the

Norwegian University of Science and Technology The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU; ) is a public university, public research university in Norway and the largest in terms of enrollment. The university's headquarters is located in Trondheim (city), Trondheim, with region ...

(NTNU) and was director of its Centre for Gender Studies from 2005 to 2007. She was editor of Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning (the Norwegian Journal of Gender Studies) from 2009 to 2011.Ny redaktør til Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning

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Information Centre for Gender Research Bolsø holds a cand.mag. degree from the

University of Trondheim The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU; ) is a public university, public research university in Norway and the largest in terms of enrollment. The university's headquarters is located in Trondheim (city), Trondheim, with region ...

(1976), a cand.polit. degree in sociology (1981) and a dr.polit. degree from 2002. She was researcher at the Centre for Rural Research from 1987 to 1994, and has been employed at NTNU since 1994, where she became associate professor in 2001. She has been a visiting scholar at the University of Minneapolis, the

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, the

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and the

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. She is also a regular commentator on gender issues in Norwegian media, and has been an op-ed columnist for

Klassekampen (Lit. translation: ''"The Class Struggle"'') is a Norwegian daily newspaper in print and online. Its tagline is "The daily newspaper of the Left". The paper's net circulation was 33,265 in 2022, and it has around 111,000 daily readers on paper ...

and other publications. Bolsø gained international ridicule following her appearance in the 2010 Norwegian documentary series Hjernevask ('Brainwash: Gay/Straight'), in which she discussed her so-called theories against biological research data.

Selected publications

* * ‘The Politics of Lesbian Specificity’, Journal of Homosexuality, nr1 / 2 vol 54, s49-67 (2008). * ‘Identitet og homopolitikk etter queer’, Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning (4) s. 50-70 (2007) * ’Approaches to penetration – theoretical difference in practice’, Sexualities vol 10 (5) s559-581 (2007) * ’Orgasmer, lesbiske og kjønnsmakt’, in A. Ohnstad og K. Malterud (ed) , s41-61. Oslo, Samlaget (2006). * 'Orgasm and lesbian sociality', Sex Education, vol 5, no. 1, February, pp. 29–48 (2005). * 'Jorun Solheim og Judith Butler - en refleksjon over åpne kropper og det falliske'. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning, nr. 4 (2005). * ’Salg av seksuelle tjenester mellom kvinner’, Kvinneforskning, nr 1, s43-61 (2004). * ’Pornografi og feministisk kritikk’. Kvinneforskning, nr. 1, 26-31 (2003). * ’’, Sosiologi i dag, vol. 33, nr 1, s37-63 (2003). * ''Power in the Erotic: Feminism and Lesbian Practice'', dissertation, NTNU, 2002 * ’When women take: Lesbians reworking Concepts of Sexuality’, Sexualities, vol 4(4), p455-473 (2001). * ’Maskulinitet i erotisk spill mellom kvinner’, Kvinneforskning, nr 3–4, s88-105 (2000). * 'Bygdesamfunnet’, i R. Almås (red), Arbeidsmiljøet i landbruket, s27-31, Oslo, Landbruksforlaget (1993). * ''En søkende arbeider? Om ferieavløserne i jordbruket''. University of Trondheim (1981).

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Agnes Bolsø, NTNU
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