Keywords:
Lesbians - United States - Psychology
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Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
The subject of bisexuality continues to divide the lesbian and gay community. At pride marches, in films such as Go Fish, at academic conferences, the role and status of bisexuals is hotly contested. Within lesbian communities, formed to support lesbians in a patriarchal and heterosexist society, bisexual women are often perceived as a threat or as a political weakness. Bisexual women feel that they are regarded with suspicion and distrust, if not openly scorned. Drawing on her research with over 400 bisexual and lesbian women, surveying the treatment of bisexuality in the lesbian and gay pres
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (390 p.)
ISBN:
9780814774441
Series Statement:
The Cutting Edge: Lesbian Life and Literature Series
URL:
http://gbv.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=865872
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=865872
DDC:
305.489664
Language:
English
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 DEBATE IN THE LESBIAN PRESS: INTRODUCING THE ISSUES; THE PUBLICATIONS; COVERAGE OF BISEXUALITY IN THE LESBIAN AND GAY PRESS; 2 "EXPERTS'" VOICES: LESBIANISM, BISEXUALITY, AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES; WHAT IS A MODEL?; THE GREAT DEBATE-ESSENTIALISM VERSUS CONSTRUCTIONISM; A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEXOLOGY IN THE UNITED STATES; 3 BEHIND THE SCENES: HOW THE STUDY WAS DONE AND WHO PARTICIPATED IN IT; A BRIEF AND NONTECHNICAL LESSON IN SAMPLING THEORY FOR NONACADEMIC READERS
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HOW LESBIAN AND BISEXUAL WOMEN WERE RECRUITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STUDYTHE WOMEN WHO PARTICIPATED-WHO WERE THEY?; 4 LESBIANS' VOICES: WHAT DO LESBIANS THINK ABOUT BISEXUALITY AND ITS ROLE IN SEXUAL POLITICS?; DOES BISEXUALITY EXIST?; WHAT ARE BISEXUALS LIKE?; HOW DO LESBIANS FEEL ABOUT BISEXUAL WOMEN?; 5 WHO BELIEVES WHAT? THE IMPACT OF LESBIANS' PERSONAL POLITICS AND EXPERIENCES ON THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD BISEXUALITY; RACE, EDUCATION, CLASS, AND OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES; POLITICAL DIFFERENCES: DO POLITICAL LESBIANS SPEAK FOR US ALL?; PERSONAL EXPERIENCES-THE ROLE OF EMPATHY; SUMMARY
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6 THE PINK AND BLUE HERRING: THE ISSUE IS LESBIANISM, NOT BISEXUALITYTHE PERSONAL AND THE POLITICAL: CONSTRUCTING LESBIANISM AS A FEMINIST ISSUE; DEBATE OVER THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LESBIANISM AND FEMINISM; BISEXUALITY: THE ISSUE THAT EXPOSES CONTROVERSIES AND CONTRADICTIONS IN LESBIAN IDEOLOGY; SUMMARY; 7 BISEXUAL WOMEN'S VOICES: WHAT DO BISEXUAL WOMEN THINK ABOUT BISEXUALITY AND THE ROLE OF BISEXUALS IN SEXUAL POLITICS?; DOES BISEXUALITY EXIST?; WHAT IS BISEXUALITY? OR, WHY IS EVERYONE STANDING UP?; BISEXUALS' IMAGES AND FEELINGS ABOUT THEMSELVES
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THE IMPACT OF BISEXUAL WOMEN'S PERSONAL POLITICS AND EXPERIENCES ON THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD BISEXUALITYSUMMARY; 8 ANOTHER REVOLUTION ON THE POLITICAL WHEEL: THE POLITICIZATION OF BISEXUALITY; THE BISEXUAL PRESS: FORUM FOR THE DISCUSSION OF BISEXUAL IDENTITY, COMMUNITY, AND IDEOLOGY; DÉJÀ VU?; THE FUTURE OF SEXUAL IDENTITY POLITICS; APPENDIX A: FIGURES; APPENDIX B: TABLES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX;
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