Negotiating sexual identity: Non‐lesbians in a lesbian feminist community
作者:
SilberLinda,
期刊:
The Journal of Sex Research
(Taylor Available online 1990)
卷期:
Volume 27,
issue 1
页码: 131-139
ISSN:0022-4499
年代: 1990
DOI:10.1080/00224499009551547
出版商: Taylor&Francis Group
关键词: sexual identity;feminism;lesbianism;lesbian feminist community;role negotiation
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Lesbian feminist communities present dilemmas for feminists who are involved in these communities yet do not define themselves as lesbians. In this exploratory study of nine non‐lesbian feminists who were involved with a lesbian feminist community in the mid‐1980s, important questions emerge about how to define oneself sexually and how to negotiate sexual identity. The politics of sexual identity is a core issue for these women, as lesbianism and feminism are entwined in a rhetoric which privileges lesbianism. On the other hand, the heterosexual world competes for their attention and offers a much less threatening lifestyle and political position. For the most part, these women resist defining themselves solely on the basis of sexual behavior and negotiate their identity depending on the audience or community. Sexual identity for these women is closely tied to overall self‐concept and to the politics of lesbian feminist communities in the mid‐1980s.
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