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Cabaloue, Sophie. "La construcción del personaje lésbico en los relatos cubanos de Sonia Rivera-Valdés y Jacqueline Herranz-Brooks: de la “abyección” a la subversión." La Manzana de la Discordia 8, no. 1 (March 29, 2016): 89. http://dx.doi.org/10.25100/lamanzanadeladiscordia.v8i1.1554.
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Resumen: En este ensayo se analizan las obras de dos autoras cubanas de la diáspora, Sonia Rivera-Valdés y Jacqueline Herranz-Brooks, enfocando especialmente la temática lesbiana de estas narraciones, con especial atención a la forma como nos revelan la situación de las lesbianas en Cuba, sobre todo en el “Periodo especial”, a la vez que se convierte en un modo de subvertir la hete- rosexualidad obligatoria. De este modo se indaga sobre cómo en sus relatos se construye el sujeto “abyecto” (el personaje lésbico) en oposición al sistema heteronor- mativo y cómo este sujeto pasa de la “abyección” a la subversión, al desafiar la heterosexualidad obligatoria. Palabras clave: lesbianas, heterosexualidad obligatoria, abyección, narrativa cubanaThe Construction of the Lesbian Character in the Cuban Stories by Sonia Rivera-Valdés y Jacqueline Herranz-Brooks: from “abjection” to subversion Abstract: This essay analyzes the ways in which Cuban literature with lesbian themes by two exiled writers, Sonia Rivera-Valdés and Jacqueline Herranz-Brooks, reveals the situation of lesbians in Cuba, above all in the “Special Period,” and also becomes a way to subvert compulsory heterosexuality. Thus it enquires into the ways in which their stories construct the “abject” subject of the lesbian character in opposition to the heteronormative system and how this subject moves from abjection to subversion, in challenging compulsory heterosexuality.Key Words: lesbians, compulsory heterosexuality, abjection, Cuban narrative
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MARTINS, Luisa Bitencourt, and Daniela AUAD. "Lésbicas na academia: visibilidades relâmpago, transparente e palpável." INTERRITÓRIOS 6, no. 10 (April 14, 2020): 105. http://dx.doi.org/10.33052/inter.v6i10.244896.
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RESUMOCom o objetivo de compreender a presença das lésbicas na produção acadêmica, este trabalho considera o conceito de heterossexualidade compulsória e leva em conta as interseccionalidades de gênero, raça e classe. Foi feita revisão bibliográfica em anais das últimas três edições de três eventos representativos: Reunião Nacional da ANPEd, Seminário Internacional Fazendo Gênero e Seminário Internacional Desfazendo Gênero. De um corpus com 145 artigos sobre ensino superior, gênero e feminismos, agrupados em 10 categorias, selecionamos a categoria Ações na Universidade para análise neste artigo, contendo16 trabalhos. A palavra lésbica e derivadas ou sinônimas desta foram buscadas e foram encontradas em 8 trabalhos: 3 mencionam lésbicas, 4 mencionam apenas sigla da diferença entre a população LGBT e apenas 1 discorre aprofundadamente sobre ser lésbica. A partir da análise, foi possível concluir que os textos não representam lésbicas, não trazem abordagens interseccionais e dão margem para uma visão homogênea da população LGBT.Lésbicas. Ensino Superior. Feminismos. Relações de Gênero. Educação. Lesbians in academy: flashing, transparent and palpable visibilitiesABSTRACTIn order to understand the presence of lesbians in academic production, this paper considers the concept of compulsory heterosexuality and takes into account the intersectionalities of gender, race and class. Bibliographic review was made in annals of the last three editions of three representative events: ANPEd National Meeting, International Seminar Making Gender and International Seminar Undoing Gender. From a corpus with 145 articles on higher education, gender and feminisms, grouped into 10 categories, we selected the University Actions category for analysis in this article, containing 16 papers. The word lesbian and its derivatives or synonyms were searched and found in 8 papers: 3 mention lesbians, 4 mention just marking the difference between the LGBT population and only 1 discusses deeply being a lesbian. From the analysis, it was concluded that the papers do not represent lesbians, do not bring intersectional approaches, contributing for a homogeneous view of the LGBT population. Lesbian. Higher Education.Feminisms. Gender Relations. Education. Lesbianas en la universidad: visibilidades efímeras, transparentes y palpablesRESUMENPara comprender la presencia de lesbianas en la producción académica, este artículo considera el concepto de “heterosexualidad compulsoria” y tiene en cuenta la interseccionalidad de género, raza y clase. Se realizó una revisión bibliográfica en los anales de las últimas tres ediciones de tres eventos representativos: Reunión Nacional ANPEd, Seminario Internacional Making Gender y Seminario Internacional Undo Gender. De un corpus con 145 artículos sobre educación superior, género y feminismos, agrupados en 10 categorías, seleccionamos la categoría Acciones en la Universidad para su análisis en este artículo, que contiene 16 artículos. La palabra lesbiana y sus derivados o sinónimos se encontraron en 8 trabajos: 3 mencionan a las lesbianas, 4 mencionan solo la abreviatura de la diferencia entre la población LGBT y solo 1 discute profundamente sobre ser lesbiana. A partir del análisis, fue posible concluir que los textos no representan a las lesbianas, no brindan enfoques interseccionales y permiten una visión homogénea de la población LGBT.Lesbianas. Enseñanza superior. Feminismos. Relaciones de Género. Educación. Lesbiche all'università: visioni effimere, trasparenti e palpabili SINTESE Per comprendere la presenza di lesbiche nella produzione accademica, questo articolo prende in considerazione il concetto di "eterosessualità obbligatoria" e tiene conto dell'intersezionalità di genere, razza e classe. Una revisione bibliografica è stata effettuata negli annali delle ultime tre edizioni di tre eventi rappresentativi: ANPEd National Meeting, International Making Gender Seminar e Undo Gender International Seminar. Da un corpus con 145 articoli su istruzione superiore, genere e femminismo, raggruppati in 10 categorie, selezioniamo la categoria Azioni dell'Università per l'analisi in questo articolo, che contiene 16 articoli. La parola lesbica e i suoi derivati o sinonimi sono stati trovati in 8 articoli: 3 menzionano lesbiche, 4 menzionano solo l'abbreviazione della differenza tra la popolazione LGBT e solo 1 discute profondamente sull'essere lesbica. Dall'analisi, è stato possibile concludere che i testi non rappresentano le lesbiche, non forniscono approcci intersezionali e consentono una visione omogenea della popolazione LGBT. Lesbiche. Istruzione Superiore. Femminismi. Relazioni di genere. Istruzione.
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Megananda, Wiwid. "Menjadi Lesbian: Kajian Interaksionisme Simbolik Lesbian di Surabaya." Simulacra 2, no. 2 (December 17, 2019): 223–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.21107/sml.v2i2.6148.
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This article is entitled Becoming Lesbians: A Symbolic Interactionism Study of Lesbian Identity (Case Study in the City of Surabaya). Researchers focus on lesbian individuals not on the lesbian community. The problem raised by the researcher is how the whole process of choosing someone to be a lesbian and the symbols used for interaction with other lesbians. The purpose of this study is to know how a person chooses his life as a lesbian and to find out the symbols used to interact with lesbians. The method used is a qualitative method with a phenomenological approach. In this study informants numbered four people and all four occupy their respective roles in lesbians. From the results of this study there are several reasons why someone chooses to become a lesbian: social profiles, her-story, lesbian firts time, what changes, reactions and what next. From these concepts, the conclusion is that family background does not influence a person to become a lesbian, but rather from personal experiences in the past or experiences with social relations.
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Beren, Susan E., Helen A. Hayden, Denise E. Wilfley, and Ruth H. Striegel-Moore. "Body Dissatisfaction Among Lesbian College Students: The Conflict of Straddling Mainstream and Lesbian Cultures." Psychology of Women Quarterly 21, no. 3 (September 1997): 431–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1997.tb00123.x.
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Research examining body dissatisfaction among lesbians has attempted to compare lesbians' and heterosexual women's attitudes toward their bodies. Studies have yielded mixed results, some indicating that lesbians, compared to heterosexual women, are more satisfied with their bodies, and some indicating that the two groups of women are equally dissatisfied. In an attempt to more closely explore lesbians' attitudes toward their bodies, we conducted interviews with 26 lesbian college students and inquired into how the following areas might be related to body-image concerns: (a) lesbian beauty ideals, (b) the sources through which lesbian beauty ideals are conveyed, (c) lesbian conflict about beauty, (d) negative stereotypes about lesbians' appearance, and (e) lesbian concerns about feminine identity. Results indicated that young adult lesbians embrace a beauty ideal that encompasses both thinness and fitness. Whereas mainstream sources, such as women's magazines and peer pressure seem to influence lesbian college students to value a thinner body ideal, sexual relationships with women encouraged acceptance of one's body. Conflict between mainstream and lesbian values about the importance of weight and overall appearance was repeatedly voiced by the respondents. The complexity of lesbians' feelings about their bodies is discussed, and future directions for research are suggested.
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Riemer, Brenda A. "Lesbian Identity Formation and the Sport Environment." Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal 6, no. 2 (October 1997): 83–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/wspaj.6.2.83.
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This study is an examination of the identity formation of lesbians in sport and how lesbians interpreted the softball environment with regard to social support and the ability to be open about their lesbianism. Twenty four women on summer slow pitch softball teams, and 5 spectators, participated in qualitative interviews. Responses were consistent with a model of lesbian identity formation that included preconformist, conformist, post-conformist, lesbian conformist, and lesbian post-conformist levels. The support these women received from softball players helped them to come out to others and to enter the lesbian community.
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Ridhaizzati, Rafika, and Nurus Shalihin. "KETAHANAN RUMAH TANGGA PELAKU HOMOSEKSUAL DAN LESBIAN." Turast: Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengabdian 10, no. 1 (June 30, 2022): 86–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.15548/turast.v10i1.4547.
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This study aims to explore why homosexual and lesbian households can survive as couples' households in general. The research method in this study is a qualitative research with a case study approach. The data in this study were collected using in-depth interview techniques. The data sources in this study are primary data sources taken from homosexual and lesbian families. This study found that there are two factors that cause homosexual and lesbian families to survive. First, the presence of children in a homosexual family becomes a mediation that can reduce both partners, even though the husband or wife already knows that homosexuality and lesbianism are deviant acts. Second, economic dependence, such as doubts about the establishment of life, is also a factor in the survival of homosexual and lesbian households. This study concludes that although homosexuals and lesbians are deviant behaviors, there are conditions and factors that cause homo and lesbi families to persist.
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Card, Claudia. "Lesbian Ethics and the Journal Lesbian Ethics: A Review." Hypatia 7, no. 4 (1992): 207–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.1992.tb00727.x.
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Lesbian Ethics, a U.S. journal of lesbian culture, has offered highly readable philosophical essays, reviews, discussions, and other nonfiction since late 1984 (twelve issues to date). It provides a forum in which the meaning of “lesbian” takes shape from self concepts formed in cooperative interaction and thus lays the groundwork for lesbians becoming publicly recognized as the foremost interpreters of lesbian identity and history.
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Fingerhut, Adam W., Letitia Anne Peplau, and Negin Ghavami. "A Dual-Identity Framework for Understanding Lesbian Experience." Psychology of Women Quarterly 29, no. 2 (June 2005): 129–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.2005.00175.x.
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The diverse life experiences of contemporary lesbians are shaped by women's differing ties to two social worlds, the majority heterosexual society and the minority subculture of the lesbian or sexual-minority world. This article presents a detailed conceptual analysis of a dual-identity framework that emphasizes lesbians' simultaneous affiliations with both lesbian and mainstream/heterosexual communities. The usefulness of this approach is discussed, with emphasis on implications for understanding individual differences in exposure to gay-related stress and mental health. Results from a survey of 116 lesbians showed that scores on measures of Lesbian Identity and Mainstream Identity were not significantly correlated with each other. Both lesbian and mainstream identities were significantly related to lesbians' reported experiences of discrimination, feelings of internalized homophobia, and life satisfaction. Limitations of the dual-identity framework and suggestions for future research are considered.
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Pérez Nieto, Esther. "The Spanish Lesbian Collective LSD: A Closer Look to Their Video-Essay Retroalimentación (1998)." Frames Cinema Journal 20 (November 16, 2022): 175–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.15664/fcj.v20i0.2518.
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In 1993, the group LSD (Lesbianas sin duda / Lesbians without a doubt) was created in Madrid. It was a collective of artivists including Itziar Okariz Virginia Villaplana, Fefa Vila, Azucena Vietes, Marisa Maza, and Liliana Couso, among others. They met in the downtown neighbourhood of Lavapiés to publish magazines and fanzines such as Bollozine or Non Grata, dedicated to film, music, photography, and the Spanish queer art scene overall. In addition, they carried out two photographic projects that are already part of the national lesbian imaginary: Es-Cultura lesbiana and Monstruosidades. This collective, which uses artistic channels for activism, takes a model of a community that is no longer a conqueror of rights (liberalism) but rather a destroyer of all aspects of a hierarchical society.
Queer activism is located at the margins of representation, understood as “an abject margin full of monsters, in which race, class and sex are mixed, ready to come to light and destabilize the dominant discourses" (García, 2016, p. 162). Violence is no longer understood individually but within a social structure. Some of these artists later continued their careers with video actions and performances in public places, exposing their bodies and thus problematising their gender and sexual orientation, as several of them contributed to the visibility of lesbians in Spain at the turn of the century.
This article analyses the photographic and collage work of the Spanish lesbian collective LSD, taking as object of study the video essay Retroalimentación (1998), made by the LSD member Virginia Villaplana.
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Martindale, Kathleen, and Martha Saunders. "Realizing Love and Justice: Lesbian Ethics in the Upper and Lower Case." Hypatia 7, no. 4 (1992): 148–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.1992.tb00723.x.
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This essay examines two tendencies in lesbian ethics as differing visions of community, as well as contrasting views of the relationship between the erotic and the ethical. In addition to considering those authors who make explicit claims about lesbian ethics, this paper reflects on the works of some lesbians whose works are less frequently attended to in discussions about lesbian ethics, including lesbians writing from the perspectives of theology and of literature.
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Kasmaya. "Keberadaan Lesbian di Kota Syariat: Faktor dan Interaksi Subjek." Jurnal Sosiologi Agama Indonesia (JSAI) 2, no. 2 (July 30, 2021): 86–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.22373/jsai.v2i2.1473.
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This study aims to describe the way lesbians interact with the environment where the majority of them are Muslims and the factors that influence a person to become a lesbian. The method used is a qualitative method with a case study approach. The informants of this study were four lesbians who lived in the city of Banda Aceh. The results of this study indicate that there are several things that underlie social interactions that shape lesbian behavior in an environment where the majority of Muslims are Muslims, that is family factors, fun, and trauma. The way lesbians adapt and run a partner relationship is the same as for heterosexual couples in general. However, for a more intimate relationship, this lesbian couple avoids their daily activities, then changes their appearance like men so that people don't suspect them.
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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan tentang cara lesbian berinteraksi dengan lingkungan sekitar yang mayoritasnya umat muslim serta faktor yang mempengaruhi seseorang menjadi seorang lesbian. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kasus. Informan penelitian ini berjumlah empat orang lesbian yang tinggal di Kota Banda Aceh. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa ada beberapa hal yang mendasari interaksi sosial membentuk perilaku lesbian dalam lingkungan sekitar yang mayoritasnya umat muslim yaitu faktor keluarga, keisengan dan trauma. Adapun cara lesbian beradaptasi dan menjalankan hubungan pasangan adalah sama dengan pasangan heteroseksual pada umumnya. Namun, untuk hubungan yang lebih intim pasangan lesbian ini menghindari daerah kegiatannya sehari-hari, kemudian mengubah penampilan seperti lelaki agar masyarakat tidak menaruh ke curigaan terhadap mereka.
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Jennings, Rebecca. "Lesbian Spaces: Sydney, 1945-1978." Sydney Journal 4, no. 1 (October 23, 2013): 168–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/sj.v4i1.2818.
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Asking ‘What is lesbian Sydney?’ and ‘Where is it?’, this article traces the shifting spaces and places of lesbian Sydney in the first decades after the Second World War. In the 1940s and 1950s, when camp bars were overwhelmingly male, lesbians enjoyed a very limited public presence in the city. Many women created lesbian spaces in isolation from a wider community, discreetly setting up house with a female partner and gradually building up a small network of lesbian friends. Groups of women met in each other’s homes or visited the parks and beaches around Sydney and the Central Coast for social excursions. By the 1960s, lesbians were beginning to carve out a more visible public space for themselves at wine bars and cabaret clubs in inner suburbs such as Kings Cross, Oxford Street and the city, and the commercial bar scene grew steadily through the 1970s. However, the influence of feminist and lesbian and gay politics in the 1970s also prompted a rethinking of lesbian spaces in Sydney, with well-known lesbian collective houses challenging older notions of private space and political venues such as Women’s House and CAMP NSW headquarters constituting new bases for lesbian community.
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Rothblum, Esther D. "Transforming Lesbian Sexuality." Psychology of Women Quarterly 18, no. 4 (December 1994): 627–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1994.tb01051.x.
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Women are objectified and sexualized by the media and the economy, so that they live in a culture of sex. Lesbians are excluded from the mainstream sexual and appearance norms for women, yet are affected by these norms, including the association of sex and violence against women. The word sexuality has been used to connote both sexual orientation and sexual activity, and it is argued that this dual meaning illustrates the dominance of patriarchal definitions of women's sexuality. This article discusses methodologic issues in understanding who is a lesbian and presents various models or dimensions for understanding who is included in research about lesbians. It asks the question “What is sex?” and reviews the implications of this question for lesbian sexual activity. This question has implications for a collorary question: “What is a lesbian relationship?”, and the article discusses the implications of this question on various forms of sexual and nonsexual relationships among lesbians.
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Zheng, Yong, and Lijun Zheng. "Sexual Self-Labels and Personality Differences Among Chinese Lesbians." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 39, no. 7 (August 1, 2011): 955–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2011.39.7.955.
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Distinctions are commonly made regarding preferences for active or receptive sexual roles within the Chinese lesbian community. Three sexual self-labels are typically specified among Chinese lesbians: “T”, meaning a lesbian who prefers the active role, “P”, meaning a lesbian who prefers the receptive role, and “H”, meaning a lesbian without a strong preference for either role. The aim in this study was to examine personality differences within Chinese lesbian sexual self-labeled groups. Among the participants, comprising 217 Chinese lesbians, significant differences were found between sexual self-labeled groups in gender-related and Big Five traits. Ts scored higher than Ps in masculinity and self-ascribed masculinity/femininity; Ps scored higher than Ts in femininity; Hs gained intermediate scores in a gender-related traits compared to those of Ts and Ps. There were significant differences in the Big Five traits of extraversion, conscientiousness, and emotional stability among the self-labeled groups. Sexual self-labels appear not only to distinguish sexual behavior patterns but may also suggest personality differences among Chinese lesbians.
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Martell, Michael E. "Age and the new lesbian earnings penalty." International Journal of Manpower 41, no. 6 (July 16, 2019): 649–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijm-10-2018-0322.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to observe how the cohabiting lesbian earnings differential in the USA has changed since the early 2000s, a time period during which the lesbian, gay and bisexual rights movement has been very successful. Design/methodology/approach The author analyzes the 2012–2017 American Community Survey using Mincer-style income regressions. Findings The author finds that cohabiting lesbians earn approximately 11 percent less than married heterosexual women. The earnings penalty has emerged as a result of the disproportionately large penalty young lesbians’ experience. While older lesbians (over 45) do not experience an earnings penalty, younger lesbians appear doubly disadvantaged. They now face a lesbian wage gap of approximately 24 percent in addition to the previously documented gender wage gap. Research limitations/implications The paper shows that cohabiting lesbians earn approximately 11 percent less than married heterosexual women. The earnings penalty has emerged as a result of the disproportionately large penalty young cohabiting lesbians experience. While older cohabiting lesbians (over 45) do not experience an earnings penalty, younger cohabiting lesbians face a wage gap of approximately 24 percent. Originality/value The study finds, contrary to most previous research, a cohabiting lesbian earnings penalty instead of premium. The findings highlight that there is considerable heterogeneity in the economic experience of cohabiting lesbians, and that young cohabiting lesbians comprise a particularly vulnerable population.
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Sürmeli, Yağmur, Duygu Vefikuluçay Yılmaz, Filiz Değirmenci, Nimet Bagıslayıcı, and Murat Benli. "Determining The Attitudes of Nurses Towards Lesbians and Gays and The Factors Driving Their Attitudes." Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 13, no. 1 (March 27, 2024): 28–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.37989/gumussagbil.1228460.
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This study was conducted to determine the attitudes of clinical nurses towards lesbian and gay individuals and the factors affecting these attitudes. The universe of the research consisted of 254 clinical nurses. The data collection tools used were “The Personal Information Form” and “Attitude towards Lesbians and Gay Men Scale (ATLG)”. In addition, the mean scores of the nurses who encountered lesbian/gay individuals, wanted to meet lesbian/gay individuals, and knew lesbian/gay individuals from the Attitudes towards Lesbian and Gays Scale were found to be statistically significant and high (p
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Robson, Ruthann. "Mother: The Legal Domestication of Lesbian Existence." Hypatia 7, no. 4 (1992): 172–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.1992.tb00724.x.
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The legal category “mother” operates restrictively and punitively to “domesticate” lesbian existence. Our domestication is the reason that we have difficulty thinking beyond the category “mother.” I explore how “mother” is used by both lesbians and nonlesbians within the legal system. In order to ensure lesbian survival on lesbian terms, we must strategize theories that do not preserve the dominant legal paradigm thatcodifies “mother,” even if that category is expanded to include “lesbian mother.”
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Shuming, Zhang. "The L Word, the Television Series: Analysis of Its Lesbian Subjectivity." Communication, Society and Media 6, no. 1 (January 13, 2023): p1. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/csm.v6n1p1.
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In January 2004, Showtime, a pay cable network, launched the first-ever lesbian-themed serial drama, The L Word, which boldly showed lesbians’ sex life and brought lesbian discourse into the narrative center of queer-themed series. This essay tries to analyze how The L Word presented lesbian subjectivity through the image as well as body construction, and narrative and also discusses some arguments towards the lesbian body presentation in The L Word.
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Swenson, Rebecca. "Assimilation or invisibility: Lesbian identity, representation and the use of gender-neutral terms." Psychology of Women Section Review 15, no. 2 (2013): 12–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.53841/bpspow.2013.15.2.12.
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This paper examines what currency the term ‘lesbian.’ has in a con.lemporary cultural context, and how the use of different terms, and their perceived meanings, impact on the sense of self of women who define as lesbian.. It also explores whether assimilation through the use of gender-neutral terms, such as ‘gay ‘, ‘homosexual’ and ‘queer’, represents an inclusion of lesbian identity with gay male identity, or whether it signifies a ‘non-seeing’ of lesbian identity.A mixed methodological approach was used; semi-structured interviews were conducted with six women who defined as having a same-sex attraction, alongside a content analysis ofThe GuardianandThe Timesover a 12-week period to explore representation of lesbians and the use of gender-neutral terms. An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis approach was used to analyse the interviews. Across the two newspapers, there were 23 per cent explicit references to lesbians, 31 per cent to gay men and 46 per cent gender-neutral references. However, a closer examination of the articles revealed that 41 per cent of the gender-neutral terms referred solely to men. The five master themes revealed a complex negotiation and policing of the term ‘lesbian’ and that while genderneutral terms can represent a way for lesbians to assimilate into heteronormative environments, they can render lesbian, specificity invisible.Whilst gender-neutral terms such as ‘queer’ and ‘gay’ can deflect focus from the stereotypes and sexualisation of lesbian identity, it is vital that consideration should be given to what the consequences are for lesbian, representation and visibility and whether there is a need for strategic essentialism of lesbianism to ensure political efficacy.
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Riggs, Damien W. "Reassessing the Foster-Care System: Examining the Impact of Heterosexism on Lesbian and Gay Applicants." Hypatia 22, no. 1 (2007): 132–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.2007.tb01153.x.
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In this essay, Riggs demonstrates how heterosexism shapes foster-care assessment practices in Australia. Through an examination of lesbian and gay foster-care applicants’ assessment reports and with a focus on the heteronormative assumptions contained within them, Riggs demonstrates that foster-care public policy and research on lesbian and gay parenting both promote the idea that lesbian and gay parents are always already “just like” heterosexual parents. To counter this idea of “sameness,” Riggs proposes an approach to both assessing and researching lesbian and gay parents that privileges the specific experiences of lesbians and gay men and resists the heterosexualization of lesbian and gay families by focusing on some potentially radical differences shaping lesbian and gay lives.
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BLAUDT, Vanessa Lima, Marcio CAETANO, and Mary RANGEL. "Interseccionalidade lésbica? O apelo pelo desmonte de opressões." INTERRITÓRIOS 6, no. 10 (April 14, 2020): 174. http://dx.doi.org/10.33052/inter.v6i10.244900.
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RESUMOCom o objetivo de aprofundar as reflexões concernentes às opressões vivenciadas por lésbicas em território latino-americano, este artigo destrincha algumas particularidades do movimento lésbico-feminista considerando-o uma ação política, cujo desígnio é o de aniquilar distintos eixos opressores – entre tantos, o racismo, o classismo, o heterossexismo – que agem juntos. Apelos em favor de incorporar a pluralidade de diferenciações humanas e as desigualdades que se originam dessas diferenças tocam em uma ação fundamental para movimentos visionários, a de promover visibilidades.Lésbicas. Opressões. Interseccionalidade. Lesbian intersectionality? The call for the dismantling of oppression ABSTRACTIn order to deepen the reflections concerning the oppression to which lesbians are undergone in Latin America, this article examines some particularities of the lesbian feminist movement, which is considered a political action, whose objective is to annihilate different oppressive strands – racism, classism, heterosexism, among others – that act jointly. Appeals for incorporating the plurality of human differentiations and the inequality that is due to theses differences lead to a fundamental action for visionary movements, which is promoting visibilities. Lesbians. Oppressions. Intersectionality. Interseccionalidad lésbica? El llamado al desmantelamiento de la opresión RESUMENPara profundizar las reflexiones sobre la opresión experimentada por las lesbianas en el territorio latinoamericano, este artículo revela algunas particularidades del movimiento feminista lésbico considerándolo una acción política, cuyo objetivo es aniquilar diferentes ejes opresivos, entre muchos, el racismo, clasismo, heterosexismo, que actúan juntos. Los llamamientos a favor de incorporar la pluralidad de las diferenciaciones humanas y las desigualdades que surgen de estas diferencias se refieren a una acción fundamental para los movimientos visionarios, la de promover la visibilidad.Lesbianas. Opresiones. Interseccionalidad. Intersezionalità lesbica? L'appello allo smantellamento dell'oppressione SINTESEAl fine di approfondire le riflessioni sull'oppressione subita dalle lesbiche nel territorio latinoamericano, questo articolo svela alcune particolarità del movimento lesbico-femminista considerandolo un'azione politica, il cui scopo è quello di annientare diversi assi oppressivi - tra i tanti, il razzismo, classismo, eterosessismo - che agiscono insieme. Gli appelli a favore dell'incorporazione della pluralità di differenziazioni umane e delle disuguaglianze che derivano da queste differenze toccano un'azione fondamentale per i movimenti visionari, quella di promuovere la visibilità.Lesbiche. Oppressioni. Intersezionalità.
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Braun, Kerstin, Thomas Cleff, and Nadine Walter. "Rich, lavish and trendy." Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management 19, no. 4 (September 14, 2015): 445–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jfmm-10-2014-0073.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to research lesbian fashion consumption in order to draw conclusions on the attractiveness of the lesbian target segment for the fashion industry. So far, lesbians’ fashion consumption behaviour has hardly been researched. However, an evinced lesbian stereotype exists which describes doctrinal feminists with an antipathy against consumption in general and fashion shopping in particular. In contrast, gay men have been identified quite contrary as an attractive market segment and marketers have started to particularly target this so-called “dream market”. Design/methodology/approach – First, qualitative semi-structured interviews (n=18) were conducted to gain first insights into fashion consumption behaviour of lesbians. Second, a quantitative online survey (n=879) was carried out to generate more detailed findings. Due to the difficult reachability of the homosexual consumer target group, the segment’s high online media affinity was used and data collection was conducted through popular German homepages targeted to homosexuals (esp. “queer.de” and “lesarion.de”). The research investigated fashion-consciousness, willingness to pay, brand-affinity, and openness to homosexual marketing. In addition, influencing factors – such as the affinity towards the homosexual scene, career orientation, income, age, status of coming out, and number of inhabitants of the city of residence – have been researched. Findings – Results prove that lesbians are an equally attractive and financially interesting market segment for fashion marketers as gays. Lesbians have a similarly high fashion-consciousness and willingness to pay, and an even higher brand-affinity – but a lower openness to homosexual marketing than gays. Especially scene-affine femme lesbians with a high-paid professional career are a highly attractive market segment. The study proves the attractiveness of the lesbian target segment for fashion marketing and debunks the myth of the consumption-averse lesbian stereotype. Practical implications – This paper provides evidence on the attractiveness of the lesbian market segment for the fashion industry. Due to its size and financial attractiveness, the question whether to target lesbians with a specifically adopted marketing mix should be raised. Originality/value – Research on lesbians’ fashion consumption behaviour in general is very scarce and on fashion consumption behaviour in particular is almost non-existent. This study is a first attempt to analyse the major areas of fashion consumption for the German market.
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Welch, Sarah, Sunny C. D. Collings, and Phillippa Howden-Chapman. "Lesbians in New Zealand: Their Mental Health and Satisfaction with Mental Health Services." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 34, no. 2 (April 2000): 256–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/j.1440-1614.2000.00710.x.
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Objectives: To describe the mental health of lesbians in New Zealand, and to document their accounts of their experience of mental health services. Method: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. A postal questionnaire, the Lesbian Mental Health Survey, was distributed via lesbian newsletters to 1222 women throughout New Zealand. Mental health measures included the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), Interview Schedule for Social Interaction (ISSI), and respondents' histories of sexual abuse and psychiatric histories. Experiences of mental health services were sought. Results: The estimated response rate was 50.8%%. The respondent group were predominantly New Zealand European, highly educated, urban women between 25 and 50 years of age. Three-quarters had identified as lesbian for more than 5 years. Recent self-identification as lesbian was associated with higher GHQ score, as was being younger than 35, having a history of sexual abuse, and not living with a partner. Eighty percent of respondents had used mental health services sometime in their lives and nearly 30 percent of users had received ‘lesbian-unfriendly’ treatment at some point. One-sixth of respondents had experienced discrimination from service providers in the previous 5 years. Conclusion: While the mental health of lesbians is influenced by factors similar to those influencing women's mental health in general, because of social factors, such as stigma and isolation, lesbians may be more vulnerable to common mental illnesses. Health professionals, mental health professionals in particular, need to raise their awareness of the issues lesbians face in dealing with their sexuality, therapeutic relationships and mental health services. Increased training about sexuality for health professionals, as well as further research into areas such as stress and stigma, sexual abuse and attempted suicide among lesbian women, is recommended.
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Zita, Jacquelyn N. "Male Lesbians and the Postmodernist Body." Hypatia 7, no. 4 (1992): 106–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.1992.tb00721.x.
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This essay explores the criteria for lesbian identity attribution through the case study of “male lesbians”: biological males who claim to be lesbians. I analyze such sexlgender identity attribution through the lens of postmodernism, which provides a workable theoretical framework for “male lesbian” identities. My conclusions explore the historicity and cultural constructedness of the body's sexlgender identities, revealing the limitations of both “the postmodemized body” and “the essentialized modernist body.”
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Johnston, Lon. "Conquering Heterosexism: The Gay and Lesbian Challenge to Social Work Education." Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work 8, no. 1 (September 1, 2002): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.18084/1084-7219.8.1.1.
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At the beginning of the 21st century, it appears some social work educators are ambivalent about teaching gay and lesbian issues. At times, educators have been supportive of efforts by gay and lesbian people to fight heterosexism. However, social work education's overall record as advocates for gay and lesbian rights can be characterized as erratic. This article is a call for social work education to acknowledge its institutional heterosexism, to return to its roots of advocacy for all disenfranchised and oppressed people, and to take an unequivocal stand in support of gay and lesbian civil rights. This article also challenges individual educators to acknowledge their own personal heterosexism and to implement the profession's historical commitment to social justice for gay men and lesbians. Specific actions that social work educators can take to support the movement of gay men and lesbians toward equality are described.
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Giorgio, Grace. "Speaking Silence: Definitional Dialogues in Abusive Lesbian Relationships." Violence Against Women 8, no. 10 (October 2002): 1233–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/107780120200801005.
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Long-term, in-depth interviews with 11 abused lesbians and 10 domestic violence advocates reveal how lesbian victims struggle to define the relationship's abuse, their lesbian identity, and their own understanding of gendered violence in the context of cultural and institutional stigmatization of lesbians. By understanding abused lesbians’ silence as constitutive of their definitional dialogues about their relationships and the abuse, researchers and advocates can begin to determine who asserts definitional hegemony in the relationship. The author concludes by suggesting practical strategics that researchers and advocates can deploy to include abused lesbians in domestic violence theory, praxis, and services.
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Giacomuzzi, Anastasja, and Hadas Tal. "Post-Lesbian Tensions: A Qualitative Inquiry of Lesbian Identity." Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography 12, no. 1 (March 15, 2022): 54–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.15273/jue.v12i1.11313.
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This paper explores how lesbians aged 18 to 25 negotiate their sexual identity in relation to post-lesbian discourse. Post-lesbian discourse refers to the postmodern conceptualisation of lesbian identity as irrelevant, unnecessary, and minor because of increased acceptance of homosexuality and the popularity of queer theory and its deconstruction of identity categories. In three small focus groups with a total of 10 participants, we explored the themes of word usage, meanings, and associations, as well as exclusion, boundaries, and stigma. We found that our participants’ disdain and discomfort with the word “lesbian” does not result, as post-lesbian discourse would suggest, from its irrelevance but rather due to the old yet persisting stigmas towards lesbian sexuality. To mitigate these stigmas, most of our participants use gender-neutral terms, most notably the word “gay,” to describe themselves. Using relevant literature, we contextualise the usage of gender-neutral terms and analyse their often-overlooked negative impact on female and lesbian visibility. Moreover, we found that while participants wished to avoid the exclusion and specificity of lesbian spaces, they desired these spaces all the same, which had a positive effect on their identity formation, confidence, and sense of community.
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O'Connor, Peg. "Warning! Contents Under Heterosexual Pressure." Hypatia 12, no. 3 (1997): 183–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.1997.tb00012.x.
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This essay examines some stereotypes of bisexuals held by some lesbians. I argue that the decision that a lesbian makes not to become involved with a bisexual woman because she is bisexual can recenter men in lesbian desire, a consequence many lesbians would find deeply problematic. The acceptance of these stereotypes also results in sex becoming the defining characteristic of one's sexual orientation, thus privileging sex over any emotional, affectional, and political commitments to women.
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Manthorpe, Jill, and Elizabeth Price. "Lesbian Carers: Personal Issues and Policy Responses." Social Policy and Society 5, no. 1 (January 2006): 15–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1474746405002691.
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Public and political attitudes towards lesbians have been slow to change in the UK. A number of recent legislative reforms, however, will alter the personal and political landscape for women who do not identify as heterosexual. This article explores the reported experiences of lesbians in the UK, concentrating on those who provide care for others, be this in a personal and/or professional context, and reviews the way in which legal and social changes look set to impact on them. Three distinct areas are examined by drawing on recent research: lesbian parents, lesbian carers and lesbians working in the care sector. Common themes and differences are identified and discussed.The article concludes that the UK government is becoming more proactive in its response to lesbian lifestyles, particularly in respect of those who have, or intend to have children. The overall approach, though based upon sound principles of civil rights, is piecemeal. In all three of the areas covered, lesbians face continued discrimination and inequality. The discussion draws attention to the need to consider such issues across the life-course and for policy makers to recognise that lesbians may have multiple social roles as parents, carers and care workers.
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Krane, Vikki. "Homonegativism Experienced by Lesbian Collegiate Athletes." Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal 6, no. 2 (October 1997): 141–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/wspaj.6.2.141.
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This study is an examination of homonegativism in sport as described by lesbian collegiate athletes. These athletes (N = 12) participated in semi-structured interviews about their athletic experiences. Analysis of the homonegtive experiences of these athletes revealed three mechanisms inherent in homonegativism in sport. These were (a) discomfort with females who do not conform with the traditional feminine gender-role, (b) application of the lesbian label, and (c) distancing from the lesbian label. Female athletes perceived to act in a manner contrary to traditional gender-roles are labeled as lesbians. Through this labeling society reinforces traditional gender-roles and, ultimately, protects male dominance in sport. Many of the labels heard by the athletes reflected stereotypical beliefs about lesbians. The athletes described many situations where coaches and administrators attempted to promote or preserve a feminine image within their athletic teams and programs. The disempowering aspects of homonegativism also were revealed as lesbian athletes felt powerless to challenge homonegativism in sport.
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Diamond, Lisa M. "A New View of Lesbian Subtypes: Stable Versus Fluid Identity Trajectories over an 8-Year Period." Psychology of Women Quarterly 29, no. 2 (June 2005): 119–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.2005.00174.x.
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Research has increasingly documented that the distinction between lesbian and bisexual women is one of degree rather than kind, and some researchers have therefore argued for an end to sexual categorization altogether. To the contrary, I maintain that researchers should explore alternative criteria for sexual categorization that might allow us to discern novel and meaningful subtypes of same-sex sexuality Toward this end, I explore the usefulness of a typology that focuses on change in lesbian identification over time, using a sample of young sexual-minority women that has been observed longitudinally for a period of 8 years. Specifically, I contrast women who have maintained consistent lesbian identifications over this time period (stable lesbians) to women who have alternated between lesbian and nonlesbian labels (fluid lesbians) and women who never adopted lesbian labels (stable nonlesbians). The pattern of similarities and differences among the groups changes as a function of the specific phenomenon being assessed (e.g., sexual and emotional attractions, sexual contact, developmental histories), suggesting the value of using multiple, alternative sexual typologies as heuristics to guide future research into life span development of sexual orientation and identity.
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Jalas, Kristiina. "Butch lesbians and the struggle with recognition." Lesbian & Gay Psychology Review 5, no. 1 (March 2004): 15–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.53841/bpslg.2004.5.1.15.
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AbstractThis paper investigates several meanings of (mis)recognition relevant to butch lesbians, using the work of butch writers on gender misrecognition, Judith Butler’s theorisation of hate speech, and Jessica Benjamin’s work on recognition and intersubjectivity. Butch lesbianism or lesbian masculinity is understood as a second-order gender category describing some lesbians’ feelings of ‘masculinity’ and distance from the primary gender categories masculinity and femininity. Using the example of misrecognition in public toilets I highlight how Butler’s and Benjamin’s ideas can enrich our understanding of lesbian identities. Finally, I suggest that (mis)recognition is a fruitful avenue for further psychosocial exploration of homophobia and heterosexism, and relevant to investigations of the ways that the continuing power of gender norms shape lesbian experiences.
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Verolyna, Dita, and Ngadri Yusro. "Sexual Orientation and Identification of Islamic Guidance and Counseling Approaches to Lesbian in Rejang Lebong." ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) 5, no. 2 (December 31, 2022): 106–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.32505/enlighten.v5i2.4918.
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The current study aims to determine the factors that cause women to become lesbians and Islamic counseling guidance methods for lesbians. This study uses a qualitative method with a phenomenological study approach. A total of four lesbians, two butch and two femme lesbians, voluntarily participated in this study at Rejang Lebong in 2021. The data were collected through in-depth interviews. The research results revealed that there are several factors that cause women to have homosexual orientation; biological factors, life trauma, environmental support, lack of religious knowledge and lack of attention from parents. Analyzed using the self-disclosure theory, the results showed that femme lesbians tended to be shy and introverted, so the approach was taken individually and personally. In contrast, butch-labeled lesbians are more open so that they can be done in groups. The decision to become a lesbian is not caused by a single factor but a combination. However, only femme-labeled lesbians are caused by a life trauma. This research only focuses on the causes of being a lesbian and appropriate Islamic counseling guidance approach techniques based on the type of lesbian. This study did not look at the final product after counseling was carried out. It is recommended for future studies to investigate concrete steps of Islamic counseling guidance for lesbians.
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Browning, Christine, Amy L. Reynolds, and Sari H. Dworkin. "Affirmative Psychotherapy for Lesbian Women." Counseling Psychologist 19, no. 2 (April 1991): 177–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011000091192004.
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This article explores the unique issues and concerns facing lesbian women in our culture. Theoretical issues and effective therapeutic interventions in counseling lesbians are examined. Specific content areas highlighted include lesbian identity development and management, interpersonal and couple issues, and specific problems such as substance abuse, domestic violence, and sexual abuse. The article concludes with recommendations for treatment and suggestions for research.
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Pertiwi, Gema, and Yusril Yusril. "PENCIPTAAN FILM FIKSI “SIRIAH JADI KARAKOK” DENGAN FENOMENA LESBIAN DI SUMATERA BARAT." Gorga : Jurnal Seni Rupa 8, no. 1 (July 2, 2019): 192. http://dx.doi.org/10.24114/gr.v8i1.13140.
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AbstrakPenciptaan karya seni Film ini mengisahkan tentang fenomena lesbian ini sangat bertentangan dengan norma-norma yang berlaku di Minangkabau. Hal ini menjadi menarik karena di daerah yang masih memegang teguh ajaran agama Islam, walaupun keberadaan kaum lesbian itu sendiri masih sulit atau jarang ditemui, namun perilaku menyimpang tersebut ada dan bisa untuk ditelusuri keberadaannya. Kaum lesbian sudah tidak segan menunjukan keberadaan mereka. Tekstur karya seni merupakan deskripsi keseluruhan bentuk isi sebuah karya film fiksi ini. Film fiksi merupakan film yang memandang plot cerita didalamnya menggunakan unsur pembuat film. Film fiksi secara umum dapat menjelaskan tujuan dan maksud dari konten ceritanya kepada penonton. Kata Kunci: lesbian, fenomena, film fiksi.AbstractThe creation of this film art work tells the story of the lesbian phenomenon which is very contrary to the norms prevailing in Minangkabau. This is interesting because in regions that still hold fast to the teachings of Islam, even though the existence of lesbians themselves is still difficult or rare to find, the deviant behavior exists and can be traced. Lesbians are not reluctant to show their existence. The texture of the artwork is a description of the entire shape of the contents of a fictional film. Fiction film is a film that looks at the plot of the story using filmmakers. Fiction films in general can explain the purpose and purpose of the story content to the audience. Keywords: lesbian, phenomenon, fiction film.
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Wahyuningsih, Agung Tri, Siti Nadhifah, and Syamsul Anam. "SLANG WORDS HAR SLANG WORDS HARNESSING THE LESBIAN COMMUNITY IN BONDOWOSO DISTRICT." Linguistik, Terjemahan, Sastra (LINGTERSA) 3, no. 1 (February 21, 2022): 18–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.32734/lingtersa.v3i1.8784.
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Lesbians are primarily residents of the Greek island of Lesbos. The term gained currency after Sappho, a poet from Lesbos around 600 BC, depicted the state of a female's blistering emotional and erotic lodestone toward another female [1]. While there has been an increase in tolerance and a decrease in discrimination in recent years, and some studies have been conducted on lesbianism and lesbian-related linguistic features, lesbianism and lesbian-related linguistic features have received significantly less attention than gay men's homosexuality [2]. Taking up this issue, this research is determined to elucidate the specific language variation used by the Bondowoso district's lesbian community. As the concept of lesbian-specific words is reformed and deconstructed, this investigation seeks to unearth the meaning of the language variety referred to as slang. Additionally, to complete this research, some sociological factors influencing the use of slang [3] are examined. The interview is conducted to elicit information about the sociological factors that contribute to speakers' use of slang in their community. The result indicates that the majority of slang words are derived from English and refer to gender roles, physical characteristics/appearance, types of relationships, and sexual activities. Bondowoso's lesbian community adapts slang terms used by lesbians worldwide phonologically. Sociological factors and reasons indicate that this queer society views self-identification as a lesbian as the most significant identity because it has ramifications for other attributions.
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Et al., Asmidir Ilyas. ""My Parents Do not Care": Analysis of Parental Treatment of Lesbians." Psychology and Education Journal 58, no. 1 (February 4, 2021): 4116–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/pae.v58i1.1475.
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Lesbian behavioral trends occur due to lack of control of parents who are not concerned with the activities of their children, causing children to do things that deviate from the prevailing values and norms. The purpose of this study to determine the condition of family background as the cause of lesbian in Padang. This research uses Qualitative method with case study design. The subjects of this study were three lesbians. Data were obtained by using participant observation technique and in-depth interview. The results showed factors causing lesbian behavior in the study subjects because of family background conditions that are less harmonious. With regard to the need for implications for parental parenting to prevent lesbian behavior is discussed further.
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Mrsevic, Zorica. "Parameters of social existence and social functioning of lesbians: Lesbian body in processes of social interactions." Temida 7, no. 2 (2004): 17–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/tem0402017m.
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Analysis of characteristics of a lesbian body in processes of social interaction is a method of analysis social relations of lesbians, their relationships with the heterosexual world and revealing specific lesbian practices, outlooks, habits and customs, behavior and general characteristics of lesbian sub culture. Making somebody different than a "normal human", meaning less human, is the main way of making the whole group target of justified discrimination, violence and hate crime. Therefore, providing understanding of differences provides a ground for personal, political and legal sensitivity, understanding and tolerance towards both the "otherness" and the "others".
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Cuomo, Chris J. "Thoughts on Lesbian Differences." Hypatia 13, no. 1 (1998): 198–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.1998.tb01357.x.
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Cheshire Calhoun argues chat thinking of lesbians as a subcategory of women provides an insufficient basis for considering key differences between lesbians and straight women, and that these politically significant differences are therefore erased by theories and politics that take the subject of feminism to be women. Here 1 look closely and critically at CaJhoun's own account of lesbian differences, and argue that sexual desire, while complicated, ought to remain central in any such account.
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Saraç, Leyla. "Attitudes of Future Physical Education Teachers in Turkey toward Lesbians and Gay Men." Psychological Reports 111, no. 3 (December 2012): 765–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/11.06.21.pr0.111.6.765-775.
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This study explored male and female physical education majors' (149 men, 97 women) attitudes toward lesbians and gays in Turkey. The short form of the Attitudes toward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale was used to assess attitudes toward lesbians and gay men in relation to the education majors' sex, year of schooling, and whether or not he/she had a lesbian/gay friend or acquaintance. Female students had more positive attitudes toward gay men compared with males, and male and female students' attitudes toward lesbians were similar. Furthermore, no significant differences were found among the different cohort years in terms of attitudes toward lesbians and gay men. Results also revealed that students who had lesbian/gay friends or acquaintances held more positive attitudes toward gay men than those who did not. However, their attitudes were similar toward lesbians.
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Zak, Ann, and Crystal McDonald. "Satisfaction and Trust in Intimate Relationships: Do Lesbians and Heterosexual Women Differ?" Psychological Reports 80, no. 3 (June 1997): 904–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1997.80.3.904.
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Although satisfaction and trust have received considerable attention in the literature on heterosexual relationships, little is known about lesbian relationships. Because females are socialized differently and acquire a different sexual script than males do, we predicted that lesbians would have similar goals regarding their relationships and, therefore, score higher on satisfaction and trust than heterosexual women. 50 lesbians and 50 heterosexual women were approached during lesbian and heterosexual social activities held at four colleges in the northeast and asked to complete a demographic survey and measures of satisfaction and trust. Findings partially supported our predictions.
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Binnie, J. "Invisible Europeans: Sexual Citizenship in the New Europe." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 29, no. 2 (February 1997): 237–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a290237.
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In this paper I consider issues of transnational sexual citizenship. I examine the issue of international migration of lesbians and gay men. For lesbian and gay prospective migrants, obtaining citizenship rights is difficult owing to the laws affording status being based on bloodlines and marriage. This immediately excludes lesbian and gay relationships, which are generally not recognised for the purpose of obtaining rights of residence. I explore these issues in the context of the different policies towards the migration of lesbians and gay men in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
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Ramírez, Ricardo. "Simplified identities: Four ‘types’ of gays and lesbians on Chilean telenovelas." Sexualities 23, no. 8 (March 9, 2020): 1480–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363460720902711.
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Telenovelas have been one of the main mechanisms by which Chilean television has made gay and lesbian identities visible. Through an analysis of over 50 gay or lesbian characters that have appeared on this type of programme from 1990 to 2018, it is argued that Chilean telenovelas have privileged representations of non-heterosexuals that do not destabilise the status quo, but contribute to the reproduction of sexist, homophobic and/or classist discourses. This has been done through the utilisation of four ‘types’ of characters: funny locas, serious machos, fighting mothers and clear lesbians/confused lesbians.
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Oreffice, Sonia. "Sexual Orientation and Marriage." Studies of Applied Economics 34, no. 1 (December 28, 2019): 7–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.25115/eae.v34i1.2992.
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Using the American Community Survey data 2012-2013, I study married and cohabiting same-sex couples. I show that gay couples exhibit more specialization and less similarity than lesbian couples, while marriage makes gay and lesbian couples more alike than cohabiting couples, in terms of larger earnings differences for lesbians, and more positive sorting by education for gays. Education does not increase the odds of marriage among same-sex couples, contrary to heterosexual couples; lesbians are instead similar to heterosexual couples in their education being negatively associated to the number of children.
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Lewis, Reina. "Looking Good: The Lesbian Gaze and Fashion Imagery." Feminist Review 55, no. 1 (March 1997): 92–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/fr.1997.6.
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This paper is concerned with the different forms of pleasure and identification activated in the consumption of dominant and subcultural print media. It centres on an analysis of the lesbian visual pleasures generated through the reading of fashion editorial in the new lesbian and gay lifestyle magazines. This consideration of the lesbian gaze is contrasted to the lesbian visual pleasures obtained from an against the grain reading of mainstream women's fashion magazines. The development of the lesbian and gay lifestyle magazines, in the context of the pink pound, produces a situation in which an eroticized lesbian visual pleasure is the overt remit of the magazine, rather than a clandestine pleasure obtained through a transgressive reading of dominant cultural imagery. In contrast to the polysemic free-play of fashion fantasy by which readers produce lesbian pleasure in the consumption of mainstream magazines, responses to the fashion content in the lesbian magazine Diva suggest that in a subcultural context readers deploy a realist mode of reading that demands a monosemic positive images iconography. The article uses the concept of subcultural competency to consider the different ways lesbians read mainstream and subcultural print media and suggests that the conflict over Diva‘s fashion spreads may be linked to changing patterns of identification and the use of dress for recognizability.
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Ekenhorst, Marieke, and Irina Van Aalst. "Lesbian nightlife in Amsterdam: an explorative study of the shift from ‘queer-only’ to ‘queer-friendly’ spaces." Fennia - International Journal of Geography 197, no. 2 (December 31, 2019): 200–214. http://dx.doi.org/10.11143/fennia.83696.
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This paper explains the decline of lesbian space in Amsterdam through a better understanding of young lesbians' lived experiences of in/exclusion in urban nightlife. The study is situated in Amsterdam, a city internationally known as a queer capital. In-depth interviews were conducted with young lesbian clubbers, owners of local lesbian bars, and organizers of lesbian-oriented parties. The results show that straight and queer spaces should be understood as fluid since the clientele has become a queer and non-queer blend after a shift towards an ‘inclusive’ and open-minded vibe. That shift goes hand in hand with the commodification of queer venues, which puts pressure on the few women-only spaces left. As the interviews revealed, a commodified open-minded, ‘inclusive’ venue or party is not necessarily a safe space for lesbian clubbers. The interviews also foregrounded the diversity among lesbian clubbers, which partially explains the widening range of venues and party concepts with a concomitant decline in visibility. This paper suggests some ways to create safe lesbian nightlife space, in light of the experiences of interviewed clubbers and information gathered from entrepreneurs within the scene.
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Lugones, María. "Hispaneando y Lesbiando: On Sarah Hoagland's Lesbian Ethics." Hypatia 5, no. 3 (1990): 138–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.1990.tb00612.x.
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This review looks at Sarah Hoagland's Lesbian Ethics from the position of a lesbian who is also a cultural participant in a colonized heterosexualist culture (la cultura Nuevomejicana) within the powerful context of its colonizing heterosexualist culture (Angloamerican culture). From this position separation from heterosexualism acquires great complexity since the position described is that of a plural self. In Lesbian Ethics lesbian community is the community of separation where demoralization is avoided by auto‐koenonous selves. Because heterosexualism is not a Cross‐cultural or international system but a series of systems some of which dominate over others and threaten their extinction, lesbian pluralism cannot be achieved through the inclusion of lesbians of different cultures, classes and situations in a separating group. Neither the need for nor the value of separation from heterosexualism are undermined by the increased complexity that this position adds to the analysis.
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Ellis, Sonia J. "Ignorance is bliss? Undergraduate students and lesbian and gay culture." Lesbian & Gay Psychology Review 5, no. 2 (July 2004): 42–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.53841/bpslg.2004.5.2.42.
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AbstractEmpirical studies exploring prejudice against lesbians and gay men are well represented in the psychological literature. However, discussion around knowledge and awareness of lesbian and gay culture and history as a form of prejudice appears to be absent from the psychological literature. The purpose of the study reported here was to explore awareness of specific aspects of lesbian and gay culture and history (for example, symbols, organisations and historically significant places). A convenience sample of 101 students completed a short open-response questionnaire asking them about specific lesbian and gay places, organisations and symbols (for example, ‘What is Stonewall?’, ‘What does the pink triangle symbolise?’). Findings of the study indicated that respondents had an extremely limited knowledge of lesbian and gay culture and history. The implications of the findings for maintaining lesbian and gay community and for securing recognition within human rights discourse are discussed.
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Zhe, Dai, and Wen Juan. "Formation of a new rural power structure and the failure of gender in utopia: lesbian image and its metaphors in Wildcat Lake." Trans/Form/Ação 45, no. 4 (December 2022): 13–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0101-3173.2022.v45n4.p13.
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Abstract: Chen Yingsong created Wildcat Lake not just for telling a story about lesbians but also by describing how Xiang’er, a rural woman, becomes a lesbian in the villages. We can see the “richness” and “metaphorical meaning” of the lesbian symbol. As far as Wildcat Lake is concerned, it is more worthy of discussing how Xiang’er becomes a lesbian, which is not only about sex or gender, but also about political and economic oppression. Therefore, the so-called gender in Utopia will inevitably fail. Furthermore, the loss of rural subjectivity during modernization and transformation, the subsequent new power structure, and the resulting oppression and exploitation are the fundamental reasons for Xiang’er to become a lesbian and eventually “kill her husband”.
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Eleuteri, Stefano, Adele Fabrizi, and Chiara Simonelli. "Eteronormativitŕ e omosessualitŕ femminile: riformulazione di un antico legame." RIVISTA DI SESSUOLOGIA CLINICA, no. 2 (December 2009): 5–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/rsc2009-002001.
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- The aim of this contribution is to analyse in which way gender stereotypes derived from heteronormativity have formed again in homosexual culture, with a strong influence on lesbian gender role. Lesbian "social invisibility" and the stigmatization of women sexual components will be studied as important variables in maintaining heteronormative categories in lesbian experience. Literature analysis shows how it is still common to find lesbians who label themselves in accordance with the "butch/femme" paradigm. Recent studies seem, however, to have found in lesbian community more flexible and personalised roles in performing gender stereotypes. The hypothesis of a higher "erotic plasticity" in women than in men could be a major interpretation to outline the importance that cultural phenomena have in homosexuals' gender role construction.