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Warning! Contents Under Heterosexual Pressure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Peg O'Connor
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Abstract

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.

Type
Third Frequencies
Information
Hypatia , Volume 12 , Issue 3: Special Issue: Third Wave Feminisms , Summer 1997 , pp. 183 - 188
Copyright
Copyright © 1997 by Hypatia, Inc.

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References

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