Sexual fluidity : understanding women's love and desire /
Diamond, Lisa M.
Sexual fluidity : understanding women's love and desire / Understanding women's love and desire Lisa M. Diamond. - 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009, c2008. - 333 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-308) and index.
Will the real lesbians please stand up? -- Gender differences in same-sex sexuality -- Sexual fluidity in action -- Nonexclusive attractions and behaviors -- Change in sexual attractions -- Attractions to "the person, not the gender" -- How does fluidity work? -- Implications of female sexual fluidity.
This book offers a radical new understanding of the context-dependent nature of female sexuality. The author argues that for some women, love and desire are not rigidly heterosexual or homosexual, but fluid, changing as women move through the stages of life, various social groups and different love relationships.
0674032268 9780674032262 (pbk.) : $17.95
2007027806
014-91531 bnb GBA-91967 bnb
Bisexuality.
Women--Sexual behavior.
Sexual fluidity : understanding women's love and desire / Understanding women's love and desire Lisa M. Diamond. - 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009, c2008. - 333 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-308) and index.
Will the real lesbians please stand up? -- Gender differences in same-sex sexuality -- Sexual fluidity in action -- Nonexclusive attractions and behaviors -- Change in sexual attractions -- Attractions to "the person, not the gender" -- How does fluidity work? -- Implications of female sexual fluidity.
This book offers a radical new understanding of the context-dependent nature of female sexuality. The author argues that for some women, love and desire are not rigidly heterosexual or homosexual, but fluid, changing as women move through the stages of life, various social groups and different love relationships.
0674032268 9780674032262 (pbk.) : $17.95
2007027806
014-91531 bnb GBA-91967 bnb
Bisexuality.
Women--Sexual behavior.