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050  4 HQ75.6.U5 .R87 1995 
082 04 305.489664 
100 1  Rust, Paula C.,|d1959- 
245 10 Bisexuality and the Challenge to Lesbian Politics :|bSex, 
       Loyalty, and Revolution. 
264  1 New York :|bNYU Press,|c1995. 
300    1 online resource (390 pages). 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
490 1  The Cutting Edge: Lesbian Life and Literature Series 
505 0  Foreword; 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; How lesbian and 
       bisexual women were recruited to participate in the study;
       The 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 is
       bisexuality? Or, will the real lesbian please stand up? 
       Bisexuality as a matter of identity--or a denial of 
       identity; 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; 6 The pink and blue 
       herring : the issue is lesbianism, not bisexuality; The 
       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; The 
       impact of bisexual women's personal politics and 
       experiences on their attitudes toward bisexuality; 
       summary; 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. 
520    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. 
588 0  Print version record. 
650  0 Lesbians|zUnited States|xAttitudes. 
650  0 Lesbians|zUnited States|xIdentity. 
650  0 Lesbians|zUnited States|xPsychology. 
650  0 Bisexual women|zUnited States|xAttitudes. 
650  0 Bisexual women|zUnited States|xPsychology. 
650  0 Bisexuality|xPolitical aspects|zUnited States. 
650  0 Lesbianism|xPolitical aspects|zUnited States. 
650  0 Sexual behavior surveys|zUnited States. 
650  0 Social sciences. 
650  7 Bisexual women|xAttitudes.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00833339 
650  7 Bisexual women|xPsychology.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00833342 
650  7 Bisexuality|xPolitical aspects.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00833349 
650  7 Lesbianism|xPolitical aspects.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00996527 
650  7 Lesbians|xAttitudes.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00996543 
650  7 Lesbians|xIdentity.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00996559 
650  7 Lesbians|xPsychology.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00996570 
650  7 Sexual behavior surveys.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01114807 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aRust, Paula C.|tBisexuality and the 
       Challenge to Lesbian Politics : Sex, Loyalty, and 
       Revolution.|dNew York : NYU Press, ©1995|z9780814774441 
830  0 Cutting Edge: Lesbian Life and Literature Series. 
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