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Paula C Rust. Bisexuality and the Challenge to Lesbian Politics
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BISEXUALITY AND THE CHALLENGE TO LESBIAN POLITICS
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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. The Interplay of Politics and Science and the Downfall of the Dichotomous Conflict Model of Sexuality
New Models of Sexuality
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?
Lesbians Who Are Skeptical
Liberal Opinions and Mixed Feelings
Bisexuality Exists
Everyone Is Bisexual
Summary
WHAT IS BISEXUALITY? OR, WILL THE REAL LESBIAN PLEASE STAND UP?
Bisexuality as a Matter of Behavior
Bisexuality as a Matter of Feelings
Bisexuality as a Matter of Identity—Or a Denial of Identity
Bisexuality as a Matter of Preferences or Choices
Bisexuality as a Matter of Gender Blindness
Summary
WHAT ARE BISEXUALS LIKE?
A Note about Method
Unflattering Images
Positive Images
Existentially Invalidating Images
Political Images
Images of Bisexual Privilege—“The Best of Both Worlds” and Political Distrust
Images of Bisexual Oppression—“The Worst of Both Worlds” and Political Sympathy
Overall Perceptions of Bisexual and Lesbian Oppression
Underlying Conceptualizations: Two Different Kinds of Hybrids and Apoliticality
Dissenting Voices
Summary
How DO LESBIANS FEEL ABOUT BISEXUAL WOMEN?
Summary
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?
Politics and the Issue of Bisexual Existence
Politics and Sexual Conceptualizations, Beliefs, and Feelings about Bisexuality
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES—THE ROLE OF EMPATHY
SUMMARY
6 THE PINK AND BLUE HERRING:1 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
Controversy over the Relationship of Lesbian Sex to Lesbianism
Controversy over the Nature of Gender
Competing Political Traditions: The Feminist Tradition and the Ethnic Tradition
The Importance of Lesbianism as a Choice in the Feminist Political Tradition
The Construction of Lesbianism as a Choice in Lesbian Feminist Discourse
The Importance of Essence in the Ethnic Political Tradition and the Construction of Lesbians as an Ethnic Group
Feminist Choice or Ethnic Essence: Internal Contradictions Are the Legacy of a Dual Heritage
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
Positive Images
Unflattering and Existentially Invalidating Images
Political Images
Social and Political Preferences—Images Translate into Feelings
THE IMPACT OF BISEXUAL WOMEN’S PERSONAL POLITICS AND EXPERIENCES ON THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD BISEXUALITY. Race, Education, Class, and Other Demographic Differences
Political Differences: Do Political Bisexuals Speak for Anyone?
Personal Experiences
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
APPENDIX A: FIGURES
APPENDIX B: TABLES
Notes. INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Subject Index
Author Index
