Outside Belonging

Multi-Sexual Relationships as Border Existence

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12759237
AutoresMaria Pallotta-Chiarolli (0000-0003-3601-4642, autor correspondente), Sara Lubowitz
Ano2003
Volume3
Fascículo1
Páginas53-85
Data de publicação2003-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Bisexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1529-9716 • E-ISSN: 1529-9724
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j159v03n01_05
OpenAlexW2020602451
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas19
Referências citadas18

This article draws from an ongoing Australian research project with over 60 culturally and sexually diverse women in monogamous, open, and polyamorous relationships with bisexual-identifying and/or bisexual-behaving men. Positioned within a queer feminist deconstructive theoretical framework, this research provides insights into the border existences of these women and their partners, and their negotiations of "new rules" and boundaries in order to construct healthy relationships. What are the various ways that HIV/AIDS impacts women in relationships with bisexual men? How do they deal with issues such as social, community, workplace and familial ostracism? Probyn's term, "outside belonging" (1996: 9) is applicable to the border existences of these women and their bisexual male partners. Their multi-sexual relationships are both "outside" gendernormative and heteronormative constructs of marital and defacto relationships and yet "belonging," for the partners may "pass" as a "normal" couple. They are also "outside" the dominant constructs of Australian gay identity and community while simultaneously "belonging" due to their partners', and sometimes their own, same-sex attractions and relationships

Construct (python library · Homosexuality · Human sexuality · Negotiation · Ostracism · Queer · Sexual identity · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Psychology · Social Psychology