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How communities contribute to bisexual and lesbian women's well-being

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ID3609629
AutoresMary Heath (0000-0001-6800-9317, Flinders University, autor correspondente), Ea Mulligan (Flinders University)
Ano2008
Volume17
Fascículo3
Páginas290-302
Data de publicação2008-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHealth Sociology Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1446-1242 • E-ISSN: 1839-3551
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.5172/hesr.451.17.3.290
OpenAlexW1969102742
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas34
Referências citadas2

Existing research studies document significant challenges to bisexual and lesbian women’s health, and suggest social connection may be protective. This study investigated how communities might contribute to bisexual and lesbian women’s well-being. Interviews with 47 women suggest that community engagement could provide resources and social contact, enhancing women’s confidence, self-esteem and well-being. However, ensuring community support for well-being, requires actively choosing or creating an appropriate community, and rejecting those which are inappropriate. In some cases, it also demands negotiating or resisting community norms which conflict with women’s well-being. This study also suggests bisexual and lesbian women often participate in different communities, that lesbian communities may be larger and composed of stronger ties than those of bisexual women, and the stronger social norms of lesbian communities may even threaten some lesbians’ well-being. However, while bisexual women confronted fewer community norms, they may also have access to fewer community resources

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