Bisexuals in Relationships
Uncoupling Intimacy from Gender Ontology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12759100 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Malena Gustavson (Lund University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 407-429 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Bisexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1529-9716 • E-ISSN: 1529-9724 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15299710903316653 |
| OpenAlex | W2086090300 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 13 |
A dominant notion that homosexuality and heterosexuality give meaning to bisexuality already exists. But no one has explored the meaning that bisexuality might accrue with regard to monosexuality. Because bisexuals were never fully recognized within queer theory, the homosexual–heterosexual binary opposition continues to be the primary understanding of difference. Further, within queer theory, the idea of intimacy seems to be attributed to a gendered ontology, that is, the regulation of gender representation as the point of departure for understanding sexual identities. This circular understanding of gender as a reflection of intimacy is predicated on monosexual desires. Drawing on Clare Hemming's critical location of the bisexual middle ground, this article shifts the focus away from gender ontology, to argue for a theory of relationships that problemizes monogamy as a heterosexual norm (and indeed the idea of gay marriage as a way of normalizing bi- and homosexual desire in heterosexual terms). However, the idea that bisexuals are often seen as nonmonogamous is also questioned, as if there were any organizations of desire connected to a specific set of pleasures. This article is based on in-depth interviews with bisexual women in Sweden between 2000 and 2004 and also highlights the “partnership law” from 1995 and gender neutral marriage in 2009
Binary opposition · Epistemology · Heteronormativity · Heterosexuality · Homosexuality · Lesbian · Meaning (existential · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Queer · Sexual minority · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Nowhere to bi
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Por uma Linguística Cu(-ir)
Too much? Excessive sexual experiences in bisexual women’s life stories
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Bisexual desires for more than one gender as a challenge to normative relationship ideals
Misrecognition and managing marginalisation
These Made-Up Things Mean Nothing to Me’
Introduction to the Special Issue
Attitudes Toward Casual Sex, Dating, and Committed Relationships With Bisexual Partners
Does Bisexuality ‘Undo’ Gender? Gender, Sexuality, and Bisexual Behavior Among BDSM Participants
Queer Intimacies
Women’s Motivations to Have Sex in Casual and Committed Relationships with Male and Female Partners
Vice versa
Bisexuality
Adventures in Lesbian Philosophy
Fictions Of Feminist Ethnography
Queer Ethics; or, The Challenge of Bisexuality to Lesbian Ethics
Language and the Politics of Emotion
Imperial Leather
Simians, Cyborgs, and Women
Hegemonic Discourse in an Oppositional Community
Gay and Lesbian Language
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |