Freedom and foreclosure

Intimate consequences for asexual identities

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13009679
AutoresMatt Dawson (0000-0002-6493-6209, University of Glasgow, autor de correspondencia), Susie Scott (0000-0001-6151-9269, University of Sussex), Liz Mcdonnell (University of Sussex)
Año2017
Volumen8
Número1
Páginas7-22
Fecha de publicación2017-07-31
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFamilies Relationships and Societies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2046-7435 • E-ISSN: 2046-7443
EditorialPolicy Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/204674317x15011694317558
OpenAlexW2607393771
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas26

This article considers the intersections between identity and intimate practices for asexual people. Drawing on findings from a project exploring asexual lives, we argue that asexual identification produced consequences for intimate lives in the form of either freedom or foreclosure. Eight perceptions of increased freedom or foreclosure in personal life are discussed. Using Symbolic Interactionist theory, we suggest that these attitudes reflected tendencies towards either introspection or negotiation. In all cases, however, participants drew on conceptions of significant others, real or imagined, and what was considered to be acceptable in intimate relationships. We conclude by highlighting how our argument reminds us of the need to be aware of the relational elements of intimate lives

Aesthetics · Argument (complex analysis · Biology · Cognitive psychology · Foreclosure · Identification (biology · Identity (music · Introspection · Negotiation · Perception · Political science · Sociology · Symbolic interactionism · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Psychology · Social Power and Status Dynamics · Social Psychology · Ecology