Women in relationships with bisexual men
Subtitle: bi men by women
By: Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, co-researched by Sara Lubowitz
Contributors: Lubowitz, Sara
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 541
ISBN-13: 9780739134573
Subjects: Bisexual men; Women; Man-woman relationships; Family relationships; Psychological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-523) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: "Outside belonging": an introduction to the women, their men, and the research ;; title: "Border women and their border men": some theories, definitions, and debates framing the research ;; title: "You know, the old Kinsey scale": women talk about their partners' bisexualities ;; title: "I have a sexuality too": women discussing their own sexualities --; title: The journeys.; title: "Starting out knowing": negotiating the beginning of the relationship ;; title: "Changing course midstream": from closet to confrontation ;; title: "We've arrived where we started and know the place for the first time": women reflecting on 'staying the course' or 'splitting up' --; title: Mapping the landscape.; title: "New rules, no rules, old rules or our rules": women designing MOREs with their partners ;; title: "The problem is that he's a man, not that he's bisexual": women discussing masculinity, misogyny, privilege, and power ;; title: "What do we tell the kids?": women talk about bisexual fathers ;; title: "Spreading disease with the greatest of ease": negotiating sexual health issues --; title: Border dwelling as outsides belonging.; title: "Minute by minute maneuvering": navigating the Heteroworld ;; title: "Ewww, girl germs": women's experiences and perceptions of homonormativity ;; title: "The priest told him to marry me and he'd go straight": bordering religion and spirituality in MOREs ;; title: "It's a matter of family honor and shame": negotiating ethnic and racial identities and community codes ;; title: "When your relationship isn't recognized by relationship services": misrepresentations and erasures in health services --; title: Not just belonging but blooming in the borderlands.; title: "A door that hasn't been opened": women's final words for future women.