TY - JOUR
T1 - Sexual identities and political solidarities among cisgender women
AU - Swank, Eric
AU - Fahs, Breanne
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - This study addressed the relative liberalism of White lesbians. In doing so, we compared sexuality differences in White women’s reactions to sexual, gender, and racial hierarchies. In the end, our analysis of 2,950 women from the American National Election Survey (ANES) suggested three trends. First, lesbians and bisexual women rejected and challenged heteronormativity more than heterosexual women. Second, the relationship between sexual identities and feminist commitments was less consistent. Lesbians and bisexual women perceived higher levels of sexist discrimination than heterosexual women did, but sexual identities did not always predict involvement in feminist social movements. Third, lesbian women generally displayed greater support of antiracist activism than bisexual or heterosexual women. However, this greater lesbian concern over racial biases did not translate in sexual differences in antiracist activism. Implications for these findings were explored, as were suggestions of future research.
AB - This study addressed the relative liberalism of White lesbians. In doing so, we compared sexuality differences in White women’s reactions to sexual, gender, and racial hierarchies. In the end, our analysis of 2,950 women from the American National Election Survey (ANES) suggested three trends. First, lesbians and bisexual women rejected and challenged heteronormativity more than heterosexual women. Second, the relationship between sexual identities and feminist commitments was less consistent. Lesbians and bisexual women perceived higher levels of sexist discrimination than heterosexual women did, but sexual identities did not always predict involvement in feminist social movements. Third, lesbian women generally displayed greater support of antiracist activism than bisexual or heterosexual women. However, this greater lesbian concern over racial biases did not translate in sexual differences in antiracist activism. Implications for these findings were explored, as were suggestions of future research.
KW - Lesbian identity
KW - antiracism
KW - bisexual identity
KW - discrimination
KW - political activism
KW - solidarity
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U2 - 10.1080/10894160.2023.2208428
DO - 10.1080/10894160.2023.2208428
M3 - Article
C2 - 37265336
AN - SCOPUS:85161516245
SN - 1089-4160
VL - 28
SP - 142
EP - 160
JO - Journal of Lesbian Studies
JF - Journal of Lesbian Studies
IS - 1
ER -