Boston Marriages Brehony Kathleen A.
Boston Marriages Brehony Kathleen A. For decades the term "Boston marriage" was used to describe single women who lived together and shared their lives. In recent years, however, the opposite…
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Boston Marriages Brehony Kathleen A.
For decades the term "Boston marriage" was used to describe single women who lived together and shared their lives. In recent years, however, the opposite assumption has prevailed, causing some women involved in such relationships to hide the asexual nature of their attachments in the lesbian community. The presumption then was that these partnerships were nonsexual.
Rothblum and Kathleen A. Convinced that Boston marriages are both legitimate and important, Esther D. Brehony argue that in a society that defines intimacy by the occurrence of sexual activity, we have no word for--and thus no understanding of--the intensely romantic but asexual relationships that some lesbians form.
By bringing these relationships "out of the closet" and discussing them openly, the editors and other contributors to this volume challenge our views about lesbianism and address larger questions concerning the
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