Questioning Gender and Sexual Identity: Dynamic Links Over Time
@article{Diamond2008QuestioningGA, title={Questioning Gender and Sexual Identity: Dynamic Links Over Time}, author={Lisa M. Diamond and Molly R. Butterworth}, journal={Sex Roles}, year={2008}, volume={59}, pages={365-376} }
Dichotomous models of gender have been criticized for failing to represent the experiences of individuals who claim neither an unambiguously female nor male identity. In this paper we argue that the feminist theoretical framework of intersectionality provides a generative approach for interpreting these experiences of gender multiplicity. We review our previous research on four young sexual-minority (i.e., nonheterosexual) women who are participants in a 10-year longitudinal study of sexual…
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