Bisexuality in the United States: A Social Science Reader
For years bisexuality was considered merely a transitional stage between a person's presumed heterosexuality and "true" homosexuality, or vice versa, and was thereby regarded with suspicion by the lesbian and gay community and contempt by the "straight" world. The study and understanding of bisexuality has surpassed the stereotyped representations of previous eras (e.g., Basic Instinct), but few books attempt to seriously engage the subject as a whole. Paula Rust at last rectifies this...
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For years bisexuality was considered merely a transitional stage between a person's presumed heterosexuality and "true" homosexuality, or vice versa, and was thereby regarded with suspicion by the lesbian and gay community and contempt by the "straight" world. The study and understanding of bisexuality has surpassed the stereotyped representations of previous eras (e.g., Basic Instinct), but few books attempt to seriously engage the subject as a whole. Paula Rust at last rectifies this absence in the literature by presenting the first interdisciplinary and comprehensive review of social scientific research and theory about bisexuality. With contributions by sociologists, psychologists, historians, political theorists, and others, the book yields an overall picture of what we know, and what we don't know, about the subject. The book provides a wealth of information about the lives and experiences of bisexual people. Articles cover early research in which bisexuality was conceptualized as "situational homosexuality," pioneering research on bisexuality as an authentic sexual orientation, scholarship on bisexuality in the context of AIDS research, the phenomena of "bisexual chic" and biphobia, queer theory, and the contemporary relationship between academia and political activism. Selections include theoretical and empirical studies from social science perspectives as well as popular writings about the growth of the bisexual movement in the 1980s and 1990s. Journal of Sex Research Rust's work stands as a test to methodological detail and inquiry . . . With an unusual interdisciplinary perspective to the study of bisexuality, a balance between research and sexual politics, and a commitment to addressing the question of intersectionality, Bisexuality in the United States will prove to be an excellent reader for students, teachers, and researchers alike.
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPt. 1Paving the Way for Research on Bisexuality11Criticisms of the Scholarly Literature on Sexuality for Its Neglect of Bisexuality52Bisexuality: Reassessing Our Paradigms of Sexuality113A Little Bit of Lavender Goes a Long Way: A Critique of Research on Sexual Orientation244Alternatives to Binary Sexuality: Modeling Bisexuality335Identity Conflict or Adaptive Flexibility? Bisexuality Reconsidered556A Critical Examination of the Concept of Gender617The Periodic Table Model of the Gender Transpositions: Part II. Limerent and Lusty Sexual Attractions and the Nature of Bisexuality788Beyond Gender: The Basis of Sexual Attraction in Bisexual Men and Women929From Sexual Identity of Sexual Relationships: A Contextual Shift9910Gender Identity and Sexual Behavior10411Review of Statistical Findings About Bisexual Behavior, Feelings, and Identities12912Behavior Patterns and Sexual Identity of Bisexual Males18513On the Diversity of Love Object Orientations Among Women203Pt. 2From Lesbian Strippers and Prison Punks to Bisexual Subjects: The History of a Research Literature21714Academic Literature on Situational Homosexuality in the 1960s and 1970s22115Homosexuality in Prison25016Lesbian Behavior as an Adaptation to the Occupation of Stripping26717Heterosexual Gays, Heterosexual Lesbians, and Homosexual Straights27918Bisexual and Gay Men in Heterosexual Marriage: Conflicts and Resolutions in Therapy30719The Commencement of Bisexual Activity in Swinging Married Women Over Age Thirty31620Pioneers in Contemporary Research of Bisexuality33521Bisexuality: Some Social Psychological Issues33922Bisexuality in HIV Research35523The Biology, Psychology, Sociology, and Sexuality of Bisexuality40324Neutralizing the Political Threat of the Marginal Woman: Lesbian's Beliefs About Bisexual Women47125Effects of Sexual Orientation on Interpersonal Judgment49826"Coming Out" in the Age of Social Constructionism: Sexual Identity Formation Among Lesbian and Bisexual Women51227Popular Images and the Growth of Bisexual Community and Visibility53728Bisexual Chic: Anyone Goes55429A Perilous Double Love Life55630Bisexuality Emerges as a New Sexual Identity560Bibliography567Name Index627Subject Index639Copyright Acknowledgments657
\ SexualitiesA comprehensive discussion of the role of bisexuality in the history of sex research in the United States dating before 1970 through to 1999.\ \ \ \ \ \ Journal of Sex ResearchRust's work stands as a test to methodological detail and inquiry . . . With an unusual interdisciplinary perspective to the study of bisexuality, a balance between research and sexual politics, and a commitment to addressing the question of intersectionality, Bisexuality in the United States will prove to be an excellent reader for students, teachers, and researchers alike.\ \ \ BooknewsThis reference or text for college use presents reprints of theoretical and empirical articles, including examples of each of the major genres of research on bisexuality, arranged chronologically to illustrate the development of research on the subject. Some of the articles (30 in all) are easily understood by the nontechnical reader; others use technical jargon or advanced statistical analysis. Editor Rodri<'i>guez-Rust (SUNY, Geneseo) introduces each of nine sections with an essay discussing the historical and scientific context of various themes. An extensive bibliography covers literature on bisexuality in the US from before 1970 through 1999. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
