Bisexual Women, Non-Monogamy and Differentialist Anti-Promiscuity Discourses Export

@article{citeulike:2877052, abstract = {Popular discourses on bisexuality assume a peculiar interrelation between bisexuality and non-monogamy. Drawing upon qualitative research in gay male and bisexual non-monogamies in the UK, this article explores bisexual women's accounts on the effects of promiscuity allegations on non-monogamous sexual and relationship practice. Due to the prominence of gender as a differentializing factor in the discourses on promiscuity, to be publicly known as bisexual and non-monogamous tends to have particularly stigmatizing effects on women. The issue is further complicated by the intersection of promiscuity discourses with discourses on race/ethnicity and class. The regimes of violence that go hand in hand with the stigmatization through promiscuity allegations police women's sexual behaviour making it more risky for women of certain positioning to come out or move and socialize in certain cultural contexts. 10.1177/1363460705056620}, author = {Klesse, Christian}, citeulike-article-id = {2877052}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363460705056620}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://sexualities.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/8/4/445}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/1363460705056620}, journal = {Sexualities}, keywords = {bisexual, non-monogamy, women}, month = {October}, number = {4}, pages = {445--464}, posted-at = {2008-06-09 15:32:37}, priority = {3}, title = {Bisexual Women, Non-Monogamy and Differentialist Anti-Promiscuity Discourses}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363460705056620}, volume = {8}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2877052 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2877052 N2 - Popular discourses on bisexuality assume a peculiar interrelation between bisexuality and non-monogamy. Drawing upon qualitative research in gay male and bisexual non-monogamies in the UK, this article explores bisexual women's accounts on the effects of promiscuity allegations on non-monogamous sexual and relationship practice. Due to the prominence of gender as a differentializing factor in the discourses on promiscuity, to be publicly known as bisexual and non-monogamous tends to have particularly stigmatizing effects on women. The issue is further complicated by the intersection of promiscuity discourses with discourses on race/ethnicity and class. The regimes of violence that go hand in hand with the stigmatization through promiscuity allegations police women's sexual behaviour making it more risky for women of certain positioning to come out or move and socialize in certain cultural contexts. 10.1177/1363460705056620 IS - 4 JF - Sexualities EP - 464 TI - Bisexual Women, Non-Monogamy and Differentialist Anti-Promiscuity Discourses VL - 8 SP - 445 KW - bisexual KW - non-monogamy KW - women AU - Klesse, Christian PY - 2005/10/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363460705056620 ER -