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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"bisexual women"”.
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Exploring community and enacted stigma among South African bisexual women of colour
Bisexual women of colour face unique and multi-layered forms of marginalisation owing to their intersectionality, both from queer and heterosexual spaces. This study explored the perceptions of Black South African bisexual women of community-held bisexual stigma and their experiences navigating …
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Reflected Appraisals And Racial And Sexual Identity Development In The Lives Of Black Lesbian And Bisexual Women
… appraisals in the lives of Black lesbian and bisexual women. Black lesbian and bisexual women were specifically selected in this study due to the unique and multiple issues Black lesbian and bisexual women face as members of multiple marginalized and oppressed groups. </p> <p>Participants in …
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A Daily Diary Examination of Microaggressions and Alcohol Use Among Emerging Adult Bisexual Women: The Role of Alcohol Demand
<p>Bisexual women are at far greater risk for alcohol use, alcohol-related negative consequences, and alcohol use disorder than heterosexual or lesbian women. However, research on sexual minority women often combines lesbian and bisexual women into a single group. One possible explanation for the …
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Disparities in Mental Health, Physical Health, and Substance Use Across Sexual Orientations in Adults
… to improve health in lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals. While prior studies have shown LGB individuals have elevated risk of poor mental health, poor physical health, and substance use, existing study designs may be improved by using representative samples, wider ranges of …
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Sexual script flexibility, sexual satisfaction, and sexual communication: comparison between bisexual and heterosexual identifying cisgender women
… health, it has rarely been applied to cisgender bisexual women. Further, much of the existing research on sexual health is rooted in heteronormative and mononormative schemas that fail to recognize the diverse experiences of individuals in LGBTQ+ communities. The lack of attention to cisgender …
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Gender, Sexuality, and Status Foundations of Inequality: Effects of Earnings, Financial Satisfaction, and Perceived Financial Status
… that preference white men while devaluing women and non-whites. Sexuality is an additional social status that has been shown to interact with gender through heterosexism to create lower earnings for gay men, relative to heterosexual men, but higher earnings for lesbians, relative to …
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The Objectification and Blame of Revenge Porn Victims
… in which the victim was sexually diverse (i.e., bisexual, lesbian, straight). Participants included in this study were straight, cisgender (i.e., identifying with the gender assigned at birth) men and women ages 18 and older living in the United States. Given that bisexual women face harsher …
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Race, Rejection Sensitivity, and Identity Centrality Among Young Sexual Minority Women
… sensitivity in young adult sexual minority women. The relationships between sexual identity centrality and current alcohol use, alcohol-related problems, and sexual minority stress outcomes were also examined with race as a potential moderator. African American/Black and Non-Hispanic White …
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Women's friendships: Influence of feminism and sexual orientation on Caucasian women's friendship patterns and emotional well-being
… the effects of ""woman-identification"" on women's friendships and subjective well-being by investigating the friendship patterns of nonfeminist heterosexual women, feminist heterosexual women, and feminist lesbians and bisexual women. Three major questions were addressed. First, do feminist …
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Aggression In Lesbian And Bisexual Relationships
… same-sex partner aggression among lesbians and bisexual women. Through in-depth interviews with 19 women who identify themselves as either lesbian or bisexual, information was documented in this study demonstrating the severity of issues of power and control among some same-sex partners, as well …
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"They Just Looked At Me Like I Didn't Matter"- The Experiences Of Assaulted LGBTQ+ Women With The Police
Research reveals that LGBTQ+ women are subjected to high rates of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). It is widely known that most victim-survivors of SGBV do not report it to the police and when they do, they usually have negative experiences, often due to the influence of myths and …
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Relations Between Binegativity, Proximal Stressors, and Mental Health Outcomes: The Moderating Role of Authenticity
… specifically focused on the unique stressors of bisexual+ people, or nonmonosexual individuals, is still emerging. Individuals’ experiences with monogamy and mixed-orientation relationships represent another aspect of bisexuality that has rarely been explored. The current study used the framework …
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Depression and self -silencing in lesbian and heterosexual women
… area in the literature of the psychology of women and in depression research. A few investigators have hypothesized about the factors that place lesbians at risk for depression, and have explored those hypotheses experimentally. However, there is a large gap in the understanding of lesbians …
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Bisexuality and Motherhood: An Investigation of Psychological Distress, Parenting Efficacy, and Self Esteem Through Identity Theory
<p>Bisexual individuals are more likely to be parenting as compared to other sexual minority individuals, however a review of the current research on sexual minority parenting and families demonstrates a limited understanding of the experiences unique to this population. Furthermore, the …
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Understanding the Association Between Body Image and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Female College Students: The Influence of Race and Sexual Orientation
… However, positive body image among lesbian and bisexual women was associated with sexual risk. Qualitative analyses indicate that body image does not influence sexual risk, however negative body image does affect sexual behavior, particularly, frequency of sex. Findings suggest that University …
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Lesbian adolescents' narratives of identity : a participatory photovoice project
… victimisation in schools and black lesbian women being victims of 'corrective rape'. This framing of lesbian identities within a risk paradigm is problematic, as it erases the multi-dimensionality of lesbian lives and identities. This study aimed to shift away from a risk paradigm and allow …
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ANALYZING CLINICAL PRESENTATION, SERVICE UTILIZATION, AND CLINICAL OUTCOME OF FEMALE SEXUAL MINORITY COLLEGE STUDENTS
… clinically-relevant trends for sexual minority women have found evidence of psychological distress and greater utilization of mental health services compared to heterosexually-identified women. However, the results of many research studies with this population have methodological limitations …
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Family Experiences of Single Sexual Minority Women from the Baby Boom
… heterosexual relationship. Historically, lesbian women have been considered single because their relationships were not legally recognized. Single women and lesbian women have had more choices to live outside heterosexual marriage, financially and with social acceptability, in the later portion of …
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Desafiant els prejudicis a l’entorn educatiu: adolescència, estereotips i visibilitat de dones bisexuals a la ficció seriada
… que l’adolescència percep sobre les dones bisexuals en les ficcions seriades i proposar la construcció de polítiques educatives inclusives. La mostra està formada per 25 adolescents (44% de noies i 66% de nois) d’entre els 13 i 17 anys de diferents nacionalitats. Es fan servir sis grups …