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Summary:

Framed by a comprehensive review of international research, literature, and film, this book is an intimate journey into the experiences and insights of 79 Australian women in relationships with bisexual men. It takes us into the daily lives, sexual intimacies, and families of MOREs (mixed-orientation relationships) that span the gamut from extremely oppressive experiences with bi-misogynist men to extremely liberating with bi-profeminist men. Aged 19 to 65, the women are in monogamous, open, and polyamorous relationships with bisexual-identifying and/or bisexual-behaving men. The women themselves are bisexual, lesbian, heterosexual, while others refuse to categorize their own sexualities. The book addresses the discovery or disclosure of the man's bisexuality, how the relationships work and where they flounder, how the partners negotiate and establish 'new rules' and boundaries to maintain their relationship, and the impact of class, rural/urban setting, ethnicity, indigeneity, race, religion, and education on these relationships. But this book isn t only about MOREs. The research, revelations and reflections in this book tell us much about current and shifting global constructions and understandings of intimate relationships, sexual desires and love, and the socio-cultural representations and labeling of genders and sexualities.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The journeys
• Mapping the landscape
• Border dwellings as outsiders belonging
• Not just belonging but blooming in the borderlands.

Author/Creator:

Pallotta-Chiarolli, Maria , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Women in relationships with bisexual men: bi men by women [by Pallotta-Chiarolli, M.]

Subjects:

Women — Family relationships

Bisexual men.

Man-woman relationships — Psychological aspects

Women

Man-woman relationships

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 24, 2016).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

HQ801 .P355 2016eb

ISBNs:

9780739134597 (electronic bk.)
0739134590 (electronic bk.)
9780739134573 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

944910064