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Document Type

Research Paper

Abstract

This study focused on university lesbian women's thoughts about the causes and characteristics of lesbianism. Out of 800 people who had in a previous survey identified themselves as gay, lesbian, or bisexual, only 7 were found at a weekly meeting of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transexual adults. The study-though disappointing in numbers surveyed revealed that a few women thought lesbianism was caused by biological or genetic factors. Others felt it had a psychological or environmental basis. One cited that abusive relationships with men might also be a cause. Most of the respondents answered that most lesbian women fit somewhere in a middle category between being feminine and masculine. All of these women had at least one year of college and some held associate of arts, bachelor's degrees, and one woman a Master's Degree. These women ranged in ages from 19 to 36. One reason for the low tum out of lesbian women at this university sponsored event was the possibility that many lesbian women may not have "come out" to others (in other words-they had not publicly acknowledged their sexual preference).

Publication Date

1998

Journal Title

Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference

Volume

2

Issue

1

First Page

1

Last Page

5

Copyright

©1998 by the University of Northern Iowa

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Publisher

University of Northern Iowa

City

Cedar Falls, IA

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