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The mental and physical sicknesses wrought upon women who have chosen to abdicate their womanhood and practice lesbianism are a deep-rooted secret, which the medical profession doesn’t want the public to know. ... It is not easy to define who is a lesbian or what is lesbianism or to determine its etiology.
Whether there is a biological determinant to lesbianism is fiercely debated by scholars. Those who assume the constants in all historical manifestations of womans desire for another woman, tracing them to biology or nature, are called essentialists, while those who see the dissimilarities in cultural forms of lesbianism and heterosexuality are called social constructionists. ... The other form of lesbianism grew out of the deep attachments that self-reliant women developed with one another. ... The prevalence of romantic friendship among women raises questions about what lesbianism is. ... Because of the stigmatization of lesbianism in the later twentieth century, biographers and historians have overlooked or in some cases even hidden these womens deep attachments to other women. ...
The meaning of lesbian and lesbianism has changed quite dramatically during the twentieth century. ... In the first half of the twentieth century there was a gradual and uneven shift in the definition of lesbianism, from gender inversion to object choice, that is, to the idea that a homosexual is a person who is attracted to someone of the same sex. ...
Buoyed by a new understanding of womens oppression, lesbian feminists of the late 1970s attempted to redefine lesbianism. ... " The study of lesbianism has yet to settle upon a single appropriate framework that acknowledges womens repression by male supremacy and at the same time recognizes womens agency in expanding and controlling their own lives. ... Lesbians of color document that the meaning of lesbianism and the way it is expressed vary from culture to culture. Their lesbianism cant be separated from their ethnic/racial identities and the ongoing reality of racism affects their experience of lesbianism. ... Lesbianism their Life Style
Until recently, there was not as many facts and information about the lesbian lifestyle. ... Lets take a closer look at the inherit problems of lesbianism. ... This is a well known clinical feature of lesbianism. ...
A study drew a link between sexual abuse and later lesbianism, but also said that most lesbians learned to masturbate by being masturbated by a female. ...
In still another study, lesbianism seemed to be associated with poor vaginal function, in which the girls doubted their femininity. ...
Another study of lesbians found a "relatively high prevalence of the viral STDs, herpes simplex and human papillomavirus (HPV) " Any women can be a lesbian, says the song, Feminism is the theory, lesbianism is the practice, goes the slogan. ...
The mental and physical sicknesses wrought upon women who have chosen to abdicate their womanhood and practice lesbianism are a deep-rooted secret, which the medical profession doesn’t want the public to know.
Approximate Word count = 8891
Approximate Pages = 35.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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