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“COMING OUT” IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM: Sexual Identity Formation among Lesbian and Bisexual Women

RUST, PAULA C.·1993·Gender & Society
DOI 10.1177/089124393007001004
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This article examines sexual identity formation among 346 lesbian-identified and 60 bisexual-identified women. On average, bisexuals come out at later ages and exhibit less “stable” identity histories. However, variations in identity history among lesbians and bisexuals overshadow the differences between them and demonstrate that coming out is not a linear, goal-oriented, developmental process. Sexual identity formation must be reconceptualized as a process of describing one's social location within a changing social context. Changes in sexual identity are, therefore, expected of mature individuals as they maintain an accurate description of their position vis-à-vis other individuals, groups, and institutions.

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Authors
RUST, P. C.
Venue
Gender & Society
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
1993-03
Volume
7
Issue
1
Pages
50-77
ISSN
  • 0891-2432 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-3977
DOI
10.1177/089124393007001004
OpenAlex
W2125212240
Cited by
313
References
0
FWCI
5.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)

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