Men Worlds Of Women Summary

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Romantic Friendships: Rupp begins her article “Worlds of Men, Worlds of Women” by defining romantic friendships as loving, physically affection relationships between two women. These romantic friendships were both common and widely accepted throughout the seventeen and eighteen hundreds. In those years, women and men existed in separate spheres, and women were seen as emotional creatures that were incredibly different from men. Therefore, it made sense that women would find their other halves in other women; after all, because women were viewed as inherently asexual, the friendships were seen as pure and innocent. At the time, women had only two options: marry a man, or stay within the family. However, as the end of the nineteenth century…show more content…
Husbands were a group of sailors who behaved in a traditionally masculine way and took the “man’s part” in sexual situations with other men. The word “husband” comes from the fact that they were seen as such to the “ladies” (the men who took on more effeminate roles and identified as queer). Although some of these men maintained marriages to women, it was not uncommon for other to enter loving, monogamous relationships with the more effeminate men. Despite their sexual and romantic relationships with other men, husbands were not labeled as queer; they were only ever labeled in relation to queer…show more content…
“‘True’ bisexuality” is defined as an equal interest in male and female partners. In addition to the the lack-of-mention of non-binary individuals, I feel this explanation of bisexuality is flawed because it states that one must have an equal interest in men and women to be considered “bisexual”, even though many who identify as such have stronger leanings toward a certain gender (or certain genders). Another example is that of “experimental bisexuality”, a definition that implies bisexuality is a phase or a stop along the way toward a gay or straight identity. However, many men and women who now identify and gay or lesbian did, at one point, identify as bisexual. Someone falls into the category of “married bisexuality” when one is involved in a heterosexual marriage and sleeps with same-sex partners. A final type is referred to as “secondary homosexuality”, also known as “situational bisexuality”. This occurs when otherwise heterosexual individuals lack different-gendered partners (in situations such as the military or prison) and take same-gendered partners in their place. However, as with “experimental bisexuality”, the individual is “actually
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