The relationship work of sexual intimacy in long-term heterosexual and LGBTQ partnerships

Autor:	Jacqui Gabb
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Sociology and Political Science Work (electrical) 050903 gender studies 05 social sciences 050602 political science & public administration Sociology Sexual intimacy 0509 other social sciences Social psychology 0506 political science Term (time)
ISSN:	1461-7064
Popis:	Sex is perceived as crucial to relationship success. This article reveals how sexual intimacy is part of the relationship work that couples ordinarily complete to sustain their partnerships over time. It problematizes the binary logics of good/bad sex, female/male desire and homo/heterosexual difference and shows how fluctuations of desire and sexual capacity are managed by couples through intimate knowledge. Findings presented here derive from a multiple methods study with 50 long-term heterosexual and LGBTQ partnerships. The article demonstrates how the absence of normative sexual scripts enables queer couples to more readily manage sexual discrepancies. Gendered differences and inequalities persist within many heterosexual relationships while reflexivity and increased openness characterize queer coupledom. Women and LGBTQ couples are more inclined to deploy humour to diffuse difficult situations and in this context gay men are akin to women more so than heterosexual men.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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