Exploring the intersection of bisexual and Christian identities: The negotiation of gendered attraction in intimate lives

Alexander Toft

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    Abstract

    This chapter draws on data obtained through questionnaires (80) and life-story interviews (20) with women and men who identified as bisexual and Christian alongside conceptual literature on bisexuality, gender and identity. The chapter explores how gender is understood and negotiated in the lives of the respondents focusing upon two interlinked empirical themes: the role of gendered attraction in the intimate lives of the participants, and the importance of features other than gender as instigators for intimacy. The stories suggest that for bisexual men and women gendered attraction is important but something to be negotiated in everyday life, due to the destabilising nature of bisexuality with regard to the dominant binaries of sexuality and gender.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationReligion and the Social Order
    EditorsSarah-Jane Page, Andrew KT Yip
    PublisherBrill Nijhoff
    Chapter8
    Pages145-167
    Number of pages23
    ISBN (Electronic)978-90-04-39071-3
    ISBN (Print)978-90-04-37247-4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2020

    Publication series

    NameReligion and the Social Order
    Volume27
    ISSN (Print)1061-5210

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Religious studies
    • Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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