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Unexpected Pleasures: Leaving heterosexuality for a lesbian life
Why do some women become lesbians in their twenties, thirties, or even in their sixties? After interviewing close to a hundred women for an academic project, Dr Tamsin Wilton realised their extraordinary stories should be shared with the real world. Here, she brings together the most moving and fascinating of her interviews, and lively essays on the conclusions from her study. Dr Tamsin Wilton is a senior academic at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Previous books Lesbian Setting an agenda and Good for A handbook on lesbian health and well-being .
270 pages, Paperback
First published August 15, 2002
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June 7, 2012
"Nor is there ant 'right' way to be a lesbian. The woman who feels very strongly that she was born a lesbian, who has never so much as kissed a man and who has lived as a lesbian all her life is neither more nor less 'real' that the woman who falls in love with her best friend and comes out at the age of 50." p. 192
June 13, 2016
A great collection of perspectives from women. Helps challenge the theory that people are born with an innate sexuality and never change.
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