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About this book
What awaits lesbians at middle age?Midlife Lesbian Relationships explores the rich world of lesbian relationships at midlife, from dating through the loss of parents, and describes the central relationship between who we are as adults and our connections with friends, lovers, parents, and children.Midlife Lesbian Relationships will help lesbians and the professionals who counsel them navigate and understand the midlife transition. Offering both theoretical and descriptive material, this timely work discusses the difficulties of stigma and the strengths of female same-sex relationships, providing insight into the challenges lesbians find at middle age.Midlife Lesbian Relationships provides insight into the challenges and solutions of middle age for lesbians, discussing:
- friendships
- dating and courtship
- couple relationships and the key ingredients that strengthen and deepen them
- parenting young children and the influence of lesbian midlife maturation on confidence and satisfaction in mothering
- substance abuse and the road to recovery
- the evolution of the bonds between these women and their biological families
- what many lesbians in middle age go through when their parents pass away, including the easing of internalized homophobia
Midlife Lesbian Relationships illustrates the commonalities and differences between lesbians and other women at midlife, and illuminates how the interplay between middle age and relationships can contribute to midlife development. Make this valuable volume part of your collection!
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Index
AA. See Alcoholics Anonymous
Abandonment issues, with parental death, 54, 56, 62
Acceptance factors
age as, 5, 25, 53, 141–143
caretaking impact of, 140–143, 149
parenting and, 5, 53, 58, 129–130, 135–136
of romantic relationships, 5–6, 12
Adolescence
dating and courtship in, 77–102
partnerships in, 82–84
Adoption, as parenting option, 121, 129, 131
Adult development. See Developmental process
Adulthood. See also Midlife; Young adulthood
dating and courtship in, 77–102
societal markers of, 6
Age and aging
as acceptance factor, 5, 25, 53, 140
bereavement and, 50, 54, 71
caretaking and, 20, 140–143
coming out and, 25, 51–53, 82
courtship impact of, 82–84, 98–100
midlife impact of, 121–122, 140–143
as stigma, 6–7, 45, 121
subjectivity and, 50–51
AIDS, friends lost to, 113
Alcohol abuse. See Chemical dependency
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
as support network, 109–110
women in, 111–115
Alliances, primary versus multiple, 24
Alternative-family camps, 39
Alternative insemination, 45, 120
Alternative parenting. See Lesbian mothers; See Parenting
Ambivalence, parental death and, 54, 58
Assertion. See Coming out
Authenticity, midlife dynamics of, 51–52, 68
Baby boom, 45, 120, 135
Bereavement
filial. See Parental death
personal growth through, 40, 50–55
Best friends, expectations of, 17–24, 83
Birthing, as parenting option,...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Lesbian Friendships at Midlife: Patterns and Possibilities for the 21st Century
- The Bloom Is on the Rose: The Impact of Midlife on the Lesbian
- Filial Bereavement: Midlife Lesbian Daughters and Intersubjective Thoughts
- Lesbian Dating and Courtship from Young Adulthood to Midlife
- Making Up for Lost Time: Chemically Dependent Lesbians in Later Midlife
- Midlife Lesbian Parenting
- Family Support Patterns for Midlife Lesbians: Recollections of a Lesbian Couple 1971–1997
- Index