Sexual identity, attractions, and behavior among young sexual-minority women over a 2-year period.
Sexual identity, attractions, and behavior among young sexual-minority women over a 2-year period.
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两年内年轻性少数女性的性别认同、吸引力和行为。
DOI：
10.1037/0012-1649.36.2.241
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发表时间：
2000
影响因子：
4
通讯作者：
L. Diamond
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作者：
L. Diamond
以前的研究表明，性少数群体(即非异性恋)女性的性身份、吸引力和行为会随着时间的推移而变化，但很少有纵向研究涉及这个问题，也没有针对性少数群体青年的纵向研究。报道了对80名女同性恋者、双性恋者和“无标签”女性进行的为期两年的跟踪采访的结果，她们在16-23岁时首次接受采访。一半的参与者不止一次地改变了性少数群体的身份，三分之一的人在第一次采访后改变了身份。性吸引力的变化一般很小，但在双性恋和未贴标签的女性中变化更大。大多数女性追求与她们的吸引力一致的性行为，但四分之一的女同性恋者在两次采访期间与男性发生过性接触。这些发现表明，女性的性身份和行为比她们的吸引力更具流动性。这种流动性可能源于性少数女性中普遍存在的非排他性吸引力。
Previous research suggests that the sexual identities, attractions, and behaviors of sexual-minority (i.e., nonheterosexual) women change over time, yet there have been few longitudinal studies addressing this question, and no longitudinal studies of sexual-minority youths. The results of 2-year follow-up interviews with 80 lesbian, bisexual, and "unlabeled" women who were first interviewed at 16-23 years of age are reported. Half of the participants changed sexual-minority identities more than once, and one third changed identities since the first interview. Changes in sexual attractions were generally small but were larger among bisexuals and unlabeled women. Most women pursued sexual behavior consistent with their attractions, but one fourth of lesbians had sexual contact with men between the two interviews. These findings suggest that there is more fluidity in women's sexual identities and behaviors than in their attractions. This fluidity may stem from the prevalence of nonexclusive attractions among sexual-minority women.