Who Fills out A “Lesbian” Questionnaire?
Who Fills out A “Lesbian” Questionnaire?
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谁填写“女同性恋”调查问卷？
DOI：
10.1111/j.1471-6402.1999.tb00380.x
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发表时间：
1999
影响因子：
4
通讯作者：
E. Rothblum
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作者：
Jessica F. Morris;E. Rothblum
大多数关于女同性恋者的研究都使用了自填式问卷，并假设回答“女同性恋者”问卷的受访者自我认同为女同性恋者，并与女性发生性关系。这项研究调查了2393名回答“女同性恋者健康调查”的女性在女同性恋性取向和出柜过程的五个方面的分布程度。这五个方面是：(A)性取向(从完全的女同性恋者/男同性恋者到完全的异性恋者)；(B)年限(自我认同为女同性恋者/男同性恋者/双性恋者的时间长度)；(C)出柜/披露(向他人披露的性取向)；(D)性经历(与女性发生性关系的比例)；(E)女同性恋者的活动(参与女同性恋者社区活动的程度)。在这些维度之间发现了轻微但显著的相关性，这表明作为女同性恋者并不是一种同质的经历。通过对种族/族裔和年龄的人口特征进行更仔细的审查，发现了各种经历。非洲裔美国人、原住民美国人和拉丁裔受访者在女同性恋经历的这些方面之间有中等程度的相关性，而白人和亚裔美国人受访者只证明了轻微或不显著的相关性。结果表明，研究女同性恋体验的一个方面(例如，对他人的出柜)的研究人员需要确保他们不会基于其他方面(如经常参加女同性恋社区活动或出柜多年)来假设这种行为，特别是在白人和亚裔美国女同性恋者中。
Most research on lesbians has used self-report questionnaires, and assumed that respondents who complete a “lesbian” questionnaire self-identify as lesbians and engage in sexual relationships with women. The present study examined the degree to which 2,393 women who answered a “Lesbian Wellness Survey” are distributed on five aspects of lesbian sexuality and the coming-out process. The five aspects were: (a) Sexual Orientation (numerical rating of sexual identity from exclusively lesbian/gay to exclusively heterosexual); (b) Years Out (length of time of self-identity as lesbian/gay/bisexual); (c) Outness/Disclosure (amount of disclosure of sexual orientation to others); (d) Sexual Experience (proportion of sexual relationships with women); and (e) Lesbian Activities (extent of participation in lesbian community events). Mild but significant correlations were found among these dimensions, indicating that being lesbian is not a homogeneous experience. Closer examination by the demographic characteristics of race/ethnicity and age revealed a diversity of experience. African American, Native American, and Latina respondents had moderate correlations among these aspects of lesbian experience, whereas White and Asian American respondents evidenced only mild or nonsignificant correlations. The results indicate that researchers who are studying one aspect of the lesbian experience (e.g., outness to others) need to ensure that they are not assuming such behavior based on other dimensions (such as frequent participation in lesbian community activities or years of being out), especially among White and Asian American lesbians.