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… The focus of this essay lies in relations between femininity/masculinity and lesbian identity in contrast to the heteronormative gender system, which is based on a dualistic understanding of women as feminine and men as masculine that attract and complement each other. The …
Background: Due to a more open climate in society for homosexual people several lesbian couples have given birth to children in their relations. Research has shown no differences between children in lesbian families and children in heterosexual families considering mental and …
Background: Due to a more open climate in society for homosexual people several lesbian couples have given birth to children in their relations. Research has shown no differences between children in lesbian families and children in heterosexual families considering mental and …
Om lesbiska kvinnors identitetsformering och livsvillkor 1950-1965
The construction of an identity among lesbian women during 1950-?1965 is in focus in this master ?s thesis. My starting point is that identity, such as lesbian or any other identity, is formed in relation to other people and groups, as well as society. This thesis will also …
… struktur/aktör. Abstract This essay focuses on violence in intimate lesbian relationships and how you theoretically can conceptualise this kind of violence. My overall purpose has been to increase the understanding for this type of violence and thereby contribute to a field of …
Homo- och bisexuellas upplevelser av bemötandet
The purpose of the essay is to examine Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual person’s experiences of the Social Services treatment. Our question is: How do Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual person’s experience the treatment in a relief seeking situation at Social Services? We have a social …
Narration, heteronormativitet och lesbiskhet i Margareta Subers Charlie
This essay explores the novel Charlie by Margareta Suber (1932) through lesbian narrative theory. The result is a revealing on how the lesbian main character can be established as a lesbian subject against the male and heterosexual narrative; how she escapes a simple male …
… to reverse this trend. Within the LGBT area, I have narrowed my focus to lesbian and bisexual women. Based on the theories of Nancy Fraser and Iris Marion Young on acknowledgement or redistribution, I discuss advantages and disadvantages in connection with specialized solutions …
The background to this thesis is that we know very little about lesbian and bisexual women's sexual health in Sweden, particularly in relation to sexually transmitted infections (STI) and their transmissions. An internet-based questionnaire with self-selected participants …
En undersökning av verbala konflikter i två svenska 2000-talsfilmer
… concerning homosexuality? What approach do the professors have towards young lesbian women and kind of support is offered to the group? In order to answer these questions I interviewed a professor and a young lesbian female. One of the surveys that has been made, as a normative …
<em>En kvalitativ fallstudie av en skolas syn på lesbiska och en lesbisks erfarenheter av skolan</em>
… concerning homosexuality? What approach do the professors have towards young lesbian women and kind of support is offered to the group? In order to answer these questions I interviewed a professor and a young lesbian female. One of the surveys that has been made, as a normative …
En undersökning av blick och betraktarskap utifrån tre målningar av Romaine Brooks
This paper aims to investigate the terms and conditions of a lesbian gaze and a lesbian spectatorship from a feminist and queer theoretical point of view. The empirical material consists of three paintings by the American artist Romaine Brooks (1874-1970). Brooks was based in …
… on non-heterosexuality from what has earlier been presented in Swedish lesbian, gay, bisexuality and transsexuality research. Fourteen semi-structured interviews with non-heterosexual women were analyzed using a discourse analytic approach. Four discourses about sexuality were …
En tematisk queeranalys av Sarah Waters Tipping the Velvet och Jeanette Wintersons Written on the Body
… definitions of the multi facetted term ”queer”. The analysis covers themes of lesbian focus, performativity, performance, speech-acts, and heteronormative and queer relationships. My results are presented in a dialogue between the novels themes and queer theory, foremost …
… upon the sexual policy as it occurs in official the documents that deal with lesbian refugees. The study cover and maps present research on this group of women and gives an answer to how norms about women sexuality are expressed in these documents. Throughout the survey of the …
