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New Directions in Lesbian Research, Theory, and Education
Author(s) -
SANG BARBARA E.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1989.tb02501.x
Subject(s) - lesbian , homosexuality , psychology , empirical research , sociology , life style , style (visual arts) , social psychology , gender studies , epistemology , applied psychology , history , philosophy , archaeology
In the last decade some exciting research has taken place within the lesbian community that has more to do with what is relevant to lesbian life‐styles and less to do with proving to society that “‘homosexuality’” is a viable life‐style. Current lesbian research tends to be descriptive and phenomenological as opposed to being formal empirical research. There is also a movement toward less reliance on existing theoretical models, which tend to be sexist and homophobic, to guide these observations. We need to discover our own voice.