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Yet, midlife adults (ages 40 to 60) increase their encounters with healthcare systems due to routine physical health screenings and the onset of age-related physical health events ( Case and Deaton 2015 Parker and Thorslund 2007), and thus marital health work likely extends into the healthcare domain. Past research primarily examines spousal health work inside the home. In contrast, gay men and lesbians appear to perform health work in more egalitarian ways ( Reczek and Umberson 2012). Collectively called health work ( Reczek and Umberson 2012), these actions are highly gendered, with heterosexual women performing the bulk of spousal health work relative to heterosexual men ( Pinquart and Sorensen 2007). Tree is also the one who posts a lot of great links, pdf’s, and quotes in general, and has a blog about lbpq women, bisexuality, and feminism at as always, you can check out my tags on compulsory heterosexuality here and here.Marriage enhances health in part because spouses help each other recover from physical illness and injury and regulate each other’s diet, exercise, sleep, and substance use ( Reczek et al. The author of that post, also uploaded some lecture notes on lesbianism here. This post details the conflicts between lesbian-feminism and an emerging bisexual political identity but it also references some great literature on lesbianism, lesbian-feminism, and bisexuality. “A Real Lesbian Wouldn’t Touch a Bisexual with a Bargepole: Contesting Boundaries in the Construction of Collective Identity” - Georgina Turner

“Lesbian and Bisexual Identities: Constructing Communities, Constructing Selves” - Kristin G. “Lesbian-like and the Social History of Lesbianisms” - Judith M.

“Patriarchy, Sexual Identity, and the Sexual Revolution” - Ann Ferguson “The Woman-identified Woman” - Radicalesbians “A Lesbian-Feminist Journey Through Queer Nation” - Bonnie Zimmerman “Bisexuality: A Critical Reader” - edited by Merl Storr (book) “The Politics of Sexual Identity: Sexual Attraction and Behavior among Lesbian and Bisexual Women” - Paula C. “Bisexuality in the United States: A Social Science Reader” - Paula C. “One is Not Born a Woman” - Monique Wittig

“Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community” - Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy & Madeline D. “Development of a Bisexual Identity: Understanding the Process” - Ann Fox (in Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out ) “Compulsory Heterosexuality and the Lesbian Existence” - Adrienne Rich