Lesbian identity

“The Social History of Lesbian and Gay Identity”

I found it interesting that the authors defined a woman’s desire for a same sex relationship as being only in relation to a male’s place in society.  For example: “ is a direct result of male insecurities, only when a woman seemed to contravene directly masculine priorities and privileges was she punished, actual or perceived threats to male authority and privilege, feminist threat to the system of male authority, perceived violations of gender roles.  Nowhere in this article do I find any such definitions of a male’s desire for a same sex relationship by relating them to the female insecurities or societal role. 

Joyce Abbott