TY  - GEN
AU  - Muraco,Anna
TI  - Odd Couples : Friendships at the Intersection of Gender and Sexual Orientation
SN  - 9780822395119
PY  - 2012///0411
CY  - Durham, NC
PB  - Duke University Press
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Gay
KW  - Gender role
KW  - Heterosexuality
KW  - Homosexuality
KW  - Intersectionality
KW  - Lesbian
KW  - LGBT
KW  - Sexual orientation
KW  - Social norm
N1  - Open Access
N2  - Odd Couples examines friendships between gay men and straight women, and also between lesbians and straight men, and shows how these "intersectional" friendships serve as a barometer for shifting social norms, particularly regarding gender and sexual orientation. Based on author Anna Muraco's interviews, the work challenges two widespread assumptions: that men and women are fundamentally different and that men and women can only forge significant bonds within romantic relationships. Intersectional friendships challenge a variety of social norms, Muraco says, including the limited roles that men and women are expected to play in one another's lives. Each chapter uses these boundary-crossing relationships to highlight how key social constructs such as family, politics, gender, and sexuality shape everyday interactions. Friendship itself-whether intersectional or not-becomes the center of the analysis, taking its place as an important influence on the social behavior of adults
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/3ac22932-f836-412c-a8b6-63a2fb3e3e1b/648157.pdf
UR  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30260
ER  -