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oapen-20.500.12657-302602021-11-09T07:55:30Z Odd Couples Muraco, Anna Sociology Gay Gender role Heterosexuality Homosexuality Intersectionality Lesbian LGBT Sexual orientation Social norm 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. 2018-03-01 23:55:55 2020-03-10 03:00:33 2020-04-01T12:49:54Z 2020-04-01T12:49:54Z 2012-04-11 book 648157 OCN: 787876270 9780822395119 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30260 eng application/pdf n/a 648157.pdf Duke University Press 10.1215/9780822395119 100987 10.1215/9780822395119 f0d6aaef-4159-4e01-b1ea-a7145b2ab14b b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780822395119 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Durham, NC 100987 KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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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.
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