Relying both on her academic training as a philosopher and her position in the academy (and the community) as an out lesbian, Card tackles topics ranging from the ban on gays and lesbians in the military to questions of battering, female on female incest, and sadomasochism in the lesbian community.... This book should be in any collection supporting women's studies and/or lesbian and gay studies.
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Claudia Card is Professor of Philosophy with affiliations in Women's Studies and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where she has taught since 1966. She is editor ofAdventures in Lesbian Philosophy (1994) andLesbian Ethics (1991).

Introduction: Finding My Voice—Reminiscence of an Outlaw
Part One: Constructing Ourselves
1. What Is Lesbian Culture?
2. Lesbian Attitudes and The Second Sex
3. Choosing Lesbianism
4. Lesbian Ethics
Part Two: Lesbians in Relationship: Ups and Downs
5. Lesbian Friendship: Separations and Continua
6. Horizontal Violence: Partner Battering and Lesbian Stalking
7. Female Incest and Adult Lesbian Crises
Part Three: Coming Out: Issues in a Wider Society
8. Homophobia and Lesbian/Gay Pride
9. The Military Ban and the ROTC: A Study in Closeting
10. Other People's Secrets: The Ethics of Outing
11. Sadomasochism: Charting the Issues
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index