The Social Construction of Lesbianism Milton M. Azevedo practicing surgical pathologists preparing for

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The Social Construction of Lesbianism Milton M. Azevedo practicing surgical pathologists preparing forThe old model of lesbianism as a pathological affliction has largely given way to a liberal social scientific one which presents it as an alternative lifestyle, a way of loving, a sexual preference, or a source of personal fulfilment. This controversial book argues that the shift from `pathological' to `gay affirmative' research merely substitutes one depoliticized construction of lesbianism for another. The author contends that the gay affirmative