Sappho Was a Right-On Woman

A Liberated View of Lesbianism

Sidney Abbott; Barbara Love

A radical change in a little-understood part of society has made this book possible. It is a change that is forcing people to reevaluate their attitudes and see the Lesbian in a new light. Very little has been written about Lesbianism.

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Unfortunately, al though it is written by lesbians, it reads like another attempt to educate heterosexuals about the negative and positive attempts lesbians make to cope with being gay in an anti gay society. The book is divided into two sections; the first deals with the techniques used by many lesbians to pass as straight and with the problems to lesbians posed by a society which disapproves of homosexuality. The second section discusses the attempts of lesbians to live openly and try to change the social system which oppresses them. Unfortunately, the dramatic way in which the book is divided turns it into a discussion of lesbianism as a peculiar problem. If it integrated its discussion of the difficulties and re wards of being a lesbian in this culture it would show more clearly how many of the difficulties lesbians encounter are culturally imposed. It would not just show lesbian ism simply as a nightmare to be dealt with in either a negative or positive way, the book is worth reading, though, by anyone interested in lesbianism or gay liberation. It contains a good bibliography and information about where a more complete gay liberation bibliography can be obtained. ~ Nancy Tucker, Off Our Backs, Vol. 3, No. 3 (November, 1972)

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ISBN	978-0812815900
Genre	Autobiography/Biography; Grier Rated; Lesbian Studies
Copyright Date	1972
Publication Date	1978
Publisher	Day Book
Format	Mass Market Paperback
Notes	Day Book 2308-7
Language	English
Rating	Great
Subject	Autobiography; Lesbianism; Social Science / Lesbian Studies; Social Science / Sociology / General
BookID	11057

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Sappho Was a Right-On Woman by Sidney Abbott; Barbara Love