International Research journal of Management Sociology & Humanities
( ISSN 2277 - 9809 (online) ISSN 2348 - 9359 (Print) ) New DOI : 10.32804/IRJMSH
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RESPONSES TO ADRIENNE RICH’S LESBIAN CONTINUUM
1 Author(s): DR. SANJEEV KUMAR KAUSHAL
Vol - 9, Issue- 5 , Page(s) : 179 - 187 (2018 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH
This paper explores the concept of Rich’s lesbian continuum, from the perspectives of two Feminist scholars, Ann Ferguson and Jacquelyn N. Zita. Ferguson argues that by targeting heterosexuality as the key mechanism of male domination Rich romanticizes lesbianism and overlooks the actual condition of individual lesbian or heterosexual women’s lives. For Zita, adopting Rich’s concept means women can define the lesbian option as a mode of resistance to patriarchy qualitatively different from other modes because it contains the sexual component.