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This chapter1 draws on an in-depth study of divisions of labour between lesbian parents to provide alternative insights into the reproduction of gender inequality in work and family life. By focusing on their experiences as women the study seeks to counter a tendency in academic feminism to treat lesbian experience as ‘other’ or ‘different’ (see discussion in Dunne, 1997a). A central premise informing the research is that the exploration of the circumstances of non-heterosexual people tell us as much about the workings of gender in the mainstream as it does about the experience of living ‘difference’.
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Dunne, G.A. (1999). What Difference Does ‘Difference’ Make? Lesbian Experience of Work and Family Life. In: Seymour, J., Bagguley, P. (eds) Relating Intimacies. Explorations in Sociology. British Sociological Association Conference Volume Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27683-7_9
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