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Lesbians are a bit more often [[feminism|feminist]]s than heterosexuals.<ref>Worthen, M. G. F. (2018). “All the Gays Are Liberal?” Sexuality and Gender Gaps in Political Perspectives among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Mostly Heterosexual, and Heterosexual College Students in the Southern USA. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. doi:10.1007/s13178-018-0365-6</ref> | Lesbians are a bit more often [[feminism|feminist]]s than heterosexuals.<ref>Worthen, M. G. F. (2018). “All the Gays Are Liberal?” Sexuality and Gender Gaps in Political Perspectives among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Mostly Heterosexual, and Heterosexual College Students in the Southern USA. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. doi:10.1007/s13178-018-0365-6</ref> | ||
It has been suggested that lesbianism may have been [[sexual selection|sexually selected]] behavior by men preferring their [[polygyny|harem wives]] to get additional sexual pleasure from each other rather from other men as a means of [[paternity assurance]],<ref>https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=560351713504498712&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5 See section "Male Tolerance"</ref> an idea that was [[triggered|not received well]] among [[LGBT]] activists.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20201109034620/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2018/08/the-science-of-incels-all-the-reasons-why-some-men-can-t-find-a-partner.html</ref> | It has been suggested that lesbianism may have been [[sexual selection|sexually selected]] behavior by men preferring their [[polygyny|harem wives]] to get additional sexual pleasure from each other rather from other men as a means of [[paternity assurance]],<ref>https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=560351713504498712&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5 See section "Male Tolerance"</ref> an idea that was [[triggered|not received well]] among [[LGBT]] activists.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20201109034620/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2018/08/the-science-of-incels-all-the-reasons-why-some-men-can-t-find-a-partner.html</ref> | ||
Lesbianism is, however, also not universally accepted, possibly due to the high prevalence of social norms aimed at constraining overall female sexuality (see the [[slut]] article). | |||
== Prevalence and legitimacy == | == Prevalence and legitimacy == | ||