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The Performance of Desire: Gender and Sexual Negotiation in Long-Term Marriages

The Performance of Desire: Gender and Sexual Negotiation in Long-Term Marriages Abstract We integrate theoretical traditions on the social construction of gender, heterosexuality, and marriage with research and theory on emotion work to guide a qualitative investigation of how married people understand and experience sex in marriage. Results, based on 62 in-depth interviews, indicate that …

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