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Becoming a Sexual Being: Overcoming Constraints on Female Sexuality

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA, wagnerb3{at}unlv.nevada.edu

Sexuality researchers have traced changes in intimacy across time. In this article, I outline the facets of what sexuality researchers note as 'modern' sexuality and 'postmodern' sexuality. I discuss how each type of sexuality carries a specific construction of intimacy. I present five autoethnographic stories developed from my field journals while studying the swinging 'lifestyle'. Using thematic analysis of narrative, I treat each story as data for analysis. By discussing my personal constructions of intimacy I create a relatable story that demonstrates the lasting elements of essentialist gender norms, consistent with modern sexuality, that are sometimes overlooked in postmodern sexuality research.

Key Words: autoethnography • femininity • gender norms • intimacy • sexuality • swinging

Sexualities, Vol. 12, No. 3, 289-311 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1363460709103892


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