The sexuality revolution: midlife fluidity
Women ‘switching sides’ – or crossing sexual boundaries – relatively late in life
has been in the public eye more than ever recently. Lisa Diamond, associate professor
of psychology and gender studies, has spent decades studying sexual fluidity and confirms
that this common assumption that all late-life lesbians must have been in the closet
is not correct. ‘Maybe we prefer that explanation because the alternative is too scary
for some people,’ she says. ‘It might mean that none of us knows our sexuality as
much as we think. Maybe we, too, could suddenly be surprised.’ Read more.