What is a lesbian death bed?
Pepper Schwartz is credited with coining the term lesbian bed death. Psychologist and sex therapist Suzanne Iasenza believes that it was first publicly uttered by Jade McLaughlin during a speech at a 1987 NGLTF rally at George Washington University. Following the Blumstein and Schwartz survey, many 1980s books and articles by lesbian practitioners were written…
Pepper Schwartz is credited with coining the term lesbian bed death. Psychologist and sex therapist Suzanne Iasenza believes that it was first publicly uttered by Jade McLaughlin during a speech at a 1987 NGLTF rally at George Washington University.
Following the Blumstein and Schwartz survey, many 1980s books and articles by lesbian practitioners were written about lesbian sexuality, by well-known clinicians such as Marny Hall, JoAnn Loulan, and Marge Nichols, dealing with inhibited sexual desire, lack of sexual initiation, and low sexual self-esteem in regards to lesbian sexuality
What is a lesbian death bed?
Lesbian bed death is the concept that lesbian couples in committed relationships have less sex than any other type of couple the longer the relationship lasts, and generally experience less sexual intimacy as a consequence. It may also be defined as a drop-off in sexual activity two years into a long-term lesbian relationship.
The concept is based on 1983 research by social psychologist Philip Blumstein and sociologist Pepper Schwartz, published in American Couples: Money, Work, Sex, which found that lesbian couples reported lower numbers when asked “About how often during the last year have you and your partner had sex relations?”The research has been criticized for its methodology and because sexual activity decreases for all long-term couples regardless of sexual orientation.
