When Husbands Come Out of the Closet

Jean Gochros (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

286 Seiten

1989
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-918393-61-6 (ISBN)

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The discovery that one’s husband is gay or bisexual is a surprise for which most women are totally unprepared. With no guidelines and few professionals able to provide adequate help, both partners, but especially the wives, are apt to feel enormous isolation and confusion. When Husbands Come Out of the Closet, based on the results of a landmark study and years of clinical experience, is a poignant and compassionate look at the conflicting emotions experienced by women who learn of their husbands’homosexuality. Focusing on the wives’perspectives, author Jean Schaar Gochros offers support, encouragement, and practical advice for coping with the stigma, fear, and stress experienced by women trying to cope with their husbands’homosexuality. She addresses the often harmful myths surrounding these wives, husbands, and marriages, and questions the quality of help that women usually receive from friends and professionals alike.Combining comprehensive research and personal case histories, she has developed crucial guidelines for helping professionals who counsel such couples. This readable book is informative and fascinating reading for both the professional and lay person.

Jean Gochros

Contents
Foreword

Introduction to the Closet Within a Closet
Why Such a Study and Why This Book
Introducing the People Who Live in This Closet
Emerging Perspectives on Sexual Orientation
Coming Out: Disclosures and Reactions
Crisis: Coping With and Recovering From
The Problems Wives Faced
The Search for Help
Wives Speak Out
Advice to Other Husbands and Wives
The Impact of AIDS
More Guidelines: For Couples, Children, Helping Professionals, and Concerned Others
Comments and Conclusions
Appendix
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.5.1989
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	430 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-918393-61-2 / 0918393612
ISBN-13	978-0-918393-61-6 / 9780918393616
Zustand	Neuware