Lesbian-Feminist Essay Series

Love, Politics, and "Rescue" in Lesbian Relationships

Plot

Diana Rabenold offers lesbians a particularly effective set of tools for identifying and resolving relationship problems on our own. One of these tools, a concept known as "Rescue," demystifies and suggests solutions for such problems as "fusion" or "merging," loss of sexual expression, violence, and breakdown in couple communications. She reveals the effects internalized sexism and heterosexism have on the personal dynamics of lesbian relationships. This approach gives additional meaning to the feminist dictim "the personal is political."