phrase General Slang

lesbian bed death

· phrase · lesbian

The stereotype that sex fizzles out in long-term lesbian relationships.

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Shortened to LBD. The idea that sexual intimacy declines over the life of a long-term lesbian relationship, until a couple are basically affectionate roommates. Widely repeated, widely contested. The phrase traces back to a 1983 study claiming lesbian couples had less frequent sex than other pairings, but the research has been picked apart for shoddy method, and most now treat the concept as a myth, since sex frequency drops for all long-term couples.

“Everyone warned us about lesbian bed death, but honestly it's more of a tired myth than a fact.”
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lesbian bed death In A Sentence

Everyone warned us about lesbian bed death, but honestly it's more of a tired myth than a fact.

Origin & Usage

Rooted in Philip Blumstein and Pepper Schwartz's 1983 book American Couples, which reported lesbian couples having sex less often than other couples. The catchy phrase itself appeared later and can't be traced to a single coiner.

Variants LBDbed death
Tags #lesbian#wlw#lgbtq#relationships

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