Boston marriage

English

Etymology

Unknown, first used in late 19th century New England, and sometimes connected to The Bostonians (1885) by Henry James, which describes such a relationship.[1]

Noun

Boston marriage (plural Boston marriages)

(historical) A long-term monogamous relationship between two unmarried women, especially in New England between the 18th and early 20th centuries.
- [1894 March 5, “Vanity Fair”, in The Argonaut, page 9:
  Two women, as well known as Susan Channing and Edna D. Cheney, have made separate appeals for this new departure of female habit. A Boston marriage is described to be a sympathetic union of two women who have not been able to make good and agreeable matches with members of the opposite sex.]
- [1952, John Horne Burns, Cry of the Children:
  […] several times I was within an inch of coming down here and asking you out for a ride in my red convertible, but the Weird Sisters (indicating Meg and Louisa) told me not to disturb you. But I'm big enough to understand; I wasn't born yesterday. I understand this sort of menage, you know; it's called a Boston Marriage.]
- 2002, Marilyn Yalom, Laura L. Carstensen, Inside the American Couple: New Thinking, New Challenges, University of California Press, page 81
  Often, in marked contrast to Boston marriages in previous times, these lesbians keep their asexuality hidden from the community.
- 2006, Laura Castañeda, Shannon B. Campbell, News and Sexuality: Media Portraits of Diversity, SAGE, page 217
  Thus, unlike in contemporary relationships, participants in a Boston marriage may or may not have considered genital activity to be an important element in their relationship.

References

Lillian Faderman (1981), chapter 4, in Surpassing the Love of Men, New York: Quill, →ISBN, page 190:
The term “Boston marriage” was used in late nineteenth-century New England to describe a long-term monogamous relationship between two otherwise unmarried women. […] Henry James intended his novel The Bostonians (1885) […] to be a study of just such a relationship […] .

单词	Boston marriage
释义	Boston marriage English Etymology Unknown, first used in late 19th century New England, and sometimes connected to The Bostonians (1885) by Henry James, which describes such a relationship.[1] Noun Boston marriage (plural Boston marriages) (historical) A long-term monogamous relationship between two unmarried women, especially in New England between the 18th and early 20th centuries. [1894 March 5, “Vanity Fair”, in The Argonaut, page 9: Two women, as well known as Susan Channing and Edna D. Cheney, have made separate appeals for this new departure of female habit. A Boston marriage is described to be a sympathetic union of two women who have not been able to make good and agreeable matches with members of the opposite sex.] [1952, John Horne Burns, Cry of the Children: […] several times I was within an inch of coming down here and asking you out for a ride in my red convertible, but the Weird Sisters (indicating Meg and Louisa) told me not to disturb you. But I'm big enough to understand; I wasn't born yesterday. I understand this sort of menage, you know; it's called a Boston Marriage.] 2002, Marilyn Yalom, Laura L. Carstensen, Inside the American Couple: New Thinking, New Challenges, University of California Press, page 81 Often, in marked contrast to Boston marriages in previous times, these lesbians keep their asexuality hidden from the community. 2006, Laura Castañeda, Shannon B. Campbell, News and Sexuality: Media Portraits of Diversity, SAGE, page 217 Thus, unlike in contemporary relationships, participants in a Boston marriage may or may not have considered genital activity to be an important element in their relationship. References Lillian Faderman (1981), chapter 4, in Surpassing the Love of Men, New York: Quill, →ISBN, page 190: The term “Boston marriage” was used in late nineteenth-century New England to describe a long-term monogamous relationship between two otherwise unmarried women. […] Henry James intended his novel The Bostonians (1885) […] to be a study of just such a relationship […] . Further reading Boston marriage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Boston marriage

English

Etymology

Noun

References

Further reading