%0 Journal Article %T Entre mulheres: G¨¦nero e representa£¿£¿es das rela£¿£¿es ¨ªntimas %A Brand£¿o %A Ana Maria %J Ex aequo %D 2012 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X in late modernity, intimate relationships have been shaped by an egalitarian ideal, which is reinforced, in the case of homo-erotic relationships, by gender homogamy and the need to construct new conjugality models. female homo-erotic relationships, particularly, have been equated as a refusal of women¡¯s conformity to male power and potentially subversive of the gender order. in this article, one discusses how certain representations of the female homo-erotic relationship convey a reproduction of the binary thought that perceives gender as its core and most valued element, questioning its ability to subvert the dominant order. %K egalitarianism %K female homo-eroticism %K gender inequality. %U http://www.scielo.gpeari.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0874-55602012000100012&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en