The
group of unmarried female teachers makes up part of the growing single
population in Taiwan over years. Apart from the heterosexual female
teachers, some of these unmarried female teachers are homosexual who
cannot get married. This research focuses on how intimate relationships
practice when unmarried female teachers have different sexual preferences,
heterosexual and lesbian. This research
utilized in-depth interviews with ten unmarried female teachers aged above
thirty-five, included five heterosexual female teachers and five lesbian
teachers. The results
suggest, first, the primary intimate relationship of unmarried
heterosexual female teachers is family. Instead the primary intimate
relationships of lesbian teachers are from both their partners and
families. Second, unmarried
heterosexual female teachers and lesbian teachers who came out and
accepted by families can both have high quality kinship, which the key is
disclosing intimacy. And the main reasons damaging the kinship of the
unmarried female teachers and their families are divorced parents and gay
stigma. Third, lesbian
teachers show one-to-one partnerships with steady partners in duration of
3 to 7 years.