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According to the Polish psychiatry journal ''Psychiatria Polska'': Homosexual women are less concentrated on physical appearance and more satisfied with their bodies while being more tolerant to obesity. For lesbian women the ideal body image is more massive than for heterosexual women.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19694404?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=1 Psychiatr Pol. 2009 Jan-Feb;43(1):99-107]. Body image in homosexual persons</ref>]]

According to the Polish psychiatry journal ''Psychiatria Polska'': Homosexual women are less concentrated on physical appearance and more satisfied with their bodies while being more tolerant to obesity. For lesbian women the ideal body image is more massive than for heterosexual women.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19694404?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=1 Psychiatr Pol. 2009 Jan-Feb;43(1):99-107]. Body image in homosexual persons</ref>]]

'''Lesbianism''' is [[sex]]ual activity or attraction between [[women]]. Female [[homosexual]]s are often called '''lesbians''' (after the [[Greek]] island of [[Lesbos]], home of Sappho, the poetess of Lesbos).  Women who are attracted to both women and men are called [[bisexual]]s.  

'''Lesbianism''' is [[sex]]ual activity or attraction between [[women]].The word lesbian is also used for women in relation to their sexual identity or sexual behavior, regardless of sexual orientation, or as an adjective to characterize or associate nouns with female homosexuality or same-sex attraction. Female [[homosexual]]s are often called '''lesbians''' (after the [[Greek]] island of [[Lesbos]], home of Sappho, the poetess of Lesbos).  Women who are attracted to both women and men are called [[bisexual]]s.  

The first known written usage of the word "lesbian" in the sense meant here dates only from the 19th century. Earlier uses of the word from as far back as the 17th century, can be found but used in an entirely different sense.  Lesbianism is also called ''sapphism'' or ''female homosexuality''. (Sappho penned love sonnets to women. She lived from 610-580 B.C.)

The first known written usage of the word "lesbian" in the sense meant here dates only from the 19th century. Earlier uses of the word from as far back as the 17th century, can be found but used in an entirely different sense.  Lesbianism is also called ''sapphism'' or ''female homosexuality''. (Sappho penned love sonnets to women. She lived from 610-580 B.C.)