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Male to Male: Sexual Feeling Across the Boundaries of Identity
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by Edward Tejirian
Edward Tejirian
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Male to Male: Sexual Feeling Across the Boundaries of Identity
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Edward Tejirian
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Explore the feelings of men toward other men without the pigeonholing found in terms like “gay” and “straight”!Male to Male: Sexual Feeling Across the Boundaries of Identity starts with the evidence that most studies on male sexuality have ignored--the same-sex feelings of men whose identities are heterosexual. Of the more than fifty men in this book, almost half were aware of some degree of same-sex feeling. But beyond percentages, the primary focus of Male to Male is the exploration--through their own words--of how these men experienced same-sex feelings, what these feelings meant to them, the fears surrounding them, and the consequences of the collision between their heterosexual identities and their same-sex feelings.In addition to comparative data on women's same-sex feelings, as well as on what men say in regard to their feelings about women, Male to Male includes material from two in-depth case studies. The first is on Clark, an African-American man who moved into sex with men in prison. His story shows that the need to see gay men as feminine is really a cultural defense against the powerful pull toward the male-to-male bond, and points to the movement to fulfill that bond when this defense is dropped. The second is on Zack, a gay police officer. His story explores the different dimensions and meanings of the male-to-male bond as these unfolded in his own life, while telling about the heterosexually identified men who “came out” to him about their own same-sex feelings. Male to Male will help you explore:
- same-sex feelings in heterosexual men and women
- same-sex feelings in the military
- prison culture and the “heterosexual role”
- the fear of domination
- the aesthetics of fear and power
- the dynamics of rape
- compassionate relationships between heterosexual-identified men . . . and much more!
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781136578595 |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 04/03/2013 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 404 |
File size: | 3 MB |
About the Author
Edward Tejirian
Table of Contents
Contents- Foreword
- Preface
- Biological Essentialism, Social Constructionism, and the Individual
- The Individual in Psychological Research
- Acknowledgments
- Part I: Ordinary People
- Chapter 1: The Inner Boundary
- Same-Sex Feeling in Heterosexual Men and Women
- The Truth Is Out There
- Comparisons with Women
- The Institutional Culture
- Same-Sex Feeling and “Gender Atypicality”
- Chapter 2: Women at the Boundary
- Sexual Attraction As an Emotional Response
- Avenues of the Mind
- Image and Emotion
- Your Brain Is an Active Explorer
- Emotion As Change in the Body's “Landscape”
- Sexual Attraction As “Moving Toward”
- The Invitation
- Adolescence
- Chapter 3: “Moving Toward” and Resistance
- Seth
- Will
- Same-Sex Feeling and the Military
- Chapter 4: Men on Men: Image, Emotion, and Meaning
- The Image of the Male Body
- Men's Fears
- Adolescence and Identity
- Culture--Internalization and “Disidentification”
- Identity and the Divided Self
- Moving Toward Friends
- Bisexual Identity
- The Class Subculture
- The Emotional Fabric
- New Movement
- Spiritual Connections and the Sense of the Sacred
- Chapter 5: “Heterosexuality” versus “Moving Toward” Women
- Nick
- Tony
- Russ
- Oneness
- Chapter 6: Emotional Paths
- Colin
- Alex
- The One-to-One Bond
- Comparisons with Gay Men
- Psychological Rock Bottom
- Chapter 7: Identity Crises
- Johnny
- Carl
- Michael
- Part II: Clark
- Chapter 8: “A Man Like Myself”
- Sexual Identity
- Prison Culture and the Heterosexual Role
- The Fear of Domination
- The Image of the Male Body
- Movement Through Stages
- Relating to a Man--As a Man
- “I See Myself”
- The Aesthetics of Fear and Power
- Male Bonding and Sexual Love
- An Emotional Milestone
- Stepping Over the Cultural Barrier
- Chapter 9: Movement into a New Territory
- The Rape dynamics
- Sex As Dominance and Performance
- The Top of the Line
- The Two Emotions in the Rape
- The Rape
- Rejection in Rape
- Rejecting the Rapist Mentality
- “I Have a Choice”
- An Expression of Love
- Change in Fantasy Life and Identity
- Making Love with a Masculine Man
- Comparisons with Women
- Male to Male
- Rape Dynamics--Dissolution
- Twinning--Male Self, Male Other
- Part III: Zack
- Chapter 10: Cultural Confrontations and Identity
- The Institutional Culture: Early Encounters
- Early Movement
- Early Adolescent Explorations
- The Guide Dream
- Dream and Myth
- The Role of the “Carrier”
- Rites of Passage
- Joining the Police Force
- Suicide and the False Self
- The Turning Point
- Self-Disclosure--Family
- Self-Disclosure--Work
- Chapter 11: The Color Green
- Early Directions
- The Color Green
- The Dream of the Color Green
- The Image of the Double
- The Double in Conrad's The Secret Sharer (ital)
- Love in the Flesh
- Two Masculinities
- The Dream of the Young Man in the Cellar
- The God of Love
- The Third Meaning of the Dream of the Young Man in the Cellar and the Dream of the Cave
- Chapter 12: Boundary Crossings
- Zack As the Double
- “I Felt I Was Jewish”
- Fighting with Destiny
- Compassionate Relationships
- Boundary Crossings
- Conclusion: Identity and Beyond
- Appendix: David and Jonathan
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
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