Male to Male: Sexual Feelings Across the Boundaries of Identity

ISBN-13: 9781560239765 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 404 str.

Edward J. Tejirian; Regina Pomeranz Krummel

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For many years, Edward Tejirian has been like a twentieth century Sherlock Holmes, tracking down the clues to the development of sexuality and gender identity. In MALE TO MALE he ignores the orthodox view that sexuality is biologically determined, instead viewing masculinity and sexual orientation as a path which men can choose, but only when society allows it. The confessions, he elicits from his subjects - young, straight, or straight-acting men - who recount homoerotic dreams and daydreams make this book a spellbinding read.

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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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