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A VERY "GAY" STRAIGHT?: Hybrid Masculinities, Sexual Aesthetics, and the Changing Relationship between Masculinity and Homophobia
Ist Teil von
Gender & society, 2014-02, Vol.28 (1), p.58-82
Ort / Verlag
Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications
Erscheinungsjahr
2014
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Alma/SFX Local Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
This article addresses a paradoxical stance taken by young straight men in three groups who identify aspects of themselves as "gay" to construct heterosexual masculine identities. By subjectively recognizing aspects of their identities as "gay," these men discursively distance themselves from stereotypes of masculinity and privilege and/or frame themselves as politically progressive. Yet, both of these practices obscure the ways they benefit from and participate in gender and sexual inequality. I develop a theory of "sexual aesthetics" to account for their behavior and its consequences, contributing to a growing body of theory regarding the hybridization of contemporary masculinities and complicating theories of sexual practice.