The Gender of Desire

Michael S. Kimmel

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Here, one of the world's pioneers in the field of masculinity studies explores the construction of male sexuality, pornography, and sexual violence. Michael S. Kimmel analyzes what male sexuality is, where it comes from, how it works, what affects it, pornography's impact on it, what fantasies men have about sex, what people think about sex, and how male ideas about sex affect what men actually do. Provocative and wide-ranging, these essays make important contributions to sociology, queer theory, American studies, history, and studies of gender, sexuality, and gay and lesbian issues.
Preface
Acknowledgments

I. The Construction of Male Sexual Desire
1 Gendering Desire
2 Masculinity as Homophobia: Fear, Shame, and Silence in the Construction of Gender Identity

II. In Our Dreams: Sexual Fantasy and Sexual Representation
3 The Gender of Desire: The Sexual Fantasies of Women and Men with Rebecca F. Plante
4 Pornography and Male Sexuality
5 Sexual Violence in Three Pornographic Media: Toward a Sociological Explanation with Martin Barron
6 Does Censorship Make a Difference? An Aggregate Empirical Analysis of Pornography and Rape with Annulla Linders

III. From Fantasy to Reality: Sexual Identity and Sexual Behavior
7 Sexual Balkanization: Gender and Sexuality as the New Ethnicities
8 Hard Issues and Soft Spots: Counseling Men about Sexuality with Jeffrey C. Fracher
9 Bisexuality: A Sociological Perspective with John H. Gagnon and Cathy Stein Greenblat
10 The Kindest Un-Cut: Feminism, Judaism, and My Son’s Foreskin

IV. Sex and Violence
11 “What’s Love Got to Do with It?” Rape, Domestic Violence, and the Making of Men
12 Gender Symmetry in Domestic Violence: A Substantive and Methodological Research Review
13 The Unnatural History of Rape
14 Reducing Men’s Violence: The Personal Meets the Political

Notes
References
Index

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 2
• EAN13: 9780791483886
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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THE GENDER OF DESIRE

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THE GENDER OF DESIRE Essays on Male Sexuality

Michael S. Kimmel

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Kimmel, Michael S. The gender of desire : essays on male sexuality / Michael S. Kimmel p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–7914–6337–0 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0–7914–6338–9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Men—Sexual behavior. 2. Masculinity. 3. Sex role. 4. Men’s studies. 5. Pornograpy—Social aspects. 6. Sex crimes. I. Title.

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For Marty Duberman, and twenty years of friendship

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Coitus can scarcely be said to take place in a vacuum; although of itself it appears a biological and physical activity, it is set so deeply within the larger context of human affairs that it serves as a charged microcosm of the variety of attitudes and values to which culture subscribes. Among other things, it may serve as a model of sexual politics in an individual or personal place. —Kate Millet,Sexual Politics(1970)

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Contents

I The Construction of Male Sexual Desire

Gendering Desire

Masculinity as Homophobia: Fear, Shame, and Silence in the Construction of Gender Identity

II In Our Dreams: Sexual Fantasy and Sexual Representation

The Gender of Desire: The Sexual Fantasies of Women and Men with Rebecca F. Plante

Pornography and Male Sexuality

Sexual Violence in Three Pornographic Media: Toward a Sociological Explanation with Martin Barron

Does Censorship Make a Difference? An Aggregate Empirical Analysis of Pornography and Rape with Annulla Linders

III From Fantasy to Reality: Sexual Identity and Sexual Behavior

Sexual Balkanization: Gender and Sexuality as the New Ethnicities

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