scholarly journals ‘No expectations’: Straight men's sexual and moral identity-making in non-monogamous dating

Sexualities ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 844-859
Author(s):  
Katrien De Graeve
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Moral Identity ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Heterosexual Men ◽  
Discursive Strategies

This article juxtaposes the discursive strategies of two groups of heterosexual men in the context of non-monogamous internet-mediated dating in Belgium, notably men who are open about their extra-dyadic sexual practices and ‘cheating’ men. The analysis shows that regardless of the men's use of openness or discretion to construct narratives of sexual identity, morality and care, their accounts seem to be deeply intertwined with monogamist and gendered ideas on sex, care and commitment, which serves to define a largely uncaring and consumeristic dating culture. The article argues that attentiveness to power inequalities should be the main focus of ‘ethical’ non-monogamy.

Challenging Perceptions of “Straight”: Heterosexual Men Who Have Sex with Men and the Cultural Politics of Sexual Identity Categories

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 694-715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asha Persson ◽  
Christy E. Newman ◽  
Pene Manolas ◽  
Martin Holt ◽  
Denton Callander ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Health ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Cultural Politics ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Heterosexual Men ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Health Field

Research shows that some heterosexually identified men engage in sex with men; however, they remain largely hidden and little understood. Despite long-standing scholarly recognition that sexual identity and orientation do not always neatly coincide, the culturally normative heterosexual/homosexual binary tends to shape mainstream perceptions of such men as well as render them invisible in sexual health systems reliant on stable sexual identity categories. This invisibility, in turn, perpetuates the fiction of the binary. We explore perspectives on heterosexually identified men who have sex with men, drawing on recent research literature and on qualitative interviews with “key informants” in the Australian sexual health field who have frontline knowledge of these men. We consider the limitations of inventing a label to “encapsulate” these diverse men but also the significance of finding a language that meaningfully acknowledges their sexual realities and highlights heterosexuality as more varied and fluid than social attitudes and traditional sexual identity categories permit.

Helping a Buddy Out

2021 ◽  
pp. 141-157
Author(s):  
Tony Silva
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Small Town ◽  
Gay And Bisexual Men ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Hooking Up ◽  
Bisexual Men ◽  
Male Sex ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Three Components

The men interviewed interpreted sex with men as compatible with heterosexuality and masculinity. What the author calls “bud-sex” is the way rural and small-town, white, straight men interpret or engage in sex in ways that reinforce their heterosexuality and masculinity. While the sex these men have with other men involves acts similar to those between gay and bisexual men, the meanings they attach to these acts differ greatly. Bud-sex has three components. First is hooking up with other masculine, white, and straight or bisexual men. Second is having secretive, nonromantic sex. And third is interpreting male-male sex as largely unthreatening to masculinity, heterosexuality, or marriage. Bud-sex, with its unique understandings of gender and sexual identity, reflects and reinforces the men’s embeddedness in straight culture. Sexual identity and masculinity depend on what sex acts mean, rather than on mere mechanics. Consequently, interpretations of sexual practices, not sexual practices in and of themselves, are crucially important. For the straight men interviewed, their interpretations both reflected and reinforced their embeddedness in straight culture. Bud-sex allows straight men to enjoy male-male sex without threatening either their heterosexuality or their masculinity.

scholarly journals Age, ethnic and travel-related disparities in kissing and sexual practices among heterosexual men in Melbourne, Australia

Sexual Health ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 279
Author(s):  
Finley J. Charleson ◽  
Christopher K. Fairley ◽  
Jane S. Hocking ◽  
Lenka A. Vodstrcil ◽  
Catriona S. Bradshaw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Negative Binomial ◽  
Health Centre ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Significant Risk Factor ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Transmission Risk ◽  
Heterosexual Men ◽  
Sex Partners ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background The kissing practices of heterosexual men are not well understood, despite the potential of kissing to be a significant risk factor for gonorrhoea transmission. This study aimed to explore kissing and sex practices among heterosexual men. Methods: A cross-sectional survey among heterosexual men attending the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre in 2016–2017 was conducted. Men were asked to report their number of kissing-only (in the absence of sex), sex-only (in the absence of kissing) and kissing-with-sex partners in the last 3 months. The mean number of each partner type was calculated, and multivariable negative binomial regression was used to investigate associations between the number of different types of partners and demographic characteristics. Results: Of the 2351 heterosexual men, men reported a mean of 2.98 kissing-only, 0.54 sex-only and 2.64 kissing-with-sex partners in the last 3 months. Younger men had a mean higher number of kissing-only partners than older men (4.52 partners among men aged ≤24 years compared with 1.75 partners among men ≥35 years, P < 0.001). Men born in Europe had the most kissing-only partners (mean: 5.16 partners) and men born in Asia had the fewest kissing-only partners (mean: 1.61 partners). Men recently arrived in Australia, including travellers from overseas, had significantly more kissing-only partners (adjusted incidence rate ratio (aIRR): 1.53; 95% CI: 1.31–1.80) than local men. Conclusions: This study provides novel data about kissing practices of heterosexual men. Studies assessing oropharyngeal gonorrhoea should include measurements of kissing until studies can clarify its contribution to transmission risk.

Sex in America

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy DeRogatis
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Forthcoming Article ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Civic Values ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
Sexuality And Religion

This is an advance summary of a forthcoming article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion. Please check back later for the full article. Significant topics addressed in the study of sexuality and religion in the United States from precolonial times to the early twenty-first century include menstruation, puberty, reproduction, contraception, miscegenation, chastity, sexual variance, sexual prohibitions, sexual identity, sexual performance, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer issues. Providing examples from a wide historical time frame and a broad religious spectrum and pointing to comparisons and distinctions among religious traditions regarding sexuality, sexual identity, and sexual practices show that ideas about sexuality in religious groups and contexts have changed over time. The majority of scholarship on religion and sexuality in the United States has been published since the 1990s and much (although not all) is focused on contemporary issues. Also of relevance are contemporary U.S. debates about sexuality and religion that have become part of the public discussion of religious freedom and civic values, as well as relevant court cases (for example, the Hobby Lobby case argued in front of the Supreme Court in March 2014) and public discussions.

Changes in Sexual Practices Over 5 Years of Follow-Up Among Heterosexual Men in San Francisco

1991 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 896???900
Author(s):  
Michael C. Samuel ◽  
Joseph Guydish ◽  
Maria Ekstrand ◽  
Thomas J. Coates ◽  
Warren Winkelstein
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Heterosexual Men

Sexuality and Gender

2009 ◽  
pp. 304-315
Author(s):  
Laura McClure
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Greek Mythology ◽  
Biological Sex ◽  
Sexuality And Gender ◽  
The Status ◽  
To Come ◽  
And Gender

In discussing sexual identity, this article focuses on specific issues in understanding how individuals could be constructed as sexual beings. The ancient Greeks themselves had no specific or overarching terms for either gender or sexuality, yet distinctions based on biological sex were deeply embedded in the linguistic, cognitive, political, and social structures of their society at all periods. Just as biological sex precedes sexuality in many accounts, so men were thought to come into being before women in Greek mythology. Meanwhile, the sexual practices of the ancient Greeks attracted the attention of scholars much earlier than questions about the status and position of Greek women.

scholarly journals Sexual Identity and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Awareness of Heart Attack and Stroke Symptoms: Findings From the National Health Interview Survey

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-67
Author(s):  
Billy A. Caceres ◽  
Meghan Reading Turchioe ◽  
Anthony Pho ◽  
Theresa A. Koleck ◽  
Ruth Masterson Creber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Ethnic Differences ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Heart Attack ◽  
National Health Interview Survey ◽  
Minority Women ◽  
Heterosexual Men ◽  
Sexual Minority Women ◽  
Interview Survey ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Purpose: Investigate sexual identity and racial/ethnic differences in awareness of heart attack and stroke symptoms. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: 2014 and 2017 National Health Interview Survey. Sample: 54 326 participants. Measures: Exposure measures were sexual identity (heterosexual, gay/lesbian, bisexual, “something else”) and race/ethnicity. Awareness of heart attack and stroke symptoms was assessed. Analysis: Sex-stratified logistic regression analyses to examine sexual identity and racial/ethnic differences in awareness of heart attack and stroke symptoms. Results: Gay men were more likely than heterosexual men to identify calling 911 as the correct action if someone is having a heart attack (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 2.16, 95% CI: 1.18-3.96). The majority of racial/ethnic minority heterosexuals reported lower rates of awareness of heart attack and stroke symptoms than White heterosexuals. Hispanic sexual minority women had lower awareness of heart attack symptoms than White heterosexual women (AOR = 0.43, 95% CI: 0.25-0.74), whereas Asian sexual minority women reported lower awareness of stroke symptoms (AOR = 0.25, 95% CI: 0.08-0.80). Hispanic (AOR = 0.52, 95% CI: 0.33-0.84) and Asian (AOR = 0.35, 95% CI: 0.14-0.84) sexual minority men reported lower awareness of stroke symptoms than White heterosexual men. Conclusion: Hispanic and Asian sexual minorities had lower rates of awareness of heart attack and stroke symptoms. Health information technology may be a platform for delivering health education and targeted health promotion for sexual minorities of color.

Sexual practices and risk behaviors of Israeli adult heterosexual men

AIDS Care ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 567-571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Shilo ◽  
Zohar Mor
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Heterosexual Men

Formation of homosexual orientation of men in adolescence

2014 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 326-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grażyna Katra
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Heterosexual Men ◽  
Homosexual Men ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
Homosexual Orientation ◽  
Personal Attitudes ◽  
Interview Questionnaire

Abstract The aim of the study was to explore the experiences of homosexual men connected with the formation of their sexual orientation in adolescence. A comparative study of 27 young adult homosexual men and 28 heterosexual men of similar age used a categorised interview questionnaire consisting of two parts: the first with questions regarding sexual dreams, fantasies and erotic encounters; the second with questions on family and social circumstances. The study yielded an abundance of interesting data on the psychological circumstances of homosexual men during the formation of sexual orientation and its awareness as well as differences and similarities in that area between homosexual and heterosexual men. For instance, it revealed experience patterns concerning the formation of sexual identity and personal attitudes toward one’s sexual orientation characteristic of homosexual persons. The study verified the main hypothesis that mental-internal experiences precede behavioural-external ones both in homosexual and heterosexual persons.

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