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Articles and essays on the construction of male sexuality by a pioneer in the field of masculinity studies.

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Author:   Michael S. Kimmel
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780791463383

ISBN 10:   0791463389
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   10 March 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"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"

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Michael S. Kimmel is Professor of Sociology at Stony Brook University, State University of New York. He has written and edited many books, including The History of Men: Essays on the History of American and British Masculinities, also published by SUNY Press, and The Gendered Society, Second Edition. He is also the editor of Men and Masculinities, a leading journal in the field.

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