And yet, for the vast majority of us, these tendencies—whatever they may be—are shaped and experienced under the constraints of heteronormativity, within cultures strongly invested in opposite-sex coupling. Once registered you can read a total of author of Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White articles each month, plus:.
You go to church with us! All rights reserved. Ward illustrates that sex between straight white men allows them to leverage whiteness and masculinity to authenticate their heterosexuality in the context of sex with men. For Jane Ward, these sexual practices reveal a unique social space where straight white men can—and do—have sex with other straight white men; in fact, she argues, author of Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White do so reaffirms rather than challenges their gender and racial identity.
That these straight men who do "gay" stuff are actually legitimately straight, because straight is a self identifier which is more linked with some kind of commitment to heteronormitivity or something like that.
Apr 19, Jeff rated it really liked it. Plain and simple, this is re-victimization at its most basic level. The other section I truly enjoyed was the chapter devoted to Craigslist ads in the Casual Encounters section.
Registration is free and only takes a moment. Many scholars working in Black queer studies, like C. If they had no real choice should a sailor jump ship, and go AWOL?
The specific requirements or preferences of your reviewing publisher, classroom teacher, institution or organization should be applied. Ward speaking about what is "unfathomable to most people" and the heteronormative narrative: "that I signed onto, and cultivated, queerness in my life; that I find both heterosexual and mainstream gay culture distasteful and often pitiable; that my partner and I are not ladies and we don't want our relationship described as beautiful; that if you think you would be happier as a dyke you could and should be one; that I don't want a good public image at least not the kind for which the mainstream gay and lesbian movement is striving ; and that it is precisely because queerness refuses normalization that is meaningful to me and to other queers" Already registered or a current subscriber?
View all 3 comments. The book also skillfully analyzes the often fluid nature of sexuality, race, privilege, and the taboo crossover behavior between sexually active men of opposing preferences.