Explore the feelings of men toward other men without the pigeonholing found in terms like "gay" and "straight"!Male to Male: Sexual Feeling Across the Boundaries of Identity starts with the evidence that most studies on male sexuality have ignored--the same-sex feelings of men whose identities are heterosexual. Of the more than fifty men in this book, almost half were aware of some degree of same-sex feeling. But beyond percentages, the primary focus of Male to Male is the exploration--through their own words--of how these men experienced same-sex feelings, what these feelings meant to them, the fears surrounding them, and the consequences of the collision between their heterosexual identities and their same-sex feelings.In addition to comparative data on women's same-sex feelings, as well as on what men say in regard to their feelings about women, Male to Male includes material from two in-depth case studies. The first is on Clark, an African-American man who moved into sex with men in prison. His story shows that the need to see gay men as feminine is really a cultural defense against the powerful pull toward the male-to-male bond, and points to the movement to fulfill that bond when this defense is dropped. The second is on Zack, a gay police officer. His story explores the different dimensions and meanings of the male-to-male bond as these unfolded in his own life, while telling about the heterosexually identified men who "came out" to him about their own same-sex feelings. Male to Male will help you explore:

• same-sex feelings in heterosexual men and women
• same-sex feelings in the military
• prison culture and the "heterosexual role"
• the fear of domination
• the aesthetics of fear and power
• the dynamics of rape
• compassionate relationships between heterosexual-identified men . . . and much more!

Male to Male provides evidence showing that the identity that really counts--constituting the deepest source from which men's sexual feelings for each other spring--is not specifically a gay or heterosexual identity. That source is, rather, a male identity, and--beyond that--a human identity.

About the Author
Edward J Tejirian has been a clinical psychologist and psychoterapist in private practice since 1976. He is currently Supervising Psychotherapist at the Institute of Human Identity in New York City, offering psychotherapy to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered clients. He is also the author of Sexuality and the Devil: Symbols of Love, Power and Fear in Male Psychology.

Reviews
"...doesn't just break new ground; it digs deeper than any previous study into the subterranean recesses of human male sexual desire." - Steven Zeeland"



Book Information
ISBN 9781560239765
Author Edward Tejirian
Format Paperback
Page Count 404
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
Weight(grams) 750g