Mostly Straight : Sexual Fluidity among Men / Ritch C. Savin-Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Savin-Williams, Ritch C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young bisexual men--Interviews.

Young bisexual men.

Sexual minorities.

Sex.

Sex role.

Sex (Psychology).

Sex (Biology).

Men who have sex with men.

Sexual fluidity.

Gender roles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"A growing number of young men today say they are “mostly straight” and yet feel a slight but enduring desire for men. Ritch Savin-Williams explores the stories of 40 mostly straight young men to help us understand the biological, psychological, and cultural forces that are loosening the sexual bind many boys and young men experience."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

The Sexual Neverlands

Straight But Not Narrow

Dillon

Sexual And Romantic Spectrums

Romantic Orientation

Sexual And Romantic Fluidity

It Is Who I Am

Straight, But Not Totally Straight

Demetri

Ricky

Chris

Progressive Mostly Straight

It’S About The Sex

Five Young Men

Ryan

Kyle

It’S About The Romance

Two Romantic Young Men

Jay

It’S About The Sex And The Romance

Joel

Chandler

Do Mostly Straight Youth Exist?

Dillon Returns

Developmental Trajectories

If You Believe You Are Mostly Straight

Escaping The Sexual Neverlands

Appendix A: Methods

Appendix B: Mostly Straight Science

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Aug 2018)

ISBN:

9780674981041

0674981049

9780674981034

0674981030

OCLC:

1054881126