Men, Sides, and Homosexism

A Small-Scale Empirical Study of the Lived Experiences of Men Who Identify as Sides

Bibliographic Data

ID3617159
AuthorsAngelos Bollas (0000-0002-2594-8215, Dublin City University, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume71
Issue8
Pages1867-1879
Publication date2024-07-02
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918369.2023.2208250
PMID37140893
OpenAlexW4368360043
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited17

The present study contributes to recent scholarship on homosexism and side sexualities by providing empirical evidence that supports stigmatizing societal responses to non-penetrative sexual practices among men who have sex with men as well as to those engaging in such practices. The study provides a close reading of two scenes of the series Cucumber (2015) which depict marginalizing attitudes toward a man who prefers non-penetrative to penetrative anal sex with other men as well as findings from interviews with men who identify as sides on a permanent or occasional basis. The findings confirm that the lived experiences of men who identify as sides are not different to the Henry's in Cucumber (2015), and participants of this study challenge the absence of positive representations of men who identify as sides in popular culture

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