Sexual fluidity among non-heterosexual men

Discourses and Practices on Sexual Variability Negotiated With Hegemonic Masculinity

Bibliographic Data

ID7930657
AuthorsRita Grave (0000-0002-5659-9556, Universidade do Porto, corresponding author), Ana R Pinho (0000-0002-9190-8094, Universidade do Porto), António M Marques (0000-0002-0200-8976, Instituto Politecnico de Setubal), Maria Da Conceição De Oliveira Carvalho Nogueira (0000-0002-9152-754X, Universidade do Porto)
Year2022
Volume17
Issue4
Pages219-235
Publication date2022-10-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNORMA (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1890-2138 • E-ISSN: 1890-2146
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/18902138.2022.2104100
OpenAlexW4286742106
LanguageEN
References cited42

Hegemonic masculinity constitutes a relevant tool for understanding the genderization processes prevailing in men’s sexualities. Hence, we deployed this concept as a resource to analyse how sexual fluidity might apply to the sexuality of non-heterosexual men and how they experienced this. We carried out semi-structured interviews with 15 participants, ranging from 20 to 53 years old, who all reported having experienced sexual fluidity. This article presents experiences of sexual fluidity as a shifting identity amidst flexible sexual activities and concerns over normativity through personal and social reactions taking place in a heterostable social world. These results exhibit the negotiations of sexual fluidity with hegemonic masculinities, both reproduced and questioned

Hegemonic masculinity · Hegemony · Heterosexuality · Homosexuality · Masculinity · Political science · Politics · Sexual behavior · Sociology · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Sexuality, and Education · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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