{"product_id":"gendered-outcasts-and-sexual-outlaws-paperback-softback","title":"Gendered Outcasts and Sexual Outlaws - Paperback \/ softback","description":"\u003cp\u003eA candid re-examination of what it means to be a gay man\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGendered Outcasts and Sexual Outlaws: Sexual Oppression and Gender Hierarchies in Queer Men’s Lives explores the impact and effects of sexual oppression and power relationships within the gay male community. This controversial book features thoughtful and provocative essays from authors, educators, and activists who challenge the stigmatization and issues of power they face as gay men who don’t fit the masculine mold formed by the gay porn industry and the media. Their poignant words reveal the sting of finding discrimination and alienation where least expected as the rise of sexualized hyper-masculinity, racism, and femiphobia among gay men has created a need to re-examine appropriate gay male identity and sexuality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditors Christopher Kendall and Wayne Martino, who have written about and researched the negative side of gay male pornography, the links between sexism and homophobia, gay male suicide, and the impact of masculinity and sexuality on gay men, divide the book’s powerful essays into two sections: The Dynamics of Sex\/Gender Oppression and When Gender Harms and Oppression Becomes the Norm. The first section challenges the assumptions that form the basis of gay male identity. Relying on the work of radical feminists and cultural theorists, the authors explore the meaning of gender in a society that expects men to act according to a masculine idealand punishes them when they don’t. The book’s second section analyzes the reality of gender oppression caused by inequality and sexualized gender hierarchies. Contributors discuss what can happen when gay men take seriously the sexual role models that are offered and what happens if they dare to reject them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGendered Outcasts and Sexual Outlaws examines:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e effeminacy in gay men’s lives\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e the idealization of the gay male body\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e straight-acting masculinities and the rejection of the feminine\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e narcissism, masculinity, and body absorption\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e racialized masculinity\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e the feminization of the Asian gay male in gay pornography\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e gay male rape\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e domestic violence\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e and much more!\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eGendered Outcasts and Sexual Outlaws is an eye-opening re-evaluation of what being gay means, why being gay is still considered socially unacceptable, and how the gay male community can respond to systemic stigmatization and hate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45547336237294,"sku":"9781560235019","price":48.79,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9781560235019.jpg?v=1720247321","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/gendered-outcasts-and-sexual-outlaws-paperback-softback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}