Straight-Queer Masculinities

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Straight - Queer Masculinities denote aconcept introducedby the American sociologist Robert Heasley to denote forms of deviant masculinity in heterosexual men that do not fall into the current hegemonic paradigm of masculinity . Heasley's approach is situated in the context of Critical Heterosexuality Studies . He himself describes his youth as that of a straight sissy boy .

He distinguishes six types of straight-queer men and boys:

  1. Straight sissy-boys (on German about: hetero queen ; heterosexual or präheterosexuelle boys who show in their youth and childhood behaviors that are likely attributed to girls - for example, lack of sportsmanship, interest in dolls, sewing, etc. - and therefore. are considered gay by their peers and may be ridiculed),
  2. Social-justice straight-queers ( straight men and boys who advocate the social issues of lesbians , gays , bisexuals and transgender people ),
  3. Elective straight-queers (heterosexual men and boys who " flirt " with behaviors that are viewed as gay and celebrate them within a certain framework),
  4. Committed straight-queers (heterosexual men and boys who - more radical than the elective straight queers - understand queer masculinity as an integral part of their lives),
  5. Stylistic straight-queers (" metrosexual " men who choose fashion, style, clothing etc. that are traditionally not considered to be suitable for men),
  6. Males living in the shadow of masculinity (men who find themselves between adaptation and non-adaptation to classic male role models without being able (or willing) to make a conscious decision).

Within the social sciences and psychology , in recent years increasingly critical side to the lack of empirical studies on gender-roll compliant homosexuals and gender-roll non-conformist heterosexuals noted that classic in almost all studies, especially for Geschlechtsrollennonkonformität in childhood (the homosexual with subsequent orientation Context) must be hidden. In Germany , in 2003, Thomas Grossmann , following on from his study Pre-Homosexual Childhoods (in which he compares the biographical narratives of formerly “boy typical” and “boy atypical” gay men), pointed out the relevance of the study of “ pre- heterosexual sissy boys ”.

literature

  • Allan Hunter: Same Door, Different Closet: A Heterosexual Sissy's Coming-out Party. In: Sue Wilkinson, Celia Kitzinger (Ed.): Heterosexuality. A Feminism & Psychology Reader. Sage, London et al. 1993, ISBN 0-8039-8823-0 , pp. 150-168.
  • Calvin Thomas (Ed.): Straight with a Twist. Queer Theory and the Subject of Heterosexuality. University of Illinois Press, Urbana IL et al. 2000, ISBN 0-252-06813-0 .
  • Robert Heasley: Crossing the Borders of Gendered Sexuality: Queer Masculinities of Straight Men. In: Chrys Ingraham (Ed.): Thinking Straight. The Power, the Promise, and the Paradox of Heterosexuality. Routledge, London et al. 2005, ISBN 0-415-93273-4 , pp. 109-129.
  • Robert Heasley: Queer Masculinities of Straight Men: A Typology. In: Men and Masculinities. Vol. 7, ISSN  1097-184X , pp. 310-320, doi : 10.1177 / 1097184X04272118 .

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