Holland, Janet,

The male in the head : young people, heterosexuality and power / by Janet Holland [and others]. - Second edition. - xiii, 211 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Sex, gender and power -- Positioning ourselves, representing others -- The contradictions of condoms: Femininity, masculinity and sexual risk -- Learning about sex: The gendering of sexual knowledge -- Languages if love: Stories, lines and secrets -- When bodies come together: Power, control and desire -- Empowered women -- Empowered men -- The-male-in-the-head -- Unnatural heterosexuality: Resistance and change. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

"Young people talk frankly about sex and relationships in this detailed investigation of the social construction of sexuality. In a period of sexual uncertainty and change, their eloquent and often moving accounts of sexual risk and safety provide the basis for a theory of male dominated heterosexuality. The process of constructing this theory and the problems confronted by feminist research on heterosexuality are described in The Male in the Head, which presents the main empirical findings of the WRAP-Women, Risk and AIDS project and the MRAP-Men, Risk and AIDS project."--Publisher's website.

1872767478 9781872767475


Youth--Sexual behavior.--Great Britain
Young adults--Sexual behavior--Great Britain.
Young men--Sexual behavior.--Great Britain
Masculinity--Great Britain
Heterosexuality--Great Britain
Sex role--Great Britain

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