This thesis offers a critical analysis of psychopathological discourses (sexology, psychoanalysis and psychiatry) and feminist writings that contribute to the construction of representations of heterosexual female masochism and submission. Chapter One examines pseudo-scientific ideas about ‘women’ and ‘masochism’ developed in the works of sexologist Richard von Krafft-Ebing and psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. This chapter provides the necessary historical context with which to understand the Anglo-American iterations of discourses of heterosexual female masochism and submission from the 1970s to the present day, which form the case studies in Chapters Two to Four. Chapter Two complexifies and nuances polarised feminist arguments of the 1970s and ’80s (the so-called ‘Sex Wars’) regarding the political status of heterosexual female masochism and submission. This chapter considers the radical and liberal feminist conceptions of fantasy, sexual orientation and sadomasochism (SM), which are examined in relation to two fictional texts: Jenny Diski’s Nothing Natural and Pat Califia’s Macho Sluts. Chapter Three examines the relationship between self-injury and masochism using Steven Shainberg’s film Secretary as a case study. This chapter explores Secretary’s relation to the generic conventions of romantic comedy; demonstrates how the film borrows from normalising and mainstreaming discourses about SM; and finally shows that it engages implicitly and briefly, with notions of SM as a radical challenge to the prevalent cultural narrative of ‘health and harm’. Chapter Four examines the discursive construction of heterosexual female masochism and submission in contemporary sex blogs. This chapter brings together many of the currents that run through the thesis to highlight specific ways that blogging as a medium affects representations of these phenomena. It also examines ways that bloggers have begun to use the medium as a form of ‘confessional’ to co-opt the gay ‘coming out’ narrative for their own ‘kinky’ ends. The thesis concludes by examining some reasons why the complex political position that heterosexual female masochism and submission occupied when they were first coined in Western modernity persists to the present, postmodern day.

MARREGA, M. F Ser homem de 45 a 55 anos na relação heterossexual: da ruptura do silêncio a reflexões de paradigmas. 2005. 319 p. Dissertação. FFCLRP- Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 2005. Resumo A heterossexualidade se apresenta como padrão de sexualidade instituído como norma sexual adequada, portanto pouco investigado. A definição de homem como chefe do lar, forte, inatingível emocionalmente, consiste na oposição da idéia do conceito do que é ser mulher, considerada sensível, frágil e passiva. Esse conceito patriarcal possui como paradigma uma definição clara de papéis de gênero, sendo legitimado pela divisão social de trabalho, na qual os homens situam-se na esfera pública da sociedade, provendo materialmente a família, enquanto as mulheres são aptas à esfera privada, zelando pelo lar e pelos filhos. Entretanto, as conquistas sexuais das mulheres e sua inserção no mercado de trabalho, ocasionaram mudanças nesse cenário. Isso juntamente com as conquistas dos homossexuais e transexuais desencadeou mudanças significativas nos papéis de gênero e na estrutura familiar. Assim, essa pesquisa visa compreender como homens de meia-idade que se autodenominam heterossexuais vivenciam e significam suas experiências afetivas e sexuais, no decorrer de suas histórias. Centramos nossa atenção ao fenômeno: O que é a heterossexualidade? Entrevistamos 6 homens entre 45 e 55 anos, utilizamos a técnica de entrevista compreensiva gravada, norteada pela questão: “Na sua história de vida, da infância até os dias atuais, como você foi se percebendo heterossexual e como isso tem sido?". A metodologia fenomenológica foi utilizada para a obtenção dos relatos dos colaboradores, por meio da entrevista fenomenológica compreensiva. Os depoimentos foram analisados pela perspectiva psicanalítica e pela análise histórico sociológica. A heterossexualidade é descrita pela maioria dos colaboradores como sendo algo que brota do íntimo de forma natural e que se confirma por meio da intensa atividade sexual com as mulheres, assim como define-se também por oposição à identificação com o feminino e à possível inclinação homossexual. Esse modelo patriarcal do “homem de verdade", gera fortes características narcísicas na estrutura da identidade masculina, que se expressam intensamente na adolescência, dificultando a relação de troca afetiva na vida adulta. Sexo e afetividade são vividos de modo cindido, visto que o primeiro é vivido com mulheres com quem não se deve viver envolvimento e compromisso. O compromisso amoroso deve ser assumido com mulheres de família. As relações adultas são marcadas, assim, pelos esteriótipos dos papéis de gênero. Esse formato de relacionamento amoroso é questionado e refletido por alguns dos colaboradores na meia-idade, visto que dificulta a satisfação e a sensação de autenticidade na relação amorosa. Os padrões onipotentes e viris da ideologia patriarcal heterossexual são questionados pela maioria dos colaboradores, uma vez que não satisfazem mais a necessidade afetiva e sexual desses homens na meia-idade. Alguns colaboradores, entretanto realizam uma adaptação desses valores em um novo formato para se adequar às mudanças que o tempo impôs em seus relacionamentos. A busca por uma maior autenticidade na relação amorosa ocasionou na história de alguns colaboradores o abandono dos esteriótipos ligados aos papéis de gênero, assim como em relação ao formato burguês da família moderna, constituindo relacionamentos e grupos familiares diferentes do padrão da sociedade Moderna. Outros colaboradores permaneceram inseridos nesse padrão tradicional. Essa heterogeneidade, caracterizada pela mescla entre a pluralidade de modelos e o tradicional nos relacionamentos, configura o contexto da hipermodernidade, no qual essas vivências estão inseridas. Palavras Chave: heterossexualidade, masculino, Fenomenologia, Psicanálise / MARREGA, M. F To be a 45- to 55-year-old man in a heterosexual relationship: From rupture of the silence to reflections on paradigms. 2005. 319 p. Dissertação Mestrado - FFCLRP- Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 2005. Abstract Heterosexuality is presented as a pattern of sexuality established as the sexual norm however, it has been studied little. The definition of the man as the head of the household, strong, emotionally unaffected, consists of the opposing concept of being a woman, considered sensitive, fragile and passive. This patriarchal concept has as a paradigm a clear definition of the roles of gender, which has been legitimized by the social division of work, in which men place themselves in the public sphere of society, materially providing for the family, whilst the women are apt for the private sphere, taking care of the home and the children. However, the sexual achievements of women and their inclusion in the labor market, has caused changes in this scenario. This, together with the conquests of homosexuals and transsexuals triggered significant changes in the roles of gender and the familial structure. Thus, this research aims at understanding how middle-aged men who consider themselves heterosexual, experienced and denoted their affective and sexual experiences over their lives. We focused our attention on the phenomenon: What is heterosexuality? Six men between the ages of 45 and 55 were interviewed utilizing the technique of recorded comprehensive interviews directed by the question: “In your life story, from childhood to nowadays, how did you perceive you were heterosexual and how has this been?" The phenomenologic methodology was utilized to obtain the reports of the collaborators, by comprehensive phenomenologic interviews. The interviews were analyzed from the psychoanalytical point of view and by analyzing the sociological history. Heterosexuality is described by most of the collaborators as being something that naturally emerges from the within and which is confirmed by intense sexual activity with women, thus it is also defined as opposed to the identification with femininity and the possible homosexual inclination. This patriarchal model of a “true man" creates strong narcissist characteristics in the structure of the masculine identity, which are intensely expressed in the adolescence, making the relationship of affective exchange difficult in the adulthood. Sex and affectivity are lived independently, as the first is lived with women with whom you should not become involved and compromised. Loving involvement should be adopted by women of families. Adult relationships are thus, marked by stereotypes of roles of gender. This format of loving relationships is questioned and reflected upon by some of the middle-aged collaborators, as it makes satisfaction and the sensation of authenticity in the loving relationship difficult. The omnipotent and viripotent patterns of the heterosexual patriarchal ideology are questioned by the majority of the collaborators, as they do not satisfy the affective and sexual necessities of these middle-aged men anymore. Some collaborators however, manage to transform these values into another format to adapt to the changes that time has imposed on their relationships. The pursuit of a greater authenticity in the loving relationship caused some collaborators to abandon the stereotypes linked to the roles of gender, as well as the bourgeois format of the modern family, constituting relationships and family groups different to the norms of the modern society. Other collaborators remain part of this traditional pattern. This heterogeneity, characterized by a plurality of models including the traditional in relationships, configures the context of hypermodernity in which these existences are inserted. Key words: heterosexuality, masculine, phenomenology, psychoanalysis

My research involves a critical analysis of the sexual cultures of young heterosexual Australian men. This research is driven by the need to understand and prevent the heterosexual sexual transmission of HIV/AIDS. I focus on young heterosexual men’s understandings and experiences of condom use and non-use, given that condoms are a key means of preventing the sexual transmission of HIV. ¶ I conducted in-depth interviews with seventeen men, using these to explore sexual practices and the meanings and sociosexual relations through which these are organised. This ‘close-focus’ qualitative approach is oriented to assessing the interplay between men’s personal experience and the social relations of sexuality and gender. I draw on empirical feminist investigations of women’s relation to HIV/AIDS, the critical scholarship on men and masculinities and masculine sexualities, and sociological scholarship on sexualities. ¶ My research finds that young heterosexual men emphasise five themes in accounting for their non-use of condoms. First, men stress the risk of pregnancy rather than the risks of HIV or other sexually transmitted infections, and they respond to the former risk by relying on their partners’ use of the Pill. Second, men perceive that wearing condoms decreases their penile sensation and that condoms are difficult to use. Third, men find that the “heat of the moment” of sexual episodes, their spontaneous and passionate ambience, makes it hard to incorporate condoms and, indeed, condoms destroy this “moment”. Fourth, men privilege “trust” as fundamental to their sexual involvements, and they quickly define involvements as “relationships” and therefore as trusting and monogamous, such that they abandon condoms. Fifth, men believe that they are very unlikely to contract HIV because they see their social circles, institutions, the heterosexual community or heterosexual sex per se as safe and free of HIV/AIDS, so there is no need to wear condoms. ¶ I compare these findings with the argument in the AIDS literature that heterosexual men’s use of condoms is limited by several understandings associated with masculine sexuality and masculinity. I argue that these understandings do not appear to be widespread as the literature claims, some work in contradictory ways and are compatible with safe sex, and other sets of meanings are more influential in heterosexual men’s unsafe sex. Men do not represent wearing condoms as feminising or homosexualising, nor as masculine. I conclude by exploring how heterosexual men could be encouraged to use condoms through appeals to notions associated with masculinity and masculine sexuality.

Single motherhood has been socially constructed as a deviant identity category. Up against the master societal framework of hegemonic heterosexuality, single mothers, as a social group, have been systematically discriminated against and subjected to moral regulation. The single mother has consistently been depicted as either criminal or victim, and she has almost always been cast as an individual actor whose lot is explained in individualized, apolitical terms. The current rhetoric of choice feeds the idea that single mothers in need deserve their hardships because they have freely and singularly chosen their sexual and reproductive behaviors and circumstances. In light of the historically constructed identity position of the single mother, it is evident that a more sociologically sensitive analysis of single motherhood has been culturally suppressed. Feminism has long been adamant about the significance of the role that reproduction plays in gender inequality. Queer Theory, with its critique of the sexualization of social life, is amenable to such a perspective and is employed here to illuminate how familial, sexual, and/or reproductive realities rigidify into overarching identity categories that shape and restrict rights and freedoms. / N/A

The purpose of this essay is to highlight the conceptions that exist in school towards homosexuality. My overall essay questions are: What rules does the school have to apply concerning homosexuality? What approach do the professors have towards young lesbian women and kind of support is offered to the group? In order to answer these questions I interviewed a professor and a young lesbian female. One of the surveys that has been made, as a normative order, about heterosexuality in the last decade is known as queer theory. One of the theories that in surveys investigates homosexuality as a normative order is known as “queer theory” and it is the one I decided to use in this essay. Inspired by feminist research, gay and lesbian studies and the poststructuralist theory, the queertheory focuses on some peoples way of organizing sexuality is privileged, sanctioned and is perceived as normal, while others are seen as deviant, abnormal and therefore unwelcome. The method chosen for this essay is qualitative with focus on interviews and life stories. The result indicates that there is no specific plan based on the schools fundamental values concerning how homosexuality should be included in teaching.

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Thesis (M. Soc. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 106-120).

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 106-120) Also available in print.

MARREGA, M. F Ser homem de 45 a 55 anos na relação heterossexual: da ruptura do silêncio a reflexões de paradigmas. 2005. 319 p. Dissertação. FFCLRP- Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 2005. Resumo A heterossexualidade se apresenta como padrão de sexualidade instituído como norma sexual adequada, portanto pouco investigado. A definição de homem como chefe do lar, forte, inatingível emocionalmente, consiste na oposição da idéia do conceito do que é ser mulher, considerada sensível, frágil e passiva. Esse conceito patriarcal possui como paradigma uma definição clara de papéis de gênero, sendo legitimado pela divisão social de trabalho, na qual os homens situam-se na esfera pública da sociedade, provendo materialmente a família, enquanto as mulheres são aptas à esfera privada, zelando pelo lar e pelos filhos. Entretanto, as conquistas sexuais das mulheres e sua inserção no mercado de trabalho, ocasionaram mudanças nesse cenário. Isso juntamente com as conquistas dos homossexuais e transexuais desencadeou mudanças significativas nos papéis de gênero e na estrutura familiar. Assim, essa pesquisa visa compreender como homens de meia-idade que se autodenominam heterossexuais vivenciam e significam suas experiências afetivas e sexuais, no decorrer de suas histórias. Centramos nossa atenção ao fenômeno: O que é a heterossexualidade? Entrevistamos 6 homens entre 45 e 55 anos, utilizamos a técnica de entrevista compreensiva gravada, norteada pela questão: “Na sua história de vida, da infância até os dias atuais, como você foi se percebendo heterossexual e como isso tem sido?”. A metodologia fenomenológica foi utilizada para a obtenção dos relatos dos colaboradores, por meio da entrevista fenomenológica compreensiva. Os depoimentos foram analisados pela perspectiva psicanalítica e pela análise histórico sociológica. A heterossexualidade é descrita pela maioria dos colaboradores como sendo algo que brota do íntimo de forma natural e que se confirma por meio da intensa atividade sexual com as mulheres, assim como define-se também por oposição à identificação com o feminino e à possível inclinação homossexual. Esse modelo patriarcal do “homem de verdade”, gera fortes características narcísicas na estrutura da identidade masculina, que se expressam intensamente na adolescência, dificultando a relação de troca afetiva na vida adulta. Sexo e afetividade são vividos de modo cindido, visto que o primeiro é vivido com mulheres com quem não se deve viver envolvimento e compromisso. O compromisso amoroso deve ser assumido com mulheres de família. As relações adultas são marcadas, assim, pelos esteriótipos dos papéis de gênero. Esse formato de relacionamento amoroso é questionado e refletido por alguns dos colaboradores na meia-idade, visto que dificulta a satisfação e a sensação de autenticidade na relação amorosa. Os padrões onipotentes e viris da ideologia patriarcal heterossexual são questionados pela maioria dos colaboradores, uma vez que não satisfazem mais a necessidade afetiva e sexual desses homens na meia-idade. Alguns colaboradores, entretanto realizam uma adaptação desses valores em um novo formato para se adequar às mudanças que o tempo impôs em seus relacionamentos. A busca por uma maior autenticidade na relação amorosa ocasionou na história de alguns colaboradores o abandono dos esteriótipos ligados aos papéis de gênero, assim como em relação ao formato burguês da família moderna, constituindo relacionamentos e grupos familiares diferentes do padrão da sociedade Moderna. Outros colaboradores permaneceram inseridos nesse padrão tradicional. Essa heterogeneidade, caracterizada pela mescla entre a pluralidade de modelos e o tradicional nos relacionamentos, configura o contexto da hipermodernidade, no qual essas vivências estão inseridas. Palavras Chave: heterossexualidade, masculino, Fenomenologia, Psicanálise / MARREGA, M. F To be a 45- to 55-year-old man in a heterosexual relationship: From rupture of the silence to reflections on paradigms. 2005. 319 p. Dissertação Mestrado - FFCLRP- Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 2005. Abstract Heterosexuality is presented as a pattern of sexuality established as the sexual norm however, it has been studied little. The definition of the man as the head of the household, strong, emotionally unaffected, consists of the opposing concept of being a woman, considered sensitive, fragile and passive. This patriarchal concept has as a paradigm a clear definition of the roles of gender, which has been legitimized by the social division of work, in which men place themselves in the public sphere of society, materially providing for the family, whilst the women are apt for the private sphere, taking care of the home and the children. However, the sexual achievements of women and their inclusion in the labor market, has caused changes in this scenario. This, together with the conquests of homosexuals and transsexuals triggered significant changes in the roles of gender and the familial structure. Thus, this research aims at understanding how middle-aged men who consider themselves heterosexual, experienced and denoted their affective and sexual experiences over their lives. We focused our attention on the phenomenon: What is heterosexuality? Six men between the ages of 45 and 55 were interviewed utilizing the technique of recorded comprehensive interviews directed by the question: “In your life story, from childhood to nowadays, how did you perceive you were heterosexual and how has this been?” The phenomenologic methodology was utilized to obtain the reports of the collaborators, by comprehensive phenomenologic interviews. The interviews were analyzed from the psychoanalytical point of view and by analyzing the sociological history. Heterosexuality is described by most of the collaborators as being something that naturally emerges from the within and which is confirmed by intense sexual activity with women, thus it is also defined as opposed to the identification with femininity and the possible homosexual inclination. This patriarchal model of a “true man” creates strong narcissist characteristics in the structure of the masculine identity, which are intensely expressed in the adolescence, making the relationship of affective exchange difficult in the adulthood. Sex and affectivity are lived independently, as the first is lived with women with whom you should not become involved and compromised. Loving involvement should be adopted by women of families. Adult relationships are thus, marked by stereotypes of roles of gender. This format of loving relationships is questioned and reflected upon by some of the middle-aged collaborators, as it makes satisfaction and the sensation of authenticity in the loving relationship difficult. The omnipotent and viripotent patterns of the heterosexual patriarchal ideology are questioned by the majority of the collaborators, as they do not satisfy the affective and sexual necessities of these middle-aged men anymore. Some collaborators however, manage to transform these values into another format to adapt to the changes that time has imposed on their relationships. The pursuit of a greater authenticity in the loving relationship caused some collaborators to abandon the stereotypes linked to the roles of gender, as well as the bourgeois format of the modern family, constituting relationships and family groups different to the norms of the modern society. Other collaborators remain part of this traditional pattern. This heterogeneity, characterized by a plurality of models including the traditional in relationships, configures the context of hypermodernity in which these existences are inserted. Key words: heterosexuality, masculine, phenomenology, psychoanalysis

Despite the Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision to legalize same-sex marriage, none of the seven mainline historically Black denominations have sought to redefine marriage or affirmatively welcome “out” LGBTQIA bodies of color. Notwithstanding the lack of radical hospitality and LGBTQIA affirmation within Black denominations, there are Black churches that unashamedly provide unprejudiced pastoral care, hospitable spiritual formation, and radically affirmative ecclesial settings for LGBTQIA persons of color. To date, no ecclesiological or practical theological research has been conducted on the practices of radical hospitality within these open and affirming Black congregations. Within my dissertation, I examine how three historically Black churches have queered their ecclesial contexts. I research three open and affirming Black congregations in the Boston, Massachusetts Metro Area to answer the following questions: How do these congregations understand what it means to be the church? What are the key defining characteristics of their ecclesiology? How and why have these churches “queered” their Black ecclesial contexts, including both their theology and praxis? The purpose of this investigation is to better understand why some Black congregations practice more radical inclusivity and what that might mean for the future of “Black churches” and Black ecclesiology. I intend to reimagine the nature, mission, and practices of the Christian church itself. While I am sure the findings of this research will contribute to the fields of Black church studies, ecclesiology, and practical theology, my goal is to preserve the history, protect the dignity, address the needs, examine the obstacles, foster understanding, reflect on the experiences, humanize the narratives, and analyze the ecclesiological elements of these particular congregations in order to work towards a Black queer ecclesiology. / 2021-10-28T00:00:00Z