Sexual fluidity among non-heterosexual men: discourses and practices on sexual variability negotiated with hegemonic masculinity. Issue 4 (2nd October 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Grave, Rita; Pinho, Ana R.; Marques, António M.; Nogueira, Conceição
• Is Part Of: Norma. Volume 17:Issue 4(2022)
• Page Start: 219
• Page End: 235
• Publication Date: 2022-10-02
• Subjects: Hegemonic masculinities -- non-heterosexual men -- normativity -- sexual fluidity -- sexualities; Men's studies -- Scandinavia -- Periodicals; Men's studies -- Periodicals; Masculinity -- Research -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 305.31
• DOI: 10.1080/18902138.2022.2104100
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1890-2138

Abstract

ABSTRACT: 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.