Male Lust: Pleasure, Power, and Transformation

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Explode the myths about men's sexual identity from gay and straight viewpoints!

Male Lust: Pleasure, Power, and Transformation is a provocative collection of personal essays and poetry that explores the emotional realities of men's diverse relationships with sex and desire. A wide variety of topics and political perspectives are covered, including a discussion of remembering sexual abuse, celebrations of S & M, rants against pornography, and discussions of racism. Five of the essays are by women, and two essays are by transgendered men. This book reflects both gay and straight viewpoints and offers a positive sexual vision that moves far beyond the narrow messages offered in mainstream media.

Male Lust looks beyond sexual stereotypes to reveal the emotional realities of men's personal experiences with sex. The essays, stories, and poems here encompass a large scope of experiences that men have with sex and desire. You will explore the extreme diversity of men's relationships as well as the vast number of social forces that shape, contain, and even produce "male lust."

Some of the aspects of sexuality and sex culture that you will encounter in Male Lust include: gay and straight men's struggles with sexual compulsion and self-destructive behaviors gay and straight male experiences of work in the sex industry as drag queens, porn stars, and more voices of transsexual men as they confront new, hormonally-charged feelings toward women voices of women who have been impacted by male lust and control and how they have handled these scenarios an examination of the differences between straight male and female sexual fantasies an examination of the porn industry, its narrowly construed sexual identity, and its treatment of women

This intriguing book explores the sexual stereotypes and taboos of male lust from the viewpoints of straight men, gay men, and women. Male Lust offers you a positive sexual discourse that examines Barbie, Ken, and GI Joe; masturbation; people for and against pornography; individuals who act out sexual fantasies; and much more. This honest and revealing book will help you understand the hidden implications of sex and power, and gives you the facts on society's perceived notions of sexual desire and sexual identity.