From MSM to heteroflexibilities: Non-exclusive straight male identities and their implications for HIV prevention and health promotion
From MSM to heteroflexibilities: Non-exclusive straight male identities and their implications for HIV prevention and health promotion
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DOI：
10.1080/17441692.2015.1134272
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发表时间：
2016-08-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Hoffman, Amanda
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作者：
Carrillo, Hector;Hoffman, Amanda
本文探讨了具有同性欲望和行为并认为自己是异性恋的男性的自我认同逻辑。我们对美国 100 名有同性欲望的异性恋男性及其 40 名伴侣进行了采访。我们的数据使我们能够驳斥两个误解。一是认为这些男人实际上是同性恋或双性恋，但拒绝接受这些身份。相反，我们认为这些人认为自己是异性恋，因此了解他们的具体含义很重要。第二个误解将具有同性欲望和行为的异性恋男性与美国所谓的“down low”（DL'）的种族化话语联系起来。虽然 DL 通常被描述为涉及非裔美国人和拉丁裔男性，但我们的大多数参与者都是白人。超越这些误解，我们建议健康教育者必须承认异性恋定义的灵活性，并使用扩展的定义作为起点，与这些男性一起设想如何更有效地让他们参与艾滋病毒预防和健康促进。
This article examines the logics of self-identification among men who have same-sex desires and behaviours and consider themselves to be straight. We draw from interviews conducted in the USA with 100 straight-identified men who have same-sex desires and 40 partners of such men. Our data allow us to reject two misconceptions. One is the idea that these men are actually gay or bisexual but refuse to accept those identities. We argue instead that these men see themselves as straight and therefore it is important to understand what specifically they mean by that. The second misconception links straight-identified men who have same-sex desires and behaviours to the racialised discourse of the so-called down low (or DL') in the USA. While the DL typically is depicted as involving African American and Latino men, most of our participants are White. Moving beyond these misconceptions, we propose that health educators must acknowledge flexibilities in the definition of heterosexuality and use an expanded definition as a starting point to envision, together with these men, how to more effectively engage them in HIV prevention and health promotion.