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THE GENDER OF D esire Essays on Male Sexuality MICHAEL S. KIMMEL 82814-kimmel 1 4.qxp 1/4/2005 12:20 PM Page i THE GENDER OF DESIRE 82814-kimmel 1 4.qxp 1/4/2005 12:20 PM Page ii 82814-kimmel 1 4.qxp 1/4/2005 12:20 PM Page iii THE GENDER OF DESIRE Essays on Male Sexuality Michael S. Kimmel State University of New York Press 82814-kimmel 1 4.qxp 1/4/2005 12:20 PM Page iv Published by State University of New York Press, Albany © 2005 Michael S. Kimmel All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatso- ever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the pub- lisher. For information, address State University of New York Press, 90 State Street, Suite 700, Albany, NY 12207 Production by Dana Foote Marketing by Anne M. Valentine Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kimmel, Michael S. The gender of desire : essays on male sexuality / Michael S. Kimmel p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–7914–6337–0 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0–7914–6338–9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Men—Sexual behavior. 2. Masculinity. 3. Sex role. 4. Men’s studies. 5. Pornograpy—Social aspects. 6. Sex crimes. I. Title. HQ28.K536 2005 306.7'081—dc22 2004062119 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 82814-kimmel 1 4.qxp 1/4/2005 12:20 PM Page v For Marty Duberman, and twenty years of friendship 82814-kimmel 1 4.qxp 1/4/2005 12:20 PM Page vi 82814-kimmel 1 4.qxp 1/4/2005 12:20 PM Page vii Coitus can scarcely be said to take place in a vacuum; although of itself it appears a biological and physical activity, it is set so deeply within the larger context of human affairs that it serves as a charged microcosm of the variety of attitudes and values to which culture subscribes. Among other things, it may serve as a model of sexual politics in an individual or personal place. —Kate Millet, Sexual Politics (1970) 82814-kimmel 1 4.qxp 1/4/2005 12:20 PM Page viii 82814-kimmel 1 4.qxp 1/4/2005 12:20 PM Page ix Contents Preface xi Acknowledgments xv I The Construction of Male Sexual Desire 1 Gendering Desire 3 2 Masculinity as Homophobia: Fear, Shame, and Silence 25 in the Construction of Gender Identity II In Our Dreams: Sexual Fantasy and Sexual Representation 3 The Gender of Desire: The Sexual Fantasies of 45 Women and Men with Rebecca F. Plante 4 Pornography and Male Sexuality 65 5 Sexual Violence in Three Pornographic Media: 97 Toward a Sociological Explanation with Martin Barron 6 Does Censorship Make a Difference? An Aggregate 111 Empirical Analysis of Pornography and Rape with Annulla Linders III From Fantasy to Reality: Sexual Identity and Sexual Behavior 7 Sexual Balkanization: Gender and Sexuality as the 127 New Ethnicities ix