Sexual objectification and the construction of whiteness in the gay male community

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-275

  Teunis, Niels ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay; Male; Objectification; Racism; Sexuality; USA; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; IDEOLOGY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; SEX ROLE; SEXISM; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247580149     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050601035597     Document Type: Article

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