Male Sexual Armor
Author | : Patrick Suraci |
Publisher | : Ardent Media |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1992 |
ISBN-10 | : 0829024670 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780829024678 |
Rating | : 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Download or read book Male Sexual Armor written by Patrick Suraci and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on 1992 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Patrick Suraci has taught police psychology for many years. Because of his long-standing relationship with police officers and their trust in him, he was able to produce this unprecedented work. The police embody extreme concepts of masculinity in American society. Dr. Suraci was struck by the contradiction between their super-masculine image and the passive aspects of their sexuality. If the police had passive aspects to their sexuality, what would we find in men in less stereotypically masculine occupations? Dr. Suraci conducted personal interviews with police officers and with men in other occupations. In these case studies we get an intimate look into that very private world of conflict among a man's sexual feelings, fantasies, desires, beliefs, fears and behavior. The author discovered that men have a passive component--a desire to relinquish the burden of active, dominant, masculine sexuality. The rape fantasy is a dramatic example of this: many men have a fantasy not only of raping but of being raped, not only by a woman but sometimes even by a man.--Adapted from bok jacket.