Positively Experienced Man/Boy Sex: The Discourse of Seduction and the Social Construction of Masculinity

Abstract

Homosexuality is constituted as a transgression against hege monic masculinity. In this context the discourse of seduction is one of the most common responses to voluntary man/boy sex. It is feared that the boy will be seduced into homosexuali ty. This paper analyses the interview strategies of people who were the younger parties in positively experienced man/boy sex. To some extent interviewees drew upon positions made available from within the gay community and took up a gay identity socially constructed in opposition to hegemonic mas culinity. As well, interviewees adopted aspects of the current version of hegemonic masculinity, stressing adolescence as a period in which masculine sexuality and political rights are appropriately established.

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