Not gay

Wherever men are together, male sex eventually comes into play, whether in fraternities, the military, prison, or simply among good buddies. Are these just slip-ups that mean nothing, or are they an essential "ingredient" of a heterosexual identity? Jane Ward demonstrates that the terms heterosexual and homosexual reveal little about the nature and extent of the sexuality actually practiced. She writes: "It is an unexpected twist that heteroflexible people adopt much of what is considered 'indecent' about homo-sex, and thus declare heterosexuality to be the sphere of the masculine, the potent, the erotic, and even the forbidden, while homonormativity and genetics redefine homosexuality as something emotional and domestic without sex." A witty and provocative study that provides food for thought.