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Navigating Differences: Friendships Between Gay and Straight Men is
a one-of-a-kind cross-sexual study that shows you how today's gay
and straight men build, maintain, and foster true friendships. In
this activist, participatory study, you?ll get a day-in-the-life
look at 44 pairs of cross-sexual men's friendships and see what
helps them negotiate the terrain of their emotional, sexual,
psychological, and social differences in today's climate of often
publicly defended homophobia and heterosexism.Navigating
Differences succeeds in bringing the true picture of cross-sexual
men's relationships to you, regardless of your personal orientation
or political affiliation. You?ll find information--straight from
the lives of the study's participants--that shows you how different
sexual orientations impact the way men spend time together,
maintain friendships, cope with sexual struggles, and open good
communication channels. Most importantly, you?ll get detailed facts
and feedback concerning: hegemonic masculinity embracing,
struggling with, and ignoring differences group demographic
characteristics embeddedness and emotional communication outness
in-groups, out-groups, and reference groupsHearsay and prejudice
might claim to know what gay and straight men think of each other,
but Navigating Differences replaces rumors with research and shows
you what really keeps gay and straight men in lasting friendships
in all arenas of life. You?ll learn firsthand what it takes to
overcome differences and what it means to turn difference into
meaningful relationships.
This successor to the well-known Using Sociology covers standard
topics found in any sociology textbook. Doing Sociology walks lay
readers through the steps of doing real-life sociological practices
as conducted by experts in the field. The contributors to this
volume range from university and college faculty, government
sociologists, and practitioners from the private sector. Each of
the chapters is by intention and design a personal statement, a
case study illustrating how the authors practice sociology in their
own words and style, giving readers a clearer understanding of what
sociologists do outside of teaching in universities. And most
importantly, an understanding of what they could do with sociology.
Readable, relevant, and accessible, Doing Sociology is an
invaluable resource as a stand-alone course reader or as a
supplement to a traditional textbook.
This successor to the well-known Using Sociology covers standard
topics found in any sociology textbook. Doing Sociology walks lay
readers through the steps of doing real-life sociological practices
as conducted by experts in the field. The contributors to this
volume range from university and college faculty, government
sociologists, and practitioners from the private sector. Each of
the chapters is by intention and design a personal statement, a
case study illustrating how the authors practice sociology in their
own words and style, giving readers a clearer understanding of what
sociologists do outside of teaching in universities. And most
importantly, an understanding of what they could do with sociology.
Readable, relevant, and accessible, Doing Sociology is an
invaluable resource as a stand-alone course reader or as a
supplement to a traditional textbook.
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