Correspondence address: Lee Monaghan, Department of Sociology, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland. E-mail: lee.monaghan@ul.ie
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Embodied Heterosexual Masculinities, Part 1: Confluent Intimacies, Emotions and Health
Article first published online: 25 JAN 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2011.00447.x
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Monaghan, L. F. and Robertson, S. (2012), Embodied Heterosexual Masculinities, Part 1: Confluent Intimacies, Emotions and Health. Sociology Compass, 6: 134–150. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2011.00447.x
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Abstract
This and an accompanying article (Robertson and Monaghan 2012) constitute a developmental ‘think piece’ on embodied heterosexual masculinities, emotions and health. After highlighting the imbrications of heterosexual intimacy, hegemonic masculinity and health – alongside a note on the relevance and limitations of existing literature – our discussion includes: a critical acknowledgement of (different) feminist scholarship and queer theory; reflections on the ‘pure relationship’ and ‘confluent’ or ‘liquid love’; the ‘individualisation thesis’ and the rise of ‘abstract knowledge’; the separation of love from sex as a possible masculine ruse; corporeality, eroticism and the rationalisation of sex. In conclusion, we underscore the need for more research on embodied masculinities, heterosexualities and emotions.