Historical, legal, sociological, psychological, and cross-disciplinary research on male intergenerational intimacy. Originally published as the Journal of Homosexuality 20:1-2, this groundbreaking book presents new historical, legal, sociological, psychological, and cross-disciplinary research on male intergenerational intimacy.
Experts thoroughly document and further the discussion about this area of research through historical and ethnological examples from different times and places, and aim to clarify how controversies about the subject have evolved in modern Western society. The editors of Male Intergenerational Intimacy have solicited original research and literature reviews which do not digress into emotional arguments for or against intergenerational intimacy but instead aim to establish the basics for a research-based scholarship.
The contributors address the implications of intergenerational intimacy on a variety of levels--from friendship and companionship through sexual dimensions--and further analyze personal accounts to illustrate how individuals involved in intergenerational intimacy understand themselves and how they construct their concepts of intimacy and sexual identity. Contributors also deal with intergenerational intimacy behaviors that require counseling, treatment, and psychotherapeutic interventions from a positive approach. Finally, separate chapters deal with criminology issues and penal codes as they relate to the subject area.
Author(s): Theo Sandfort; Edward Brongersma; Alex van Naerssen
Publisher: Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group
Year: 1990
Language: English
Pages: 326
Tags: pedophilia;boylove;pederasty;boys, sexual behavior;boys;male homosexuality;pedophilia
Foreword: The Debate on Pedophilia
Man-Boy Relationships: Different Concepts for a Diversity of Phenomena
Pederasty Among Primitives: Institutionalized Initiation and Cultic Prostitution
The Thera Inscriptions — Ritual or Slander?
The Historic Origins of Penal Statutes Concerning Sexual Activities Involving Children and Adolescents
Man-Boy Friendships on Trial: On the Shift in the Discourse on Boy Love in the Early Twentieth Century
Boys in Art. The Artist and His Model: Ferdinand and Hector Hodler. A New Approach
Ephebophilia and the Creation of a Spiritual Myth in the Works of Ralph Nicholas Chubb
‘The Main Thing Is Being Wanted’: Some Case Studies on Adult Sexual Experiences with Children
Boy-Lovers and Their Influence on Boys: Distorted Research and Anecdotal Observations
Man-Boy Lovers: Assessment, Counseling, and Psychotherapy
A Model for Group Counseling with Male Pedophiles
Tolerance at Arm’s Length: The Dutch Experience
Understanding Childhood Sexualities
Man/Boy Love and the American Gay Movement
The Study of Intergenerational Intimacy in North America: Beyond Politics and Pedophilia
Objectivity and Ideology: Criticism of Theo Sandfort’s Research on Man-Boy Sexual Relations
Response to Bauserman
Response to the Bauserman Critique
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