Sugar, Boys, and Sugar Boys
Might Samoa make North American gay boys healthier?
Published on June 14, 2010

by Alice Dreger

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/fetishes-i-dont-get/201006/sugar-boys-and-sugar-boys

Ok, here goes: I'm going to see how many people I can offend by suggesting that maybe many little gay boys, like many little girls, are made up of sugar and spice and everything nice.

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Now, as my good friend Paul Vasey, the kick-ass Canadian sex researcher, packs to head off for his annual research trip to Samoa, I have been thinking about how my milk problem is analogous to what Paul has been tracing in his work with regard to male androphilia. "Androphilia" refers to being sexually attracted to males. Paul uses the term "male androphilia" where other researchers talk about "male homosexuality" because Paul studies a special population of people in Samoa, the fa'afafine.

The article is correct so far as it acknowledges that one culture's disorder is another culture's normal behavior.  The DSM has a nasty habit of labeling people with poor outcomes and not attributing blame/labels to a society with silly and/or oppressive rules -- that so many of its "disorders" do not translate to other cultures suggests that the DSM's approach fails to capture the true essence of "disorder."

On the other hand, the article still pigeonholes bio-males into two groups: masculine female-lovers and feminine male-lovers.  Bio-males do not fit neatly into these two groups either, and while having two narrowly-defined groups is better than one, it does not capture the full spectrum of bio-males.

funny....most of the gay men I have known were the silient and strong type. Men you would assume were strait laced and narrow, with biceps that make my leg muscles look small.


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meh someone should go tell them they are supossed to be fruity.....