Gay Men and Anal Eroticism

<p>Gay men reveal their preferenceand the reasons behind it! <p/> Gay Men and Anal Eroticism: Tops Bottoms and Versatiles is a no-holds-barred examination of one of society's most persistent taboos. In a remarkably candid collection of frank and forthright interviews 21 gay men talk about the role anal sex plays in their lives and relationships and their choices to act as insertive (top) or receptive (bottom) partnersor both (versatile). Ranging in age from 21 to 65 the men discuss the reasons behind (and consequences of) their choices; how they define their sexual roles (and how those roles are defined by gay society); issues of power trust and vulnerability; and the concept (in both straight and gay society) that tops and bottoms are socially and morally unequal. <p/> These unique interviews conducted by the author in the Boston and Provincetown areas celebrate choice in gay men's sexuality while debating whether preference is genetically based or socially formeda debate largely ignored in social science studies. The men interviewedincluding gay porn icon Cole Tuckerdiscuss perceptions muddied by stereotypes preconceived notions and exaggerated scenarios and the meanings gay men assign to anal sex including dominance and submission roles related to masculine/feminine aggressive/passive implications. The interviews also cover each subject's personal history as a gay man safe sex in the AIDS era childhood traumas first-time sexual encounters loves desires and obsessions. <p/> The interviews for Gay Men and Anal Eroticism provide insights that are equal parts thoughtful and outrageous humorous and heartbreaking: </p><ul> <li> Aaron age 24: I sort of fell into this image of myself as being a very aggressive bottom a guy who knew what he wanted and who didn't want any wimps applying. </li> <li> Danny 21: There's a mindset about being a top it's kinda like maintaining the ship. </li> <li> Sam 36: I hate to say it but I'm a bottom I don't like to be identified like that because I feel it turns me into something all the way from my feet up to my head. </li> <li> Eddie 42: I guess I enjoy more being a top than a bottom because I haven't found a good top. </li> <li> and Cole Tucker: A physical act doesn't really make you a top or a bottom. It's a function an organic function of what you do. It's the dynamics of where you come from.</li> </ul><p>The revealing disclosures of Gay Men and Anal Eroticism show equality in man-to-man sex to be as varied as the number of individuals who pursue it. Addressing traditional misunderstandings and misconceptions of gay men as either limp-wrested fairies or masculine trade the book uncovers that there is much more to this complex issue than personal preference.</p>