Military Trade

Military Trade
A same-sex attraction for soldiers and sailors spans the globe and predates the term â€œhomosexualâ€ by several thousand years. But these days â€œmilitary chasersâ€ are likely to be seen as doubly incorrect. Most are gay men who pursue straight men. And, many of them do it in public. What continues to motivate so many men to brave arrest, violence, and the scorn of gay leaders who condemn any non-gay homosexual desire as â€œinternalized homophobiaâ€?

In Military Trade (now updated to include an expanded photo insert!), Steven Zeeland, author of Sailors and Sexual Identity, The Masculine Marine, and Barrack Buddies and Soldier Lovers, brings together an edgy, enlightening, and richly entertaining collection of voices with a passion for servicemen, including:
- a TV talk-show host who pimped Marines to Hollywood stars
- a heavy metal superstar who dreams of being reincarnated as a Marine boot
- a women â€œtrapped in a gay manâ€™s bodyâ€ who seduces Marines online then dominates them in person with strap-on dildos
- a former Force Recon Marine who complains of being chased by civilians but is now a Marine-chaser himself
By turns steamy, hilarious, appalling, and deeply moving, Military Trade challenges assumptions about both chaser and chased and poses pointed questions about the wisdom of those who seek to divide the world into â€œstraightâ€ and â€œgay.â€ The interviews and essays collected in this book suggest that, paradoxically, for many men the advances of the gay rights movement have actually made it more difficult to form affectional bonds with other men. Gay sex has never been more openly advertised. But the military love of comrades is something that gay life canâ€™t offer. Military Trade offers groundbreaking insight into:
- the difference between â€œmilitary chasersâ€ and uniform fetishists
- why gay men prefer sailors and Marines over soldiers and airmen
- the surprising range of sexual, â€œbuddy,â€ and even love relationships â€œchasersâ€ form with servicemen
- the nuances of â€œtradeâ€ and civil-military male prostitution
- what has been overlooked in the â€œsex panicâ€ debate about men who have sex in public places
For anyone interested in queer theory, the construction of masculinity, or sex between men outside of gay urban culture--and for anyone who has ever thrilled at the sight of a man in uniform--Military Trade is must reading.
Country USA
Brand Routledge
Manufacturer Routledge
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 1999-03-19
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781560239246

Country	USA
Brand	Routledge
Manufacturer	Routledge
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	1999-03-19
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781560239246

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