ABSTRACT
In this chapter I discuss the many ways in which heterosexual men can experience their maleness, their heterosexuality, and their masculinity and the conªicts that are evoked and emerge as the di†erent conceptions and conŠgurations of heterosexuality and masculinity collide and shiŽ in the context of psychoanalytic work with a male heterosexual analyst. Taking a position that views masculinity and heterosexuality as continually constructed and transformed in relationships, I will focus on detailed descriptions of my psychoanalytic work with two very di†erent heterosexual men and will give some detailed session notes so as to examine the complexity and density of the struggle as new conŠgurations of heterosexual masculinity emerge in the analytic work.
