ABSTRACT
The way of understanding male sexuality that underpins the coital imperative, for within its terms, vaginal penetration and ejaculation are seen as the 'logical conclusion' of sex. This chapter underlines the argument that there is no specific truth of male sexuality, no bedrock of experience either to be discovered or denied. In a much cited paper, claimed that whilst taunts such as 'gay' and 'fag' are a ubiquitous feature of adolescent culture, they are often barely related to matters of sexuality. The impact of Christian doctrine on the contours of male sexuality has been a major theme in the writing of Victor Seidler. The American author John Gray has made quite a name for himself by putting about the idea that men and women are worlds apart in terms of their sexuality. The complicated account of the contextualisation of male sexuality appears in the work of Ray and Rosow.
