SAME DOOR, DIFFERENT CLOSET - A HETEROSEXUAL SISSYS COMING-OUT PARTY

One way to problematize heterosexuality is to acknowledge the tacitly assumed connection between heterosexual preference in males and their 'masculinity', i.e. their dissimilarity to women in personality and behaviour. The political implications of the 'masculinity' construct are central to what makes heterosexual participation by women a volatile subject for feminists. By analyzing and disentangling the ideological equivocation between men who are not sexually attracted to women and men who are considered to resemble women in personality and behaviour, it is possible to theorize a feminist heterosexuality that would involve women with males but which need not involve them with 'men'.