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Is My Husband Gay, Straight, or Bi?
A Guide for Women Concerned about Their Men
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2014
Summary
Jennifer can’t believe it. Just married and pregnant, she discovers that her husband has been meeting Brad for sex. When confronted, Tom doesn’t deny it, but he insists it’s just “a thing” and he isn’t gay. Elsewhere, John’s wife, Karen, discovers that her husband likes to watch gay porn. John doesn’t understand his wife’s reaction. Why does she care what he watches if he’s not unfaithful? In couple’s therapy, Karen and Jennifer raise the same questions: Does this mean my husband is gay? Can my marriage survive?
These and other stories illustrate the difficulties inherent when a wife or girlfriend finds out her man has had or wants to have sexual contact with other men. But many times, the man is not gay or even bisexual. Of course, some men with gay sexual interests are gay men in a process of self-discovery; they are “coming out.” These desires may only reflect a different side of a man’s sexuality or some response to childhood trauma or experiences they have not fully processed. Here Joe Kort and Alexander P. Morgan make the distinction between gay men and “straight men with gay interests” clearer to women who want to know how they can overcome these revelations. The authors explain the many reasons why straight men may be drawn to gay sex; how to tell whether a man is gay, straight, or bisexual; and what the various options are for these couples, who can often go on to have very fulfilling marriages.
Is My Husband Gay, Straight or Bi? is intended to help couples understand how male sexuality can express itself in ways that may be difficult to understand. Many marriages have been hurriedly terminated when couples (and their therapists) have lacked the information they needed to understand their current situations. This book provides the clarity, describes the choices, and (in many cases) offers hope for relationships and marriages that have been brushed off as doomed.
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Edition
1/2014
Copyright Year
2014
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-2325-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-2326-4
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
221
Product Type
Monograph
Table of contents
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Acknowledgments No access
Preface No access
1 Jennifer’s Conundrum No access
2 Tom’s Compulsion No access
3 An Irresistible Humiliation No access
4 David Wants a Knock on His Back Door No access
5 Adam Must Be the Master No access
6 Carlos’s Anxiety No access
7 Sam Won’t Cheat on Jillian No access
8 Does Jacob Have to Leave Katelyn? No access
9 A Landscape of Identity and Desire No access
10 His Secret Sex Life No access
11 Core Sexual Scripts No access
12 Are You What You Orgasm? No access
13 Your Man Is Gay or Bisexual No access
14 Sex Fantasies and Sex Talk No access
15 Writing It Down No access
16 Why Else Do Straight Men Have Sex with Men? No access
17 Next Steps No access
Appendix: How to Find a Therapist No access Pages 199 - 204
