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JOURNAL OF AGING STUDIES
卷 27, 期 3, 页码 225-232出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2013.03.004
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Aging; Bodies; Gender; Masculinities; Midlife; Sexuality; Sexual orientation
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- NIA NIH HHS [R01 AG017455] Funding Source: Medline
- NICHD NIH HHS [R24 HD042849] Funding Source: Medline
This article integrates critical gerontology and masculinities theories to examine how midlife gay and heterosexual men experience their bodies in relation to cultural discourses of aging. Analyses of in-depth interviews with 15 gay and 15 heterosexual men ages 40-60 reveal that while both groups of men describe their bodies as deteriorating or declining in terms of functionality and are often distressed by these changes, midlife gay men also articulate a concern with a perceived decline in bodily appearance. Both gay and heterosexual midlife men frame their bodies as fundamentally different from women's, possibly in an attempt to protect a masculine identity in response to the threat that aging bodies pose to that identity. We argue that midlife men's embodied experiences are shaped by a discourse of midlife decline as well as inequalities between gay and heterosexual men. We also discuss the implications of embodiment for midlife men's well-being. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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