Childhood gender identity was measured with the Feminine Gender Identity Scale (FGIS), and boyhood aggressiveness was measured with the Physical Aggressiveness Scale (PAS). The three groups of heterosexual men preferred prepubescent partners, normal sexual interaction with physically mature partners (controls), or anomalous interaction with physically mature partners. The three groups of homosexual men preferred prepubescent, pubescent, or physically mature sexual partners. This study explored the differences among six groups of adult males in retrospective self-reports of childhood gender identity and physical aggressiveness. The analysis is set against the background of China's rapid and recent economic development, shifting national and international social environments and improved access to the Internet.įeminine gender identity and physical aggressiveness in heterosexual and homosexual pedophiles. For the men interviewed, sexual identity was both fluid and fragmented, derived from highly personalised negotiations between individualised needs and social and cultural constructs. The four types of sexual identities constructed included: establishing a deliberate non- homosexual identity, accumulating an individual homosexual identity, forming a collective homosexual identity and adopting a flexible sexual identity. The factors found to inform sexual identity were: the cultural imperative of heterosexual marriage, normative family obligations, desired gender roles, emotional experiences and a need for social belonging. The study focused on how men negotiated with the mainstream Chinese heterosexual society and in so doing constructed their sexual identities. This paper reports on an ethnographic study of male homosexuality in contemporary Chinese society. Li, Haochu Howard Holroyd, Eleanor Lau, Joseph T F Negotiating homosexual identities: the experiences of men who have sex with men in Guangzhou. Subjects included 231 male and 21 female members (ages… This study proposed that before comparisons between homosexuals and heterosexuals on levels of self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and locus of control can be made, one must understand the unique process of homosexual identity formation and how it differs from heterosexual identity formation. Self-Esteem, Splitting, Anxiety, Fear, Depression, Anxiety Sensitivity and Locus of Control as They Relate to the Homosexual Identity Formation Process.ĮRIC Educational Resources Information Center
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