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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Acknowledgments
A Word to the Reader
Introduction
1. Are Gay Men Homosexuals?
What Is a Homosexual?
The Story of Larry
A Study from Indiana
The Significance of Words
The Story of Stuart
The Developmental Gender Split: The Story of Felix
Sexual Expression of the Gay Sensibility
It Is Not the Cow That Makes the Frycook
2. Stigma and Shame
The Story of Gabriel Fernandez
The Consequences of Stigmatization
The Story of Ronald Reagan
What Is Shame?
The Story of Peter
Sex and Shame
3. Our Tripartite Communities Today
Three Groups of Men Defined
The Older Group: The Story of Luis
The Middle Group: The Stories of Franklin and Richard
The Younger Group: The Story of Jason
Young Men and the Legacy of the Condom Code
PrEP and the Legacy of the Condom Code
4. The Significance of Early-Life Experience
Erik Erikson and the Story of Quentin
The Eight Ages of Man
1. Basic Trust vs. Basic Mistrust
2. Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
3. Initiative vs. Guilt
4. Industry vs. Inferiority
5. Identity vs. Role Confusion
6. Intimacy vs. Isolation
7. Generativity vs. Stagnation
8. Ego Integrity vs. Despair
A Word for the Young
5. Some Obstructions to Self- Discovery and Self-Realization: Diagnosis, Isolation, and Grief
Diagnosis: The Story of Paul
Isolation: The Story of Sean
Complicated Grief and Guilt: The Story of Harry
The Aftermath of Harry’s Aftermath
What About Harry’s Drinking?
6. Emerging from Trauma, Loss, and Isolation
What Is Trauma?
How Trauma and Loss Interact: The Story of Aaron
Our Great Unmentionable
The Four Stages of Recovery: The Story of Ralph
Stage One: Emerging from Isolation
Stage Two: Safety
Stage Three: Grieving and Talking Through
Stage Four: Working Through and the Story of Bill
7. Gay Men’s Relationships
The Hope
The Hopelessness: The Story of Michael
The Fear: The Story of Amado
The Fantasy: The Story of Brice
Ways That Gay Relationships Work
Sex
Sexual Interest and the Story of Lester and Bill
Attraction and the Loss of Attraction
A Songbook for Young Men
8. The Life and Times of Matthias Johnston
An Afterword for Young Men’s Futures
Notes
Notes: Introduction
Notes 1
Notes 2
Notes 3
Notes 4
Notes 5
Notes 6
Notes 7
Notes 8
Notes: An Afterword for Young Men’s Futures#not10
Index
Also by Walt Odets
A Note About the Author
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