%0 Journal Article
%T Exploring the Coordinated Management of Meaning of Sex: The Social Construction of Male College Student Logical Forces
%A Nathan M. Swords
%A Mark P. Orbe
%A Angela Cooke-Jackson
%A Amber L. Johnson
%J Creative Education
%P 1383-1395
%@ 2151-4771
%D 2014
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ce.2014.515157
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exploratory qualitative research study examined male college students¡¯
narratives describing memorable sexual experiences, and how those encounters
inform current sexual practices. Drawing from a larger collaborative research
project, this study explores the narratives of 130 men who were attending college
at one of three diverse US campuses in 2012. Utilizing a coordinated
management of meaning theoretical frame we examine how sexual experiences are
informed by logical forces of looped narratives that exhibit both charmed and
strange loops. Findings demonstrate how men¡¯s management of meaning regarding
their sexual experiences is informed by larger expectations steeped in rigid
masculine values, a major force in socially constructing sexuality.
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%K Men
%K Sex
%K Gender
%K Masculinity
%K Sexual Experiences
%K Social Construction
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=49293