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Welcome to “Planet Porno”: Masculinity, Sexuality, and Fitness Doping
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sport Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1631-6475
University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
2021 (English)In: Journal of Bodies, Sexualities, and Masculinities, ISSN 2688-8149, Vol. 2, no 1, p. 9-30Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article aims to explore the connections between bodybuilding, (hyper)masculinity, sexuality, and the construction of subcultural and sexual spaces among Swedish male fitness dopers. Analytically, the article employs the perspectives of hardcore masculinities—and the potential harms to relationships and health involved in the use of doping—as well as more legitimate and hegemonic masculinity configurations. The results show that there is a delicate balance between masculinity-connoted sexual and other bodily urges and desires, on the one hand, and the loss of control, on the other. Living in a pornographic imaginary can also result in a loss of reasonable contact with the world outside the subculture of bodybuilding. Upholding this lifestyle thus involves an ambivalent construction of masculinity found at the intersection between marginality and hegemony, which sometimes leads to loneliness and a lack of intimate relationships.

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Berghahn Books, 2021. Vol. 2, no 1, p. 9-30
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Sociology Gender Studies
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Social Sciences, Sociology; Social Sciences, Gender Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-103405DOI: 10.3167/jbsm.2021.020103Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85143899960Local ID: 2021OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-103405DiVA, id: diva2:1554143
Available from: 2021-05-11 Created: 2021-05-11 Last updated: 2024-11-13Bibliographically approved

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